USGA officials always say they want to test every part of a player’s game at the U.S. Open. John Bodenhamer, the ruling body’s chief championships officer, said he wants to see players have to hit it high, low, left to right and right to left – get every club in the bag dirty. Players better have every shot in the bag, as the old cliché goes.
But a lob wedge off a tee? That’s a new one. And that option likely will come into play at least once this week at Los Angeles Country Club’s North Course, as the USGA might set up the par-3 15th around 80 yards long – the shortest par 3 in modern U.S. Open history.
