The Country Club In Line To Host 2022 U.S. Open

Michael Whitmer of the Boston Globe reports that The Country Club will return to the national championship stage in 2022, pending an agreement between the USGA and the Brookline Board of Selectmen.  The USGA has already accepted the club's invitation to host the U.S. Open.

If all sides can reach an agreement, the 2022 US Open will be the fourth U.S. Open played there.

The Brookline Board of Selectmen, meeting Tuesday night, voted to execute a letter of intent with the USGA, which requested — in cooperation with The Country Club — that the item be placed on the agenda. USGA officials, joined by two representatives of The Country Club — Will Fulton, a member of the club’s board of directors, and David Chag, the club’s general manager — took part in Tuesday’s discussion.

The Board of Selectmen also voted to allow town administrator Mel Kleckner to convene a team to negotiate a definitive agreement with the USGA to bring the 2022 US Open to Brookline. The deadline to reach that agreement, Kleckner said, is Oct. 31.

This sets the USGA for a striking run of historic classic venues, starting with Oakmont in 2016, Shinnecock Hills in 2018, Pebble Beach in 2019, Winged Foot in 2020, TCC in 2022 and Los Angeles Country Club in 2023.