What states have never hosted a major? You’d be surprised.
Jon Rizzi
What states have never hosted a major? You’d be surprised.
This month marks the first time the U.S. Open has come to the state of Washington, as eight-year-old Chambers Bay serves as the host course. But while it took the USGA 120 years to bring our national championship to the Evergreen State, Spokane Country Club hosted the very first U.S. Women’s Open in 1946. The only other major championship to come to Washington was the 1998 PGA Championship at Sahalee Country Club.
Of the 50 nifty United States, only 15 have hosted both the men’s and women’s U.S. Opens and the PGA Championship. An equal number have hosted at least one of the three. That leaves 20 with no major championships on their resume. Alaska is one; Montana is another.
What are the other 18?
Here are some golf-related hints…
1. John Daly hails from there.
2. Southern state with an English Turn.
3. Home state of Colorado architect Jim Engh.
4. Where even the men are Blue Hens.
5. Synonymous with Sam Snead.
6. Where George H.W. Bush played speed golf.
7. Home of a floating island green.
8. Original home of the John Deere Classic.
9. Birthplace of Mark Calcavecchia.
10. Michelle Wie’s home state.
11. Where Patty Sheehan lives.
12. NotahBegay’s home state.
13. Where real-life Happy Gilmore grew up.
14. Sutton Bay Golf Club is there.
15. Birth state of Keegan Bradley.
16. Home of Old Baldy Club.
17. Brandel Chamblee lives there.
18. Billy Casper passed away there.
WARNING: ANSWERS BELOW
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1. Arkansas
2. Louisiana
3. North Dakota
4. Delaware
5. West Virginia
6. Maine
7. Idaho
8. Iowa
9. Nebraska
10. Hawaii
11. Nevada
12. New Mexico
13. New Hampshire
14. North Dakota
15. Vermont
16. Wyoming
17. Arizona
18. Utah