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Chambers Bay Falls Short In 100 Greatest Public Courses Tourney
But the University Place golf course - which will host the 2015 U.S. Open - did make it to the Final Four of the competition determined by Facebook fans. Not too shabby for a course that's less than 5 years old.
In the end, Facebook fans chose the elevated tees and desert terrain of Wolf Creek over the Puget Sound views and Scottish links of .
this month, the University Place course was ousted by the Mesquite, NV course.
According to Golf Digest Magazine, Chambers Bay lost 90,434 votes to 64,717 votes, all of which were cast via Facebook.
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Although it fell short, Chambers Bay - which opened in 2007 - proved that it could hold its own against any other public course in the country, at least in terms of user popularity.
That exposure could increase the Pierce County owned course's stature in the golfing community as it prepares to host the 2015 U.S. Open.
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