The Sahalee Country Club is a private 27-hole golf course and country club in Sammamish, Washington, a suburb east of Seattle. In the Chinookan language, Sahalee means "high heavenly ground." The course is located on a heavily-forested plateau immediately east of Lake Sammamish.
Sahalee is best known as the site of the 1998 PGA Championship, the first of three major championship won by Vijay Singh. It was also the host of the 2002 WGC-NEC Invitational, won by Craig Parry. The course's original architect was Ted Robinson. In preparation for the PGA Championship, Rees Jones redesigned the course in 1996, 1997, and 1998. The course has been listed on Golf Digest's Top 100 Courses list for over twenty years, and is the host of the Sahalee Players Championship, a top amateur tournament in the region.
After the success of the 1998 PGA Championship, Sahalee was selected in 1999 to host the championship again in 2010. That decision was reversed by the PGA of America in January 2005, when the 2010 event was abruptly moved to Whistling Straits in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, which had recently hosted the very profitable 2004 PGA Championship and set new attendance records. The PGA of America stated that it was concerned about the possibility of reduced financial support in the Pacific Northwest; the 2010 PGA Championship is scheduled to be held less than six months after the conclusion of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, BC. As of 2011, the PGA of America has yet to commit to return to Sahalee for a future PGA Championship, with future venues selected through 2018.
In February 2007, the USGA selected Sahalee to host the 2010 U.S. Senior Open, held from July 29 to August 1. Bernhard Langer of Germany shot eight under par and won by three strokes over local favorite Fred Couples, Couples, originally from Seattle, was in his first full season on the Champions Tour.
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