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It has been played since 2001 at Ocean Forest Golf Club in Sea Island, Georgia. It was originally biannual but it became an annual event in 2009. It is an individual 54-hole stroke-play competition. It is a "category A" tournament in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, [1] meaning it is one of the top 30 men's amateur tournaments in the world. [2]
The 2001 Walker Cup, the 38th Walker Cup Match, was played on August 11 and 12, 2001, at Ocean Forest Golf Club in Sea Island, Georgia.The event was won by Great Britain and Ireland 15 to 9, marking the first time that Great Britain & Ireland retained the Cup (i.e., had two consecutive wins).
The club and hotel were designed by an influential New York architect, Raymond Hood (1881-1934) and is an unusual example of Classical Revival architecture. Construction of the club began in 1926 and was completed in 1927. In addition to the hotel / club building, a 27-hole golf course was built in association with
The Ocean Forest Hotel had over 200 rooms, the constructed golf house had 60, while the main house was planned to have 350. Developers wanted the Arcady to be a year-round family destination.
The first tournament played in the area was the Sea Island Ladies Open Invitational in 1954, which was won by World Golf Hall of Famer Louise Suggs. Over time, the third resort course, Retreat, and two non-resort affiliated courses, Frederica Golf Club and Ocean Forest Golf Club, were also founded on the island. [24]
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As of 2010, The Ocean Course was rated 25th in Golf Digest's 100 Greatest Golf Courses in America. [5] The Ocean Course is a par 72 course, and from the championship tees, it stretches to 7,876 yards (7,202 m) with a slope rating of 155 and a course rating of 79.1, [2] the highest in the country according to the United States Golf Association.
When Jennifer Chao moved into her Mediterranean Forest community in 2020, she was promised a luxury golf course community with high-end amenities. However, she quickly realized something wasn't right.