The USGA have confirmed the host courses of the 2022, 2023 and 2024 U.S. Open tournaments. The Country Club in Brookline, California's Los Angeles Country Club and Pinehurst Resort & Country Club, respectively, are the lucky venues to host the second major of the year.

The Country Club last played host back in 1988, when Curtis Strange beat Sir Nick Faldo in an 18-hole play-off to claim the title. However perhaps the biggest moment was from 1913. Amateur Francis Ouimet won yet another play-off, in what Thomas J. O’Toole Jr., president of the USGA, called "Arguably the most significant event in American golf".

O'Toole continued, saying that they were "thrilled" to bring what will be the 122nd edition to such a "storied" and "great" club. Similar to the other previously mentioned championships, the 1963 event was also won on a play-off - this time by Julius Boros.

Los Angeles Country Club's major debut

The Los Angeles Country Club will be the hosting the event for the very first time when 2023 rolls around. “The city loves to host major events,” said club president, John Chulick. “This region, not having hosted the U.S. Open for 75 years, will be ecstatic about this.”

It will be carry on the West's involvement in the area from Torrey Pines in 2021, another local course, as the U.S. Open events continue to be switched from East to West coast on alternate years. O'Toole cited this as "the perfect opportunity" to hold it in the aforementioned venue. The 2017 Walker Cup Match will also be at the California course.

The iconic championship returns to an iconic course

Pinehurst will be the iconic back-drop for the 2024 U.S. Open. Unlike the other courses, it has been used very recently for one of golf's flagship events. Martin Kaymer came out on top in 2014, securing his very first major title in North Carolina. That was part of a double-header for the venue which also housed the U.S. Women's Open in the same year - Michelle Wie also claimed her first major championship.

O'Toole also admitted that Pinehurst has "elevated itself to one of the great and historic places" in the US' golf profile. He even suggested it is "our [America's] St Andrews" and said that it is "something special" and it's part of the reason "why we're going back there for the 2024 U.S. Open."

Quotes via usga.org