Brookline's Country Club To Host 2022 U.S. Open

July 22, 2015

Doug Ferguson, The Associated Press

In this 1913 file photo, American golfer Francis Ouimet, center, shakes hands with Harry Vardon, left, and Ted Ray, both of Britain, at the U.S. Open golf tournament at The Country Club in Brookline. The Country Club is getting its first U.S. Open in three decades. (AP)

The Country Club is getting its first U.S. Open in three decades.

The USGA on Wednesday announced three sites for golf's U.S. Open, including The Country Club, in Brookline, for the 2022 championship.

The course outside Boston was the scene of perhaps the most important golf championship in American history. It's where Francis Ouimet won a playoff over British titans Harry Vardon and Ted Ray. The upset put golf on the front pages of newspapers.

Curtis Strange won the last U.S. Open in Brookline in 1988.

The last big event there was the Ryder Cup in 1999 that featured the great American comeback under captain Ben Crenshaw.