USGA weighing Trump NJ as backup Open site | Golf News and Tour Information [Video]

Donald Trump would like nothing more than to have a U.S. Open — or a U.S. Women’s Open — at one of his golf courses. When the USGA held the boys and girls junior championship at Trump Bedminster in 2009, it was a good sign. There were more positive vibes coming from USGA headquarters in Far Hills, N.J. recently when it was discussed that the Bedminister facility in New Jersey might be designated as an emergency backup site in case a natural or man-made disaster should make a designated facility unusable.

According to sources familiar with the situation, the question of making Bedminster a U.S. Open backup facility was talked about among a few top USGA officials late in 2010. The sources said Trump was very receptive to the idea of being an emergency backup and viewed it as affirmation that Bedminister is a championship-caliber facility. While acknowledging that there …