Who's with me? Sign me up for NCAA XC at Chambers Bay on Puget Sound in Washington.

Chambers Bay would make a hell of a XC course.

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I can't see any reason not to hold Nats in Seattle.

Awesome! I've been dying to meet rojo and wejo. Mostly wejo.

rojo wrote:

Of course, only a small percentage of the US population is within a six hour drive of Terre Haute.

Not sure how you picked six hours, but the Indianapolis metro area (very close to Terre Haute) is within a day's drive of 49% of the country's population. They define a day as 11 hours of driving, which is totally manageable for a group of college kids or other young people who might want to visit a race.

The best metro area is at 50%, most of the top ten are in Ohio, which makes sense.

You'd get a lot of spectators from the Seattle/Portland/Bellingham/Spokane area. Maybe even Vancouver, BC.

The turnout wouldn't be as good, but I'm looking at it from an athlete's perspective. Running a course like that would a be a dream. Obviously Terre Haute has the history, but the scenery on the Puget Sound is exhilarating.

Why would a primo golf course allow runners to mess it up by running on it? Seems highly unlikely.

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Do they have a hobby jogger open race before or after like Nike or Footlocker Regionals? If so, I'm there!

It actually doesn't mess up the course. With superior irrigation and top of the line greenskeepers, the course would show zero signs of the race even within a week. All lines would have been grown out and mowed. Any muddy areas would have fixed themselves.

Getting older wrote:

rojo wrote:

Of course, only a small percentage of the US population is within a six hour drive of Terre Haute.

Not sure how you picked six hours, but the Indianapolis metro area (very close to Terre Haute) is within a day's drive of 49% of the country's population. They define a day as 11 hours of driving, which is totally manageable for a group of college kids or other young people who might want to visit a race.

The best metro area is at 50%, most of the top ten are in Ohio, which makes sense.

https://info.siteselectiongroup.com/blog/top-20-metros-with-highest-percent-of-us-population-within-one-day-drive

That might be true, but no one should have to visit Terre Haute more than once in a lifetime.

There is a large grassy area just south of the course that could be used also. A high school invite runs there. In fact, you'd want to use that area even more, as the actual golf course is ridiculously hilly. you'd only want to use the lower section of it, closer to the water.

But it could be done, and it's actually a public course, so if it brought in money and penciled out, they'd probably find willing ears for it. You would be hard pressed to find a more scenic course!

The USGA and the people at Chambers Bay were completely embarrassed by the criticism of the course after the open was there. They're trying to get the open back there to save face, and if you think they'll let a damn cross country meet be run on it you're fooling yourself. Never going to happen.

Minong wrote:

The USGA and the people at Chambers Bay were completely embarrassed by the criticism of the course after the open was there. They're trying to get the open back there to save face, and if you think they'll let a damn cross country meet be run on it you're fooling yourself. Never going to happen.

Umm... If UW has a bid into the NCAA then the golf course has already approved the meet on the course.

JAD wrote:

Minong wrote:

The USGA and the people at Chambers Bay were completely embarrassed by the criticism of the course after the open was there. They're trying to get the open back there to save face, and if you think they'll let a damn cross country meet be run on it you're fooling yourself. Never going to happen.

Umm... If UW has a bid into the NCAA then the golf course has already approved the meet on the course.

There's been a meet held adjacent to the course, but not on it. Again, never going to happen.

Sssssss wrote:

There is a large grassy area just south of the course that could be used also. A high school invite runs there. In fact, you'd want to use that area even more, as the actual golf course is ridiculously hilly. you'd only want to use the lower section of it, closer to the water.

But it could be done, and it's actually a public course, so if it brought in money and penciled out, they'd probably find willing ears for it. You would be hard pressed to find a more scenic course!

Agreed. No hills in cross country should be allowed. Let's make a 400 m grass loop and run the race there.

It should rotate regions every year. Or at least east, west, central. Going to Indy is a 4 day drive from the west.

Since they submitted a bit, I think it's safe to say they approval to use Chambers Bay.

People don't play golf in November. It's not like they are going to be running on the greens.

Anyone from UW on here that can give us the details of where the course will be.

It reminds me of college coaching. We worked out often at the golf course. I always forgot that a lot of freshman had never played golf or been around a course. I always had to remind myself to tell them - you can't touch that green.

CWRP wrote:

Going to Indy is a 4 day drive from the west.

That's a joke right? This drive can easily be done with 1 night in Denver and MAYBE one night in the midwest, can easily push to Indy in one day from Denver.

I reached out to someone that can confirm if they'd actually be on the course. I'll let you know if I hear back.

rojo wrote:

People don't play golf in November. It's not like they are going to be running on the greens.

November can be a great time to play golf in the PNW.

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CWRP wrote:

Going to Indy is a 4 day drive from the west.

That's a joke right? This drive can easily be done with 1 night in Denver and MAYBE one night in the midwest, can easily push to Indy in one day from Denver.

Yep. For example, LA to Indy is about 29 hours, 2 day drive if you leave ~5am on day 1.