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Welcome to the Chambers Bay Media Room. We invite you to click on any of the Chambers Bay news stories below to learn more about this new world class golf destination. You may also find additional information on Chambers Bay golf course by visiting the Pierce County website or our Superintendent's Monthly Update, complete with golf course photos.
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2010 U.S. Amateur Championship; August 23-29, 2010
2010 U.S. Amateur: Back to the Future
~ By Rick Walter, Tacoma Weekly
USGA Pleased with Chambers Bay After Amateur
~ By Tim Booth, Associated Press
Vision for Chambers Bay Now Looks Clear
~ By George Le Masurier, Peninsula Gateway
What to Make of Chambers Bay
~ Campus Insider, Golf Digest
Uihlein Takes Cake, and Title
~ By Todd Milles, The News Tribune
Happy 21st! Uihlein Wins U.S. Amateur
~ By Tim Booth, Associated Press
A Big Birthday Present
~ Golf World Monday
Chambers Bay Hits a "Home Run"
~ By Kris Sherman, The News Tribune
Exciting Final Set for U.S. Amateur
~ By Asher Wildman, Golfweek Magazine
Chambers Bay's Pecu-CHOO-CHOO-liarity is Quite a Treat
~ By John McGrath, The News Tribune
Still Reigning at Chambers Bay
~ By Todd Milles, The News Tribune
Chambers Bay Groundskeepers Work Before Dawn
~ By Cole Cosgrove, The News Tribune
Defending Champ An Moves on to Quarterfinals at U.S. Amateur
~ By Ted S. Warren, Associated Press
U.S. Amateur at Chambers Bay Down to Elite Eight
~ By Scott Hanson, Seattle Times
Will Chambers Bay Golf Course Pass the USGA's Tournament Test
~ By Craig Better, GolfVacationInsider.com
Chambers Bay: Not for the Faint of Heart
~ By Sean Martin, Golfweek Magazine
At the Fore of Local Sports History
~ By John McGrath, The News Tribune
Chambers Bay Hosts U.S. Amateur 5 Years Before U.S. Open
~ By Tim Booth, Associated Press
Eyes of Golf World on Chambers Bay
~ By Kris Sherman, The News Tribune
Guilt-free Golf
~ By Tim Newcomb, TIME Magazine
What to Look for at Chambers Bay
~ By Bradley Klein, Golfweek Magazine
Video Previews of Chambers Bay and The Home Course
~ The News Tribune
U.S. Amateur Preview: Battle at the Bay
~ By Ron Balicki, Golfweek Magazine
Links Land: Why Chambers Bay is as Pure as is Gets
~ By Rick Walter, Tacoma Weekly
Caddies For Hire as National Amateur Golf Tourney Nears
~ By Todd Milles, The News Tribune
Complete 2010 U.S. Amateur Coverage
~ Golfweek Magazine online
Wienecke Has Chambers Bay Ready for U.S. Amateur
~ By Bill Newton, BunkerShot.com
Chambers Bay Ready for Close-up
~ By Todd Milles, The New Tribune
U.S. Amateur Course Reviews
~ The News Tribune
Chambers Bay Gives USGA Chance to Break Par in NW
~ By Craig Hill, The News Tribune
The Gifted Life of a Young Golf Course Architect
~ By Blaine Newnham, Cybergolf.com
August 2010
Chambers Bay Grill: Gourmet Goodness, Killer View
~ By Sue Kidd, The News Tribune
More Space to Play at Chambers Bay
~ By Joe Passov, Golf Magazine
May 2010
Golfweek's Best Municipal Courses
~ Golfweek Magazine
Is Brown the New Green?
~ The Wall Street Journal
Chambers Bay Getting Prepped for U.S. Amateur
~ By Blaine Newnham, Cybergolf
World's Top Amateurs Look to Join an Elite List When U.S. Amateur Comes to Tacoma Area this Summer
~ By Scott Hanson, Seattle Times
March 2010
Do Golf, Nature Get Along? So Far at Chambers Bay
~ By Bart Potter, The Olympian
February 2010
Golf's New Hue: More Brown, Less Green
~ By Bradley Klein, Golfweek Magazine
The 20 Best Driveable Par 4s in Golf
~ LINKS Magazine
December 2009
Washington Heights: Seattle maturing into a must-play golf destination
~ By Jason Scott Deegan, WorldGolf.com
September 2009
All-Terrain Golf: How to Hit The Shots the Territory Demands
~ By Jeff Wallach, TheAPosition.com
Chambers Bay Takes Golf To A Whole New High
~ By Gayle Moss, InsideGolf.ca
Ryan Moore to help county with U.S. Amateur effort
~ The Suburban Times
Chambers Bay in Tacoma: The old spirit of links golf comes full circle
~ By Brandon Tucker, WorldGolf.com
July 2009
Chambers Bay: 2010 U.S. Amateur Site
~ Michigan Publinxer Magazine
Chambers Bay: A real Cinderella story to host 2015 U.S. Open
~ By Erik Peterson, Golfchannel.com Travel Editor
Chambers Bay Course Review: TWGs first 10 out of 10!
