The U.S. Open crowds will be smaller, but there’s a plan for that (spoiler: it’s a party across the street)

Bringing the U.S. Open to one of the “cathedrals of golf,” as USGA Chief Championships Officer John Bodenhamer referred to Los Angeles Country Club, hasn’t been without its challenges. For one, due to the course’s footprint and exclusivity, only about 22,000 tickets will be distributed per day when the world’s best invade the City of Angels.