Shinnecock Hills Golf Club to host 2018 U.S. Open

Shinnecock Hills Golf Club will play host to the 2018 U.S. Open in Southampton, N.Y., the United States Golf Association (USGA) announced. The championship will take place June 14-17, 2018.

“We are thrilled that our national championship will return to one of our country’s most-storied venues,” said USGA President Jim Hyler in a press release. “We are confident that Shinnecock Hills will provide a true challenge for the world’s premier players, as it has for more than a century.”

The 2018 championship will mark the fifth time the Shinnecock Hills Golf Club has hosted the Open. The club first hosted the tournament in 1896, when James Foulis won the championship by three strokes over Horace Rawlins. The U.S. Open was last played at the club in 2004, when Retief Goosen defeated Phil Mickelson by two strokes to claim his second U.S. Open title.

The 2018 championship also will mark the 19th time the U.S. Open will have been played in New York, which has hosted 66 USGA championships overall.

“On behalf of our members, I am delighted to welcome the USGA and the U.S. Open Championship back to Shinnecock Hills in 2018,” said club President Robert A. Murphy Jr. in the release. “Shinnecock Hills is very proud of our common heritage with the USGA dating back to the origins of golf in America, and we are equally excited about our strong future together.”