~ By Robb Rigg, TheWalkingGolfer.com
June 2009
Northwest Passage
~ By Hunki Yun, LINKS Magazine
PNW Golf Review: Chambers Bay
~ Reviews of Championship Golf Courses in the Pacific Northwest by Reid Wegley.
Getting Recognized: Northwest Golf is Achieving Increased National Prominence
~ By Craig Hill, Horizon Air Magazine
May 2009
[News Release]: Championship Prep Work Continues at Chambers Bay
~ Representatives from the United States Golf Association, golf course architect Robert Trent Jones Jr., KemperSports and Pierce County met recently at Chambers Bay to assess progress and preparations for the 2010 U.S. Amateur and 2015 U.S. Open Championships.
Top 10 Green Golf Courses
~ LINKS Magazine
April 2009
Making Chambers Bay Championship-Ready
~ By Blaine Newnham, The Seattle Times
March 2009
2008 U.S. OPEN ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS
~ San Diego State University Center for Hospitality and Tourism Research
January 2009
[NEWS RELEASE]: Pierce County Extends Chambers Bay Contract with KemperSports Through U.S. Open
~ Pierce Couny today announced that it has extended its management agreement with KemperSports to operate Chambers Bay Golf Course beyond the 2015 U.S. Open to be held at Chambers Bay.
Top 10 Sports Stories of 2008: Chambers Bay Selected for 2015 U.S. Open
~ By Rick Walter, Tacoma Weekly
December 2008
America's Best New Courses: Chambers Bay Named Best New Public Course
~ By Ron Whitten, Golf Digest
Newsmakers of the Year: #17 Chambers Bay
~ Golf World
November 2008
~ By Joe Barks, Editor, Club & Resort Business
Copyright 2008 and reprinted with permission from Club & Resort Business, Harbor Communications LLC
Sweetness Near Seattle: Chambers Bay a Marvel on the Puget Sound Shores
~ By Michael Hiller, www.MyAvidGolfer.com
[NEWS RELEASE]: Chambers Bay Awarded 2008 Phoenix Award by the Society of American Travel Writers
~ KemperSport is pleased to announce that Chambers Bay has been selected as a Phoenix Award recipient in recognition of their committment to conserving and preserving natural resources.
BMW NW Skins Game Coverage - September 13, 2008
AARON BADDELEY AGAIN WINS THE MOST SKINS
~ The Seattle Times
CHAMBERS BAY GOLF COURSE TO HOST YOUNG TALENTS
~ By Bill Swartz, KIRO Radio, My Northwest.com
MOORE HOME FOR TWO-DAY CHARITY EVENT
~ By Dan Raley, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
MOORE'S SKINS GAME: Three Others to the Party
~ By Todd Milles, Tacoma News Tribune
August 2008
~ By Craig Sailor, The News Tribune
Top 100 Courses You Can Play 2010
MY ROUND AT CHAMBERS BAY
~ By Hunki Yun, LINKS Magazine
[NEWS RELEASE]: Chambers Bay Debuts at #8 in Golf Magazine's Top 100 Course List
In Golf Magazine's recently released list of golf courses ranking as the "Top 100 You Can Play," Chambers Bay debuted at #8 on the list.
LONE FIR UPDATE: Recovery continues for vandalized Chambers Bay Douglas Fir
~ Tacoma Daily Index
CHAMBERS BAY: Peril in the Short Grass
~ By Bradley Klein, Golfweek
MEASURING UP: Chambers Bay is awarded the U.S. Open within a year of opening
~ By Hilary Howard, NCGA Golf
July 2008
CHAMBERS BAY GOLF COURSE: Is it Tops in the Great Northwest?
