LOS ANGELES — It’s a mere seven-mile drive — which could stretch a good hour in the city’s gridlock — to get from famed Riviera Country Club, circa 1926, in Pacific Palisades to venerable Los Angeles Country Club, which is even older, dating to 1896, and occupies nearly a mile of frontage on both sides of Wilshire Boulevard between Beverly Hills to the east, Century City to the south, Westwood to the west, and Bel Air to the north.
It was a popular choice this week among competitors at the Genesis Invitational to sneak over to LACC (North), where the 123rd U.S. Open will be staged from June 15-18, and do an advance reconnaissance mission. Even Tiger Woods popped over on Monday to ride around in a cart and begin strategizing on how to navigate his way around the layout where he’ll make a bid for a fourth U.S. Open title.
Here’s what defending champion Matt Fitzpatrick, Adam Scott, Rory McIlroy, Max Homa, Tommy Fleetwood and Shane Lowry had to say about the venue for the third major of the year in June.