2023 U.S. Open: Flyovers of The Los Angeles Country Club's North Course

[@brxndon4148]

I had such an amazing time these past 4 days at LACC. The course is absolutely amazing and I had so much fun with friends and family.

[@katyyho]

Amazing experience at the U.S. Open 2023 at LA Country Club as a spectator!! Thank you for casting me as the Deloitte x USGA women's golf model, too! ~Katy

[@encinobalboa]

L.A.C.C. is a mythical course for us local golfers. We all talk about it but very few have played it.

[@robertjaneski4618]

One of best I’ve ever seen. ❤

[@theneighborhoodmentors9347]

with the varying lengths, looks like a true test and not purely just a bomb and gouge

[@hankthetank8]

Looks epic 👌 Rory,brooks,rahm

[@michaelkim9640]

someone at the USGA is listening. much improved presentation

[@StFidjnr]

and have been taking lessons in johnny miller hole by hole flyover school

[@unstoppabledinosaur]

Love the video/content/idea - do more of these! But having a great narrator would make it elite.

[@nathanjedrej792]

Looks like a fun course. Is it the one where michael douglas went all doolally in falling down? I was out today for a quick 9 holes at the mighty gifford. Lovely weather in scotland right now.

[@healthyone100]

Looks like a very tough coarse!

[@ethanlculver]

That fairway slope on the par 5 8th is NUTS

[@Baybull007]

+ once you hit the fairway, you may have to hit a draw from a slice lie… great hole design

[@jordanoh1328]

Great editing. 7th hole is my favorite despite being a 280 yard par 3 😅

[@bt2476]

It’s beautiful, but fairways are too wide, and the rough will be too short as show in another video. Sadly, it’s already Indicative of another US Open where it will NOT be the toughest challenge they face of the year. And there will likely be a lot of players under par. I mean the Memorial Tournament last weekend will likely score tougher!

[@josephoneil3093]

I’m afraid you’re correct.

[@vansavant822]

@@josephoneil3093 You both are correct.

[@bt2476]

@@marcusdolby1 certainly hope it is around Even par! That'd be solid. But, it'd be nice to see a US Open again where the rough is a true penalty, and they have to either wedge or chip it out automatically. From that 3-4 inch bermuda, they'll still be able to go for the greens with mid irons, even if they do come in as knuckle balls. Winning score -12

[@SiLoMixMaster]

18 players were under par by the end of it, compared to just 1 at the Winged Foot US Open in 2020......

[@bt2476]

@@SiLoMixMaster EXACTLY!! The USGA had better change things in the near future, or they're going to even further lose their reputation - and be known as the most clueless and ignorant organization in golf. Every year, for the last decade, the conversation has gone to complaints about the USGA's setup for the U.S. Open.

[@lk29392]

Lotta longer irons into greens with large odd shaped bunkers. I foresee a lot of bunker play in this tournament.

[@ethanlculver]

A 290 yard par 3? Oh nah. That's just nutty. Guys gonna hit 3-woods?

[@oldmcdonald3376]

290 yard par 3!!!!

[@dorothygale1104]

Yes, but the green is 40 feet below the tee, so it plays much shorter. In the 2017 Walker Cup, US team members were hitting long irons to that green.

[@gabeh7923]

So.. I’m gonna need my A+ iron game and patience on the greens to win? Got it.

[@2011810]

bent greens and bermuda fws/rough is very unique

[@oldmcdonald3376]

like that short 5 on the front have to create shots

[@ecjaye]

Let's hope they can get it firm and fast. Massive marine layer here in LA for the last month, zero sun. Fairways are much wider then a traditional US Open. I have a feeling they're going to go low!

[@dorothygale1104]

The fairways are wider nominally, but they play much narrower due to significant slopes on most holes. The 13th fairway, for example, is 70 yards wide, but there is only a 25 yards slot on the left side of that fairway that will hold a tee shot. Anything right of that slot will roll to the right where a player won’t have a view of the green and/or roll into the rough. Despite the fairway width, a tee shot hit down the middle on #13 will end up in the right rough. All the wide fairways play this way.

[@NickWuebker]

3rd green looks like it could treacherous with a front pin location.

[@blairsterling6141]

If USGA makes rough grass long and thick, and speeds up greens to 14, and sets tees at very back, and narrows most fairways, and forms up course, and makes par at 70 or 69, then even par might be the winning score. Let's hope !!! ⛳

[@evandh1989]

Wish the drone flew higher. Hard to put the hole into perspective when it’s this low.

[@all-americandad9780]

I hope Erik Anders Lang plays this course from the US Open tees before the US Open. Dude will not break 100😂

[@davidtomsett]

Three very tough finishing holes

[@c02615223]

This has Dechambeau written all over it

[@goldkillah1576]

He's not going to win the 2023 US Open

[@oldmcdonald3376]

if the rough is no higher than it's showing here, these guys will burn this place up

[@Wizardstix23]

Fairways and approach shots will really dictate what scores are put up during the open.

[@dorothygale1104]

The rough at LACC is Bermuda, so it naturally is not going to be as high as other types of rough. The Bermuda rough will be about 3” deep, which is as tough or tougher than other types of rough.

[@hoyit]

@@dorothygale1104 Players say they’d rather play in 8 inches of any other rough instead of 3 1/2 inches of Bermuda. The winner of this tourney is gonna be like -6.