~ Golf Odyssey
CHAMBERS BAY GOLF COURSE: Where to Stay When Playing The US Open-Worthy Course
~ By Craig Better, Golf Vacation Insider
CHAMBERS BAY GET SKINS GAME SEPT. 13
~ Todd Milles, The News Tribune
CHAMBERS BAY AMONG THE NORTHWEST'S BEST
~ Peter Bhatia, The Oregonian
JAMIE FAY NAMED SALES AND MARKETING DIRECTOR OF CHAMBERS BAY
~ World Golf News
PIERCE COUNTY, USGA SIGN 2015 U.S. OPEN CONTRACT
~ Tacoma Daily Index
June 2008
GOLFWEEK'S BEST: Top 30 Municipal Courses
~ Golfweek
CADDIES MAKING A COMEBACK AT CHAMBERS
~ By Chuck Stark, The Kitsap Sun
FUTURE PLANS FOR CHAMBERS CREEK PROPERTIES
~ The News Tribune
CHAMBERS BAY SUPERINTENDENT ALWAYS THINKING AHEAD CHIP SHOTS
~ Bart Potter, The Olympian
COUNTY OKs CONTRACTS FOR GOLF TOURNEYS
The Pierce County Council unanimously voted Tuesday to approve contracts to host two of the nation’s premier golf championships at Chambers Bay Golf Course in University Place. <more>
~ David Wickert, The News Tribune
PLAY AMERICA's NEXT GREAT GOLF COURSE
The golf-course architect Robert Trent Jones Jr. uses the phrase “shock and awesome” to describe one of his latest creations, Chambers Bay, the much-ballyhooed municipal course on a stretch of windswept Puget Sound coastline outside Tacoma, Wash.
~ John Steinbreder, New York Times Magazine
May 2008
US OPEN NOD GIVES CHAMBERS BAY A BIG BOOST
~ By Blaine Newnham, The Seattle Times
CHAMBERS BAY BLOWS AWAY TORREY PINES IN AESTHETICS, GOLF EXPERIENCE
Chambers Bay is a golf course that grabs you before anyone even says hello. Stepping out of your car and seeing the wide-open course and the striking blue water of Puget Sound stretching out below your hillside perch gives the ultra hyped host of the 2015 U.S. Open a sense of entrance that few golf courses anywhere can match. <more>
~ By Chris Baldwin, Travelgolf.com
FUTURE LOOKS GOOD FOR TREE GASHED BY AXE
~ David Wickert, The Tacoma News Tribune
CHAMBERS BAY LONE FIR IS GOING TO MAKE IT
~ King5.com
CADDIES MAKING A COMEBACK
~ By Blaine Newnham, The Seattle Times
MATT ALLEN APPOINTED NEW GENERAL MANAGER OF CHAMBERS BAY
KemperSports today announced Matt Allen as general manager of Chambers Bay, the award-winning links golf course opened in June 2007 just outside of Tacoma in University Place, Wash. In this role, Allen will oversee facility operations of Chambers Bay, awarded the 2010 U.S. Amateur and the 2015 U.S. Open Championships by the United States Golf Association in February.
April 2008
CHAMBERS BAY TO HONOR RESIDENTS AND GUESTS DURING MAY
Pierce County golfers now have the opportunity to share their award winning Chambers Bay golf course with friends and family. Chambers Bay has proclaimed May as Pierce County Resident Appreciation Month. Residents can invite up to three guests residing outside Pierce County to join them Sunday through Thursday and pay the Pierce County rate.
CHAMBERS BAY LANDS THE U.S. OPEN
~ By Bob Fagan, Golf Today Magazine
GOLF GUIDE 2008: Northwest golf feeling wanted again, thanks to Chambers Bay
~ By Dan Raley, Seattle P-I
18 REASONS WHY WE LOVE THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
Fairways and Greens Magazine Mar/April Issue
WCC CHAMPIONSHIPS: Back for More
The West Coast Conference Men's Golf Championship is set to tee off this Monday and Tuesday, April 14-15 at the Chambers Bay Golf Course in University Place, Wash.
USGA STARTS MAPPING CHAMBERS BAY OUT
Make no mistake, Gig Harbor's Larry Gilhuly will be an important figure in the United States Golf Association's preparation of Chambers Bay for the 2010 U.S. Amateur, and the biggie – the 2015 U.S. Open.
