Days Before the US Open, Former Champion Rory McIlroy Makes a Bold Confession

The 2023 U.S. Open will be the third major championship of the season. Despite more than a week left for the tournament to commence, it has already stirred the air with exciting details and curious news. Although, when one of the four massive events in golf is on its way, everything related to it is riveting.

This includes the playing field, the cash prizes, the sponsors, and of course the venue of the game. Among many spellbinding, thrilling, and impressive golf courses worldwide, the United States also claims ownership of some of them. Rory McIlroy definitely seems to agree with that when he confessed a personal statement.

Rory McIlroy shares his opinion on the venue of the 123rd U.S. Open

Currently. the Northern Irish golfer is competing on the field at Muirfield Village in one of the most iconic PGA Tour tournaments. The post-match conference presented Rory McIlroy with a number of questions. One, in particular, was regarding the upcoming event in Beverly Hills. This noticeably brought out enthusiastic energy from the professional.

McIlroy said, “That’s awesome. I can’t wait. I think it’s going to be one of the best U.S. Opens there’s been for awhile.” The credit goes to the design initiated by George C. Thomas Jr, who, after its discovery, had a vision behind this golf course. The professional golfer’s brazen statement surely affirms the same.

Definitely, this course will challenge the best of the golfers as it would be the first time a major would take place on it. Not only that but after a gap of 75 years, one of the four significant golf events would enter the city of Los Angeles.

The 2014 PGA Champion also added, “I think everything. I just think, I think West Coast U.S. Opens always deliver, for some reason. I think Torrey Pines, Pebble Beach, even going back to like Chambers Bay. West Coast U.S. Opens I really like.”

Some facts about the Los Angeles Country Club

The historic field of the Los Angeles Country Club’s North Course was drafted by the legendary George C. Thomas. It was his details and the vision of his associate William P. Bell that was responsible for sowing the seeds of the foundation for this golf course. However, only later on after its renovation by Gil Hanse and Geoff Shackelford, along with Jim Wagner, will the field get to welcome its first golf major.

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The North Course with a par-71 now presents an improvised version of Thomas’ idea. Hanse and Shackelford worked determinately to restore this historical creativity. This included giving LACC’s course an integrated design with Thomas’ classic green layouts adding pin placements with wings.

The golf layout also successfully boasts the hosting of the Walker Cup in 2017. Not only with regard to challenge but also when it comes to scenery, LACC is an exceptional contender. It enjoys the outline of oaks and other indigenous sycamores with a classical outlook toward Beverly Hills.

Also, the first hole of the golf course has a historic touch of great Thomas bunkering fingers with tightly cropped turf. Impressively, the seventh hole is an example of “a course with-in a course” idea given by Thomas. These are some of the many amazing tests that the greens have to offer to golfers, as reported by GolfStars.

Apart from McIlroy, other renowned golfers have also shared their opinion on the LACC. This encompasses Patrick Cantlay who received his education in Los Angeles, the 2022 U.S. Open winner Matt Fitzpatrick and former World No. 1 Jon Rahm. Bryson DeChambeau too seems excited about the event.

The elite deviser Gil Hanse praised George Thomas’ original ideas. According to the reports, the designer said, “The architect that has had the most influence on our work, certainly in the last 10 years is George Thomas. Angles, strategy, and the “course within a course concept” were where he excelled.”

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