The United States Golf Association (USGA) has announced plans to launch the inaugural U.S. Adaptive Open, a national championship that will showcase the world’s best golfers with disabilities taking place July 18-20 at Pinehurst Resort in North Carolina.
“It’s great that the governing bodies are finally recognizing the vast number of special golfers who can add so much to the game,” Golf For All Executive Director Fred Corcoran said. “Golf is too great a game to not be inclusive.”
The championship will be contested over 54-holes of stroke play on Pinehurst No. 6. It is open to males and females, professionals and amateurs, with either physical impairment, sensory impairment (vision), or intellectual impairment, who have a WR4GD Pass as well as a Handicap Index®. The field will consist of 96 players. Further eligibility requirements, field composition and other competitive format details of the U.S. Adaptive Open Championship will be announced at a later date.
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