~ By Todd Milles, The News Tribune
March 2008
A CINDERELLA STORY: AN INNOVATIVE DEVELOPMENT TEAM TRANSFORMS A DEGRADED SITE INTO A USGA CHAMPIONSHIP COURSE
~ By Steve and Suz Trusty, Golf Course Industry
'ACADEMY AWARD' GOES TO CHAMBERS BAY
By Ken Klavon, USGA
DAVIS: CHAMBERS BAY IDEAL U.S. OPEN SITE
February 2008
CHAMBERS BAY BREAKS MOLD
~ Bradley Klein, Golfweek
The USGA's offer to hold the 2015 U.S. Open at Chambers Bay in University Place, Wash., is a significant move for several reasons. <more>
DIGGING AN OPEN LANDMARK
Washington politician transforms gravel quarry into a major site in 2015
~ Ron Sirak, Golf World
LAUDABLE AUDIBLE
Why would the USGA go off script and pick a brand new muni for the '15 U.S. Open? Because Chambers Bay is that good ~ Ron Whitten, Golf World
USGA AWARDS 2015 U.S. OPEN, 2010 U.S. AMATEUR TO CHAMBERS BAY IN WASHINGTON
STATE AND 2011 U.S. AMATEUR TO ERIN HILLS GOLF CLUB IN WISCONSIN
Far Hills, N.J. (Feb 7, 2008) – The United States Golf Association today announced that it has awarded the
2015 U.S. Open Championship to Chambers Bay, the spectacular municipal links course located on the scenic lower Puget Sound in University Place, Wash. The USGA also announced that Chambers Bay, designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr., will play host to the U.S. Amateur Championship in 2010. Chambers Bay will be the third municipal course to play host to the U.S. Open, following Bethpage Black in New York (2002, 2009) and Torrey Pines in California later this year. Chambers Bay will be the first golf course in the Pacific Northwest to hold the U.S. Open. <more>
CHAMBERS BAY WINS BEST NEW COURSE AWARD
~ The Suburban Times
January 2008
LADENBURG'S FOLLY? NOT ACCORDING TO THE GOLF WORLD
~ By Dan Voelpel, The News Tribune
10 BEST NEW GOLF COURSES YOU CAN PLAY
GOLF Magazine
FEATURED COURSE
Top Left Golf Magazine
November/December 2007
DEVELOPMENT OF THE YEAR - DAILY FEE
Golf Inc. Magazine
BEST NEW COURSES 2007 - Chambers Bay #1
Travel & Leisure Golf Magazine
October 2007
GOLFWEEK'S BEST NEW COURSES
~ By Bradley Klein, Senior Writer
CHAMBERS BAY: LINKS ON PUGET SOUND CAUSE MORE THAN A RIPPLE
~ By Crai Bower, Washington CEO Magazine
BMW NW Skins Game Coverage - October 9, 2007
PLAYING FOR A CAUSE AT CHAMBERS BAY
~ By Craig Smith, The Seattle Times
RYAN MOORE SKINS GAME
~ Results and Gallery at Oakley.com
TOUR PROS HIT REGION FOR SKINS
~ BY Todd Milles, Tacoma News Tribune
PHOTO GALLERY OF BMW NORTHWEST CHARITY SKINS GAME
CHAMBERS BAY GOLF COURSE: REFUGE FOR WILDLIFE AND GOLFERS
~ By Katie Zemtseff, The Seattle Daily Journal
GREAT DRIVES
~ By George Fuller, Estates West Golf Living Magazine & CBS Sports
September 2007
BIG TEN & PAC-10 GOLFERS TO TEST DRIVE CHAMBERS BAY
~ Cybergolf.com
CHAMBERS BAY CONTINUES TO MAKE STRIDES, AND IMPRESS
~ By Blaine Newnham, The Seattle Times
CHAMBERS BAY GOLF COURSE RECEIVES AUDUBON INTERNATIONAL SILVER SIGNATURE CERTIFICATION.
