Thomas, Fowler and Horschel share first impressions of LACC | Live From the U.S. Open | Golf Channel

PURPOSES. >> WE WILL SEE HOW IT SHAKES OUT, AND WE WILL SEE HOW IT SHAKES OUT, AND WE WILL GET INTO A CONVERSATION LATER, BUT WE WANT TO GET INTO ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE TEAM, STEVE BURKOWSKI WHO WAS ON SITE AS WELL OF LACC, AND EVERYONE WHO IS EXCITED TO GET A LOOK AT THE VENUE. WHAT ARE YOU SEEING? >> YES, EVERYONE IS EXCITED. GOOD AFTERNOON TO YOU, CARE RA, AND L.A.C.C. WAS THE HOST OF THE U.S. OPEN, THE PLAYERS COULD NOT WAIT TO COME HERE THE PLAY. IT IS THE ONLY THE FOURTH USGA EVENT

TO BE HELD HERE, AND THERE A LOT OF CALIFORNIA LOVING HERE TO THIS U.S. OPEN. THE FOURTH OF FIVE YEARS THAT IT HAS BEEN PLAYED HERE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, BUT GOING OVER THE ARCHIVES IN THE LAST TEN OR SO YEARS, STARS OF THE PGA TOUR HAVE SUCCESS, AND THE PAC-12, AND MAX HOMA A SENIOR TO THE CAL BEARS, HE OPENS UP WITH A 61, A COURSE RECORD STILL STANDING TO THIS DAY, AND LEADING THE CAL BEARS TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN FOR THE PAC-12, AND IN 2017, YOU TOUCHED ON LACC HOSTING THE WALKER CUP

MATCH, AND COLLIN MORIKAWA AND PART OF THAT VICTORIOUS SQUAD RETURNING AS A MAJOR CHAMPION, AND WHILE SOME OF THE INDIVIDUALS

HAVE NOT BEEN OUT HERE, CARCARA, MANY OF THEM HAVE EXPERIENCE AND THE VERY BEST IN PROFESSIONAL GOLF. >> THAT IS WORTH KEEPING IN MIND WITH HOW NEW THE COURSE IS, AND FOR SO MANY IN THE FIELD, AND WHAT ARE THEY SAYING ABOUT THE LAYOUT SO FAR? >> WELL, THEY ARE LEARNING QUICKLY. SOME HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE, AND SOME ARE SEEING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND SOME ARE NOT BEING HERE, BUT AS WE SEE THE

COURSE EARLY, AND LEARN THE INTEL EARLY, AND GET SOME THOUGHTS FROM THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN HERE OVER THE WEEKEND AND WHAT THEY HAVE SEEN, AND EXPECT TO SEE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS LEADING UP TO THE OPENING ROUND. >> IT IS IMPRESSIVE AND I UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE SAY IT IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE PIECE OF REAL ESTATE THAT GOLF SITS ON. I UNDERSTAND THAT NOW. IT REMINDS ME OF A LITTLE BIT AND NOT THAT I HAVE PLAYED A LOT OF GOLF THERE, BUT WATCHING IT ON TV AND YOU ARE LOOKING DOWN 1 AND 18, AND IT

IS SOMETHING THAT WE SEE IN AUSTRALIA A LITTLE BIT, THE WIDER FAIRWAYS WHERE THE BALL RUNS OUT, AND WIDER ROUGH, AND THE FAIRWAYS ARE NOT OVERLY NARROW, BUT THE COURSE CAN BE FAST, AND IT IS PLAYING SLOW RIGHT NOW WITH THE GREENS AND THE FAIRWAYS, BUT I THINK THAT THE GRASS AROUND THE BUNKER IS SLOW WITH THE ST. AUGUSTINE GRASS, AND IT IS GOING TO BE GNARLY AND FAST, BUT IT IS A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF PROPERTY, AND I HAVE ONLY PLAYED THE FRONT NINE, AND SO MANY WAYS TO PLAY THE COURSE. A LOT OF THE

HOLES YOU CAN LAND IT SHORT AND BOUNCE IT UP INTO THE GREEN. IT IS GOING TO REQUIRE SOME, SOME COURSE MANAGEMENT, AND SOME THOUGHT OF HOW TO PLAY THE HOLE, AND WHERE TO PUT THE BALL FOR THE BEST CHANCE TO MAKE SCORES. BUT, YEAH, I AM PRETTY IMPRESSED BY IT SO FAR. >> IT IS COOL. IT IS UNIQUE, AND A WIDE VARIETY OF THOSE HOLES THAT ARE VERY SHORT, AND VERY LONG. OBVIOUSLY, HITTING IT IN THE FAIRWAY, AND GETTING IT IN THE FAIRWAY IS A LOT OF FUN. YOU HAVE A LOT OF WEDGES IN YOUR

HANDS, AND HOLES WHERE YOU HAVE TO MAKE PAR. SO I HAVE NO MISTAKES TO MY ADVANTAGE. >> EVERY TIME WE MISSED THE FAIRWAY, IT TOOK MORE THAN ONE TO FIND THE BALL. IT SITS DOWN IN THE BERMUDA WHICH IS ODD FOR CALIFORNIA AND LET ALONE THE U.S. OPEN. I DON’T KNOW IF I HAVE PLAYED A U.S. OPEN ON BERMUDA, BUT IT IS NASTY IN THE ROUGH. >> IT IS FUN. I HAVE BEEN HERE A COUPLE OF TIMES TO PLAY PRIOR TO THE U.S. OPEN BEING HERE, BUT IT IS MAYBE FIVE OR SIX YEARS, BUT A

FUN COURSE TO PLAY, AND WITH THE WIDEST FAIRWAYS, AND YOU WILL GET THE WEDGESER AND PAR 5s TO SCORE, AND A VARIETY OF THE PAR 3s, AND YEAH, YOU TO USUALLY KNOW THAT IS WHAT A U.S. OPEN IS ALL ABOUT. >> AND PLAYERS TRYING TO CONSERVE PLAYING THE FRONT NINE ONE DAY AND FWAKTHE BACK NINE ANOTHER DAY. THEY MAY NEED MORE THAN ONE DAY TO LOOK AT THE LACC TO BE PREPARED. >> YES. AND JASON DAY DID NOT GET A CHANCE T