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USGA Selects Two New Committee Members
The United States Golf Association has announced that two Oregon Golf Association (OGA) Volunteers have been appointed to USGA Championship Committees.
Terry McEvilly, a member at Creekside Golf Club in Salem, Ore., has been appointed to the USGA Senior Championship Committee, and Helen "Rusty" Beckel, a member of the Eastmoreland Women's Golf Club in Portland, Ore., has been added to the USGA Women's Amateur Public Links committee.
"I am very much surprised to have been extended an invitation to join this Committee," said McEvilly. "I am very humbled that I was chosen. I know that had it not been for strong recommendations put forth on my behalf by the OGA staff, such an appointment would not have been possible. I am very grateful to all who helped make this a reality and I am excited about working on the Committee. It will certainly be a wonderful learning experience that should also allow me to improve my quality of work as a Rules Official"
Beckel added, "my appointment to the USGA WAPL Committee is a special privilege and an opportunity to contribute to Women’s golf. Having the opportunity to help support women’s golf and specifically public women’s players is very exciting to me as is knowing that I will be the host next year when the national championship is contested in Oregon. I look forward to developing my skills in golf administration, the rules and education.”
USGA Championship Committees are primarily responsible for conducting their respective national champtionships in cooperation with USGA staff. The US Senior Amateur Championship will be played October 2-7 at Lake Nona Golf and Country Club in Orlando, Fla., and the US Women's Amateur Public Links (WAPL) will be contested June 21-26 at The Warren Golf Course at Notre Dame, Ind. The U.S. Men's and Women's Amateur Public Links Championships will be at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort in 2011.
Committee Members are also responsible for helping with the Sectional Qualifiers in their area. The WAPL qualifier will be held at Heron Lakes on the Great Blue course on June 1st, and the US Senior Amateur Sectional qualifier, which is administered by the Oregon Golf Association, is scheduled for Sept. 13 at Portland Golf Club.
As a member of their respective Committees, both McEvilly and Beckel will also serve on the Rules Committee for the qualifiers and the Championship. McEvilly was recognized by the OGA as one of its three “Rules Officials of the Year” for 2008. Beckel, is a familiar face around golf as a competitive player, and as a volunteer for the Eastmoreland Women’s Golf Club, the First Tee at the Children’s Course, and the OGA.
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