‘It’s just a big-boy golf course’: Players are loving the unique test offered by Los Angeles Country Club at the 2023 U.S. Open

“I have been able to come out here, see it a few times this year, but finally seeing it yesterday for the first time, completely different, in a good way. It still has the structure of what it is, but the rough being up, the course playing a little firmer, being in tournament conditions, it obviously plays a little different.”

“It’s been great to see it as a course at a major championship. Yes, I do think the scores are going to be — there’s going to be a lot of variance to the scores. There are still birdie holes out here, no doubt about that. The par 5s are very gettable, but you have to keep it in the fairway.”

“I think we’ve all seen it this week, just like a lot of U.S. Opens, you throw a ball in the rough, it’s kind of hit or miss, roll the dice. Are we going to get a good lie or a bad lie? It’s going to be on us to hopefully find out certain spots can we get lucky in the rough, is it a little thinner than some other places.”

“It’s a big golf course. I think yesterday I played the front nine, played a few holes on the back, and I hit a lot of 4- and 5-irons into par 4s.”

“There’s a drastic change of short holes to long holes that I think the par-3s are some of the most challenging. Yes, some of them are very long. I think the USGA is going to be great about moving tee boxes around to where we’re not hitting 5-woods.”

“But it’s just a big-boy golf course. It really is. You’ve got to hit good shots, especially with how penal the rough is. You’ve got to hit it in the fairways. It’s what you want for a major championship.”