Audubon International announced today that Chambers Bay Golf Course is the first golf course to become certified as a Silver Signature Sanctuary in the state of Washington and in the Pacific Northwest. Signature certification is awarded only to new developments which are designed, constructed, and maintained according to Audubon International’s precise planning standards and environmental disciplines. <more>
ASK TRAVLIN' JOE: FALL KICK OFF
~ Golf Magazine
UW TO CO-HOST BIG TEN/PAC-10 CHALLENGE AT CHAMBERS BAY GOLF COURSE
BIG TEN/PAC-10 CHALLENGE ANNOUNCES SITE
~ Big Ten Network, NUsports.com
TEEING UP A NEW GAME
~ Kristina Dell, Time Magazine
CHAMBERS BAY LEGACY - A GIFT TO GOLF
~ Guy Generaux, Journal Newspapers
July 2007
CHAMBERS BAY GOLF CLUB SINGS AN ALLURING SONG
~By Jeff Wallach, Estates West Golf Living and
CBSSportsline.com
June 2007
CHAMBERS BAY: OUT OF THIS WORLD
~By Chuck Stark, Kipsap Sun
PRICEY CHAMBERS BAY CAN COMPETE WITH STATE'S BEST
~By Craig Smith, The Seattle Times
CHAMBERS BAY GOLF COURSE OPENS TODAY
~By Craig Smith, The Seattle Times
FORE! CHAMBERS BAY IS A GAMBLE, BUT A GOOD ONE
~The News Tribune
RATERS NOTEBOOK: CHAMBERS BAY
~By Bradley S. Klein, Golfweek
May 2007
PGA AND PYALLUP NATIVE RYAN MOORE 1-ON-1 ON THE GOLF COURSE... <video>
~ NWCN & KING 5TV
WITH A LITTLE LUCK,CHAMBERS BAY CAN BE A TOP COURSE Head down … deep breath … relax the shoulders … <more>
~ Dan Voelpel, The News Tribune
A SYMPHONY OF 18 HOLES
The $20 million Chambers Bay Golf Course that opens next month in Tacoma is both aesthetically pleasing and physically challenging. <more>
~ By Rich Myhre, Herald Writer
April 2007
GOLF COURSE ARCHITECTURE: April 2007
GOLF PREVIEW: FROM TEE TO SHINING SEA
Scheduled to open in June, Chambers Bay figures to live up to the hype, though it’s not a place for a thirsty hacker wearing blue jeans <more>
~ By Jim Moore, Seattle PI
HOW CHAMBERS BAY WAS BUILT: Following Nature’s Rules
~ By Blaine Newnham: The Seattle Times
GOLF '07: CHAMBERS BAY IS A BIT OF SCOTLAND NEAR TACOMA
~ By Blaine Newnham: The Seattle Times
JUST THE FACTS: CHAMBERS BAY
~ By Blaine Newnham: The Seattle Times
February 2007
IT'LL BE 'FORE!' BEFORE YOU KNOW IT
~ By David Wickert: The News Tribune
January 2007
TURFGRASS MANAGEMENT
December 2006
WORLD CLASS GOLF IN TACOMA
~ By Blaine Newnham for The Seattle Times
IF BANDON CAN DRAW GOLFERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD, WHY NOT TACOMA?
~ By Jeff Shelley, Editorial Director for Cybergolf
CHAMBERS BAY
~ Pacific Northwest Golfer
November 2006
CHAMBERS BAY UPDATE
The spectacular course now under construction in the University Place area near Tacoma, Wash., is moving forward nicely. Though four weeks behind schedule, according to a recent status report released by Pierce County, the 18-hole layout designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr. should be open for play in spring 2007. <more>
June 2006
WORK BEGINS ON CHAMBERS BAY GOLF COURSE
Construction is underway on the new municipal golf project in Pierce County, Wash. The course will be built over the next year at Pierce County's 937-acre Chambers Creek Properties, serving as the centerpiece of a spectacular urban setting. <more>
October 2005
GROUND BREAKING SET FOR CHAMBERS BAY
Pierce County will kick off construction of the Chambers Bay destination golf course Tuesday, Oct. 11 at 11:00 a.m. Gathering on a plateau overlooking the scenic site of the 18-hole Scottish links designed by Robert Trent Jones II, LLC , county officials will conduct a ground breaking ceremony at 11 a.m. <more>
January 2005
CHAMBERS BAY NAME SELECTED FOR WORLD CLASS GOLF DESTINATION
Pierce County today announced Chambers Bay as the official name of the championship-caliber golf course constructed within the 930-acre Chambers Creek Properties, a former gravel mine overlooking Puget Sound. The course, designed to promote the areas economic development and tourism, is scheduled to open in 2007. <more>
CHAMBERS BAY AWAITS COURSE FOR WHICH IT'S NAMED
~ By Aaron Corvin, The News Tribune
August 2004
KEMPERSPORTS NAMED TO OPERATE CHAMBERS CREEK GOLF COURSE
Pierce County Executive John W. Ladenburg has announced that Kemper Sports Management of Northbrook, IL, will operate the Chambers Creek Golf Course. Kemper Sports also manages the highly successful Bandon Dunes Golf Resort on the Oregon coast. <more>
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