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title: "Seattle Times: USGA's Bodenhamer comes home to help with U.S. Open"
description: John Bodenhamer, one of the USGA’s highest-profile golf administrators, grew up near the site of Chambers Bay and learned about golf in the Northwest By Scott Hanson, The Seattle Times…
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# [Seattle Times: USGA's Bodenhamer comes home to help with U.S. Open](https://wagolf.org/news/seattle-times-usgas-bodenhamer-comes-home-to-help-with-u-s-open)

 Written by [WA Golf Staff](https://wagolf.org/news/author/wa-golf-staff) | Jan 9, 2015 8:00:00 AM

#### John Bodenhamer, one of the USGA's highest-profile golf administrators, grew up near the site of Chambers Bay and learned about golf in the Northwest

 John Bodenhamer

*By Scott Hanson, The Seattle Times*

[Click here to read the full story on the former Executive Director of the WSGA](http://seattletimes.com/html/golf/2025408445_bodenhamer07xml.html).

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