Forget fast and firm--we have had the thickest marine layer over the last four weeks that I have seen since 2012. Add to the fact we had quite the rainy season (well north of two feet), LACC won't run anywhere as fast and firm as it did for the 2017 Walker Cup.The marine layer looks like it will malinger well into next week. It will be somewhat a reprise of what we saw weather-wise at Torrey Pines in 2021 and, more specifically, that seen at Pebble Beach in 2019.
Somehow, I don't believe this is what the USGA had in mind when coming to Los Angeles in June. Thank your lucky stars what HD cameras can do to brighten up what's going on in reality.
As a So-Cal resident, it's quite remarkable we're about to host the US Open for the first time in 75 years and, yet, there's virtually no discussion of the event whatsoever locally. At least this tournament will be run far more professionally than the last major we hosted here in 1995, where the PGA of America failed epically inside and outside the ropes.I'd go with 271 to 273 to win next week. I hope the USGA doesn't set up no. 15 less than 100 yards in either the third or fourth round.