The Country Club is getting its first U.S. Open in three decades, and Los Angeles Country Club is set to host its first major championship.
The newcomer is an old classic - the North Course at Los Angeles Country Club, which gets the U.S. Open in 2023. It will be the first time the U.S. Open is held in Los Angeles since Ben Hogan won at Riviera in 1948.
LA North is on the other side of the 405 freeway near Beverly Hills. George C. Thomas redesigned the course in 1927, and Gil Hanse restored it five years ago.
"We're in for a real treat," USGA executive director Mike Davis said. "It will be a wide U.S. Open. The course will have generous fairways, and it will be firm and fast. And it will be great to take the U.S. Open to the second-largest city in the country."
(Golf.com)
Wednesday, July 22, 2015
This News Sucks For Speed Week Fans
Bonneville Speed Week canceled for 2015
At least for this year, don't expect to hear any daring tales of home-built machines hitting ridiculous speeds across the salt flats or Guy Martin blasting through the desert on a 400-mph Triumph motorcycle. The 2015 Bonneville Speed Week is now officially canceled for the second consecutive year because the surface is too wet (pictured above). Earlier reports already suggested this was possible.
The Southern California Timing Association, the event's organizing body, made the announcement on its website. The group's president and chairman went out to the salt flats on July 20, and the best that they could find was 2.25 miles that were safe enough to race on. According to the statement, "The rest of the salt flats are either wet or wet and muddy." The group usually tries to find at least seven miles of suitable salt but would have reportedly even settled for four miles this year. Speed Week was scheduled to begin Aug. 8.
(AutoBlog.com)
At least for this year, don't expect to hear any daring tales of home-built machines hitting ridiculous speeds across the salt flats or Guy Martin blasting through the desert on a 400-mph Triumph motorcycle. The 2015 Bonneville Speed Week is now officially canceled for the second consecutive year because the surface is too wet (pictured above). Earlier reports already suggested this was possible.
The Southern California Timing Association, the event's organizing body, made the announcement on its website. The group's president and chairman went out to the salt flats on July 20, and the best that they could find was 2.25 miles that were safe enough to race on. According to the statement, "The rest of the salt flats are either wet or wet and muddy." The group usually tries to find at least seven miles of suitable salt but would have reportedly even settled for four miles this year. Speed Week was scheduled to begin Aug. 8.
(AutoBlog.com)
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