USGA News Wrap Up

It was a busy weekend for the United States Golf Association, coming out of its annual meeting.  Several major announcements came out of the meeting in Newport Beach, CA, including:

• Lancaster Country Club was named host site of the 2015 US Women's Open.  Designed by architect William Flynn, the Old Course at Lancaster Country Club (www.lancastercc.com) opened in 1920. A course revision to bring it very near to the original Flynn layout was completed in 2007, under the guidance of Ron Forse.  This will be the 9th Pennsylvania-hosted US Women's Open.
• Cherry Hils, site of the 1960 US Open and the 2005 US Women's Open, will serve as 2012 host of the US Amateur.  Phil Mickelson won his amateur title there in 1990.  
• Jim Vernon was elected to a second one year term as the President of the USGA.  And, curiously enough, Cameron Jay Rains is now also a USGA Vice President - just one year after serving as the head of the Friends of Torrey Pines.