A former PGA Tour course in the desert is joining the list of five Coachella Valley courses that will host local qualifying sites for the U.S. Open this year.
New to the local qualifying rotation this year is the Palmer Private Course at PGA West in La Quinta, a former host course of The American Express PGA Tour event. The Palmer Course was the site of David Duval’s famed final-round 59 in winning the 1999 American Express, and the course was the host of that event as recently as 2015.
Local qualifiers are the first step for most amateurs and professionals looking to play in golf’s national championship conducted by the United States Golf Association. The five desert sites are among the 110 local qualifiers to be played in late April through mid-May in 43 states.
The Palmer Course replaces Bermuda Dunes Country Club as one of the five desert courses hosting qualifying.
The other four courses from recent years remain the same. On May 5, Indian Ridge Country Club will host a qualifier on its Grove Course. On May 6, Andalusia Country Club in La Quinta will host a qualifier, to be followed on May 8 by the qualifier at PGA West.
Classic Club in Palm Desert will be the site of the May 12 qualifier, followed by the South Course at Ironwood Country Club hosting on May 13.
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Typically, each qualifier has around 90 players in the field playing for five berths in the 10 sectional qualifying sites in the United States in early June. The California sectional qualifier will be played June 2 at Valencia Country Club. In recent years desert qualifiers have had some success stories, with Palm Desert’s Charlie Reiter reaching the U.S. Open in 2022 and 2024 after playing in local qualifying at Bermuda Dunes.
The 2025 U.S. Open will be played June 12-15 at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania, just outside of Pittsburgh.
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