Tweet. While it was originally believed that maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) was central to successful performance in endurance activities, it has been more recently discovered that lactate threshold (aka anaerobic threshold) is a better indicator of performance.
2017 US Open to be held at Erin Hills in Wisconsin. ERIN, Wis. - The United States Golf Association will hold the 2017 U.S. Open at Erin Hills, a public golf course in southeastern Wisconsin. The USGA also said today the course will host next year's U.S. Amateur Championship.
The U.S. Open will make history in its 115th edition. For the first time, the major tournament will be played in the Pacific Northwest. The pros will tee it up at Chambers Bay, a public golf course in University Place, Washington, which is on the Puget Sound southwest of Tacoma. The U.S. Open begins Thursday, June 18. Chambers Bay, which opened in June 2007, is a British-links style course. For the U.S. Open it will play at 7,585 yards over a par 72.