by Jay Blasi There will be a number of “firsts” at the 2015 U.S. Open – first time held in the Pacific Northwest, first U.S. Open course played on all fescue turf, first new design since the 1970s. And for the players, it will be the first time at a U.S. Open where they will…
Robert Trent Jones II is the architect of record at Chambers Bay, the 2015 U.S. Open host course in University Place, Wash., near Seattle. But like most big-name designers, he has a whole team that works for him, including Jay Blasi, now 36, who served as the project architect. Blasi, a Wisconsin landscape architecture graduate, was involved…
By Jay BlasiWed 03 Jun, 2015 Chambers Bay will mark a number of firsts for the US Open; first US Open course in the Pacific Northwest, first US Open course played on all fescue turf, first modern design to host the championship since Hazeltine National in the 1970s. But beyond championships, what’s interesting about Chambers…
One of the architects of Chambers Bay gives his thoughts on what it takes to prepare for a U.S. Open. We asked Jay Blasi of Robert Trent Jones II, Golf Course Architects, to review three different U.S. Open venues he was lucky enough to visit in the span of one week this summer. On June…
By Jay Blasi | November 14, 2019 2:09 pm PACIFICA, Calif. – Golfers around the world dream of playing Cypress Point, the ultra-exclusive Alister MacKenzie masterpiece on the Monterey Peninsula that weaves through sand dunes and forests before finishing alongside the crashing waves of the Pacific. For decades it has been counted among a handful of the world’s…
Chambers BayChambers Bay provides a unique golf experience alongPuget Sound that is challenging, enthralling and aboveall, great funBy: Hunki Yun There is nothing small about Chambers Bay, from the size of its expansive site on Puget Bay, just south of Tacoma, Washington, to the views of the Olympic Mountains beyond, to the impact the course…
By Ron Balicki | February 26, 2002 5:00 am Many of the practice facilities being built for college golf programs feature a clubhouse strictly for the teams and coaches, some of them quite elaborate. Stanford University’s new facility is not among them. There’s no fancy building with offices, lockers, lounges, big-screen TVs, computers, etc. All the Cardinal has…
Jay Blasi gave this Orange County membership an updated track with an intimate feel and endless interest | By Thomas Dunne, SANTA ANA, CALIF. View Full Publication Here
Editor’s note: This story was originally published June 16, 2007 Chambers Bay is the most carefully crafted and well-designed municipal golf course to open since Bethpage State Park’s Black Course in 1936. The big difference is that Chambers Bay, perched on the windy shoreline of Washington’s lower Puget Sound, has a better natural setting and…
OWASSO, Okla. – Maj. Dan Rooney makes for a good story. His golf course might make for a better one. The 37-year-old Oklahoma native is the only PGA golf professional who’s also a certified Air Force fighter jet pilot. Rooney has served three tours of duty in Iraq. For two years, he has been making…