Pinehurst Will Host Back-to-Back US Opens in 2014

Next Sunday, when the U.S. Open is wrapping up and you are dying to see a little more of the course that gave the pros fits for four straight days? Well, you're in luck, because in 2014, Pinehurst No. 2, the course made famous by its turtleback greens and the Payne Stewart leap, will host both the men's and women's U.S. Open in back-to-back weeks.

The USGA will play the 2014 men's and women's U.S. Opens on consecutive weeks at Pinehurst No. 2, assuming that one final, expected approval is given to the plan on Monday morning. The U.S. Open will take place on June 12-15 and the U.S. Women's Open will follow on June 19-22.

The arrangement, a first for the two events, arose when negotiations for Pebble Beach Golf Links to host the 2014 women's Open fell through. Pebble Beach will host the 2012 U.S. Open, and the club felt as though it needed more separation between the two tournaments.

Personally, I don't hate the idea. It gives people a chance to watch both tours play the same course and see how they handle similar conditions. Similar to the US Open Challenge that Golf Digest put together that shows how "regular" golfers would play a championship-style setup, this allows people that don't follow the LPGA as much as they do the PGA a rare opportunity to see them both compete on the same playing field.

No word yet who will be the guest Twitterer on the PGA Tour that week, but I'm voting for Stewart Cink.