BRIDGEWATER, NJ – Initial preparations for the upcoming 2012 U.S. Woman's Amateur Public Links Championship at Neshanic Valley Golf Course is underway in the large maintenance facility at the golf course.

The event, one of thirteen annual USGA national championships, will be contested from Monday, June 18 to Saturday, June 23, 2012 at the facility located at 2301 South Branch Road, Neshanic Station, New Jersey.

Somerset County Park Commission staff has begun the construction of the "public scoreboard" that measures 44 feet long by 8 feet high and serves as the primary source of complete scoring information. It will be located behind the Neshanic Valley clubhouse in proximity to the putting green. The scoreboard is required to meet detailed USGA specifications.

The U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links Championship was inaugurated in 1977 as an opportunity for public-course players to compete for a national championship. It is open to female amateur golfers who are bona fide public-course players and who hold a USGA Handicap Index not exceeding 18.4. Participants in the 2012 Championship will have qualified for play at sectional competition contested throughout the United States. It is one of only 13 national championships conducted by the USGA annually.

Neshanic Valley Golf Course is the flagship facility of the five-course Somerset County Park Commission system. The 27-hole Championship Course, 9-hole Academy Course, Learning Center, and Callaway Golf Performance Center were designed to accommodate the needs of golfers of all abilities.

For more information visit www.somersetcountyparks.org