[@dorothygale1104]

@@hoyit My game is not at the level of Tour pros, but I agree with them about not wanting to hit out of Bermuda rough. I’ve okayed LACC-North several times (a work colleague is a member) and the Bermuda rough is normally between 2-3” and I personally would rather take my chances hitting out of the barranca than hit out of that Bermuda. Having said that, the Bermuda fairways provide for the most perfect lies.

[@ccorms]

This course will be really getable by the pros if they can’t get it firm and fast. They also need to pinch in the fairways and grow the Bermuda rough to 4-5”. If not Erin Hills part 2.

[@TheSports50]

Will anyone be under par. Par 3 280 and 290 . Oh boy. Par 5 ‘s are going to hard as well.

[@ramsden35]

Some of those par threes are silly lengths.

[@shifttransformations6597]

More like stupid lol the majority of the yardages I seen were ridiculous.. would not send the money to play the course...

[@Nick_J_]

@@shifttransformations6597You wouldn’t play from back there as a normal member. Nor will the pros, on the daily

[@Nick_J_]

Only way to make the pros hit long irons into greens

[@chevy4x466]

@@Droogs ofcourse, we have metal 5 &. 7 woods now. 50-80 years ago pros had to be able to hit long irons well to hit greens That skill is now gone

[@dorothygale1104]

Both of the long par 3’s play down grade from the tee, especially #11 with the green 40 feet below the tee. So neither #11 nor #7 play as long as the yardage indicates. The same is true for the longest par 4’s, which play down grade and/or downwind. In the 2017 Walker Cup, US team members hit long iron tee shots on the two long par 3’s and played the 542 yards, par 4 #16 with driver and 5-6 iron for 2nd shots. Cameron Champ played that hole with 3-wood and 6 iron to the green. There is a lot of slope on this course, which combined with prevailing ocean breezes have a big effect in how long holes play. #18 at 490 yards plays very slightly up grade (almost level) but it plays directly into the prevailing ocean breezes. So, it plays longer than the 542 yard #16 and the 520 yard #17, especially in the afternoon when the ocean breezes pick up.

[@josefbautista7923]

how thick is the rough going to be at this year's US Open?

[@dorothygale1104]

The rough is Bermuda, so it will be about 3”, which is as tough or tougher than any other type of tough. Bermuda is unique among west coast courses.

[@SBSR49]

GR8 job , but not my kind of course lol

[@SpeedzyWGJK]

Why do people care so much about a course they will never play?

[@rodsmith8118]

Why do you care about people who care so much about a course they will never play?

[@SpeedzyWGJK]

@@rodsmith8118 why do you care so much about me saying you care too much about a course you’ll never play?

[@rodsmith8118]

@@SpeedzyWGJK why did it take you 179 hours to respond?

[@Therealgordongekko]

They are going to win at -22. This is ridiculous for a US open. The fairways or wider than a football field

[@kg2293]

Totally agree. It’s a shame they didn’t narrow the fairways more. I like when the US Open winning score is near even. Makes it more interesting. Only thing they can hope to get is lightning fast greens. The rough will definitely be penal if they do find it though since it’s bermuda. We will see how it goes!

[@rodsmith8118]

No one is going to post a 72 hole score lower than 261 (-19) in the 2023 US Open.

[@goldkillah1576]

Do you still actually believe someone is going to post 258 for 72 holes in the 2023 United States Open Championship?

[@mattsimpson3454]

​@@kg2293 why do you agree? Clearly no one is going to post 258 in the 2023 United States Open Championship.

[@chevy4x466]

Not feeling this venue

[@golf007sd2]

So the R&A and USGA are seeking to roll back the golf ball...yet at the same time they are going to have major championship with 2 par 3's at ~ 290 yard and a few par 4's at well over 520 yards. What king bad weed are this old farts smoking? To hit these green and have them hold reasonably...so that a putt could be made for par is going to require some luck. After all did you all see those breaks? Green running at ~ 10-11...yah pull my finger.

[@dorothygale1104]

You obviously are not aware that the ball distance rollback has not yet taken effect. So, this course will be played with the current technology. The two long par 3’s are down grade from the tee, especially #11 with the green 40 feet below the tee. So they play shorter than the yardage indicates. The longest par 4, #16 at 542 yards, plays down wind & down grade. During the 2017 Walker Cup, US team members played that hole with driver and 5-6 iron 2nd shots. Cameron Champ played it with 3-wood and 6 iron. Significant fairway slopes and wind direction play a huge part in how long holes at LACC play. #18 at 490 yards, for example, is slightly uphill and plays directly into the prevailing ocean breezes, so it plays longer than the holes that are 520-540 yards. #1 at 578 yards is directly downwind and plays much shorter than its yardage. There will be drives of 350-400 yards (maybe longer) on that hole, especially in the afternoon when the ocean breezes pick up.

[@garydunn3868]

Worst U S Open Course since Chambers Bay.

[@goldkillah1576]

Cry a river!!

[@lewisgray30]

LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL bad

[@thomasbelk2921]

A 290yrd par 3. 🫣

[@dorothygale1104]

You missed the part that said the green is 40 feet below the tee. It doesn’t play is ling as the yardage indicates.