“We just hadn’t had the opportunity recently to consider a site like this because of the challenges of where it sits within Los Angeles, and it being kind of landlocked, and (to) think about getting people here, the logistics, all of those things that go into hosting a major event.” “We’ve always been enamored with this golf course, and hold it in the same level of the American golf clubs like Shinnecock Hills, Oakmont Country Club, Pebble Beach and the other iconic venues,” Howe said. Shortly afterward, the LACC secured the 2023 event. The USGA proved the Open could work under similar circumstances when it staged the 2013 event at Merion Golf Club, the compact institution in Philadelphia’s Main Line suburbs. Howe and his team say they have overcome the logistical problems presented by the tight setting, from parking to crowd control to amenities for the Open’s corporate sponsors and regular fans alike. But they do have a second 18, so I’m guessing they’re going to take a lot of that room. Opens and seeing everything that comes to it. But it’s just logistically, to me, it was the hardest part to understand, especially after playing U.S. “The golf course could host any event you want. “Golf course-wise, yeah, the golf course is very high quality,” Rahm added.

Jon Rahm visited the club in Los Angeles around the time the Open date was announced in 2015, and he recalls two immediate thoughts: “How the heck are they going to fit anything around here, and second of all, how are we going to get around the traffic in this place?”

The Open is more frequently staged on suburban courses with plenty of room - not right off heavily trafficked Wilshire Boulevard and near the perpetually car-choked 405 freeway. We had local caddies that told us this stuff.”īut the vintage setup comes with challenges for a modern audience. The Playboy Mansion is back there by the 14th tee. You’ve got Lionel Richie’s house right there. “It’s like a country club in the middle of town, but it’s a world-class golf course. “Some pretty expensive real estate in there,” Scheffler said.

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