Expect the Unexpected at this U.S. Open

Expect the Unexpected at this U.S. Open

Few know the hilly terrain at LACC, where the knowledge is scarce and anticipation is high

LOS ANGELES – Thursday’s opening round of the U.S. Open will be a venture into the unknown.

It has been more than 80 years since professionals have competed on the guarded grounds of Los Angeles Country Club’s North Course, a rustic, rolling layout that traverses hilly terrain. The course offers a glimpse into what the nation’s second-largest city looked like before it was covered in asphalt.

In a city built on the manufactured and artificial, the venue for this week’s U.S. Open emphasizes the natural. That was the purpose of the radical renovation that this club underwent more than a decade ago, the one that readied one of the United States’ great courses for this grand unveiling.

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