Soldier Hollow GC To Host 2012 U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship

Soldier Hollow Golf Course at Wasatch Mountain State Park in Midway, Utah, has been selected by the United States Golf Association (USGA) as the site of the 2012 U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship, to be contested July 9-14, 2012. It will be the first USGA championship conducted in the state of Utah.

“It is an honor for Soldier Hollow at Wasatch Mountain State Park to be selected as the site for this prestigious championship,” said Utah State Parks Director Mary Tullius. “We are very proud to host the very best of amateur sport as we did for the Olympic Winter Games in 2002.”

Soldier Hollow, which opened in 2004, is located approximately 50 miles from Salt Lake City, in the Heber Valley. Designed by Gene Bates, Soldier Hollow was built on the site of the biathlon and cross-country skiing venue for the 2002 Winter Olympics, making it the only golf course in the United States built on a Winter Olympics venue. Soldier Hollow is a 36-hole facility comprising the Gold and Silver courses. For the 87th Amateur Public Links Championship, 17 holes from the Gold Course (all but the second hole) and one hole from the Silver Course (No. 11) will be used.

As of 2010, only three states have yet to host a USGA championship – Alaska, New Hampshire and Utah.

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