加州大学洛杉矶分校

2023年6月13日

加州大学洛杉矶分校大二高尔夫球手奥马尔·莫拉莱斯,在墨西哥第一轮开放4月份的墨西哥巴亚尔塔港,可能更熟悉洛杉矶乡村俱乐部比155年的其他球员本周的美国公开赛。(图片由赫克托耳维瓦斯/盖蒂图片社)发表:|更新:2023年6月12日下午27。洛杉矶——厚云笼罩在2023年的美国公开赛在自1948年以来的第一次来洛杉矶吗?这不是烟雾。不是6月低迷。这是一片混乱。完全的、彻底的哈自慰。从上周整个运动仍然摇摇欲坠的PGA高尔夫球Tour-LIV提议宣布大规模:“整件事,”去年的美国公开赛冠军马特Fitzpatrick周一说,”是令人困惑的。”,这是一个主要的高尔夫球锦标赛在一门课程几乎没有人知道,在受人尊敬但独家洛杉矶乡村俱乐部:“15,它可以打90码吗?”一惊问史密斯凸轮,丽芙·高尔夫球手之一,去年的公开锦标赛在圣安德鲁的老球场。这一切混乱摇摆游戏可能会让人任何人的球赛,尤其是在这里谁知道会发生什么。像加州大学洛杉矶分校的奥马尔·莫拉莱斯。 He not only has some ever-more-rare clarity on his immediate golfing future – he’s got two more years at UCLA – but he’s also got a handle on LACC that is rare in this field of 156 of the world’s best golfers. Morales, a native of Puebla, Mexico, said Monday that he used to play the course with his teammates about three times a month as a Bruin freshman, learning the ins and outs of a North Course that this week will deliver a 7,423-yard, par-70 test . “I like that it’s in the middle of the city and it’s close to campus,” said Morales, whose best round at LACC so far, best as he can remember: 67 from the back. “It’s just a great championship golf course. It’s very demanding in every single aspect of the game, it’s just a cool course, overall.” A cool customer himself, Morales enters play – he’ll tee off in the first group Thursday , at 6:45 a.m., paired with South African Deon Germishuys and Alabamian Jacob Solomon – having earned a berth at the June 5 qualifier at nearby Hillcrest Country Club . Morales carded the best score of 88 hopefuls, shooting 12-under over two rounds (65-65). He rolled into qualifying having recorded a 70.7 scoring average in his final five events of the collegiate season and having claimed his first collegiate tournament title in April, when he shot 13 under and won a one-hole playoff at the El Macero Classic at El Macero Country Club. Now he joins former Bruin Patrick Cantlay in this year’s U.S. Open field, and he’s one of 11 collegians – six of them representatives of the Pac-12 Conference. “I’m just super-pumped, super-excited; I need to calm myself down a little bit,” said Morales, whose voice and demeanor did little to betray any such nervous energy after nine practice holes. It’ll help that the 20-year-old without experience at a tournament of this magnitude knows enough about the course to have a favorite hole: No. 6, a 330-yard par 4. “Because there’s so many ways to play that hole,” Morales said, “and one just little small tiny mistake can turn out to be a big number.” That’s more knowledge in his bag than many of the other golfers who showed up in L.A. this week green about a course that could prove dry and fast but possibly play slow … maybe? “I have no idea,” Fitzpatrick said in a pre-tournament news conference at LACC, in one of the many massive tents that signal the arrival of a major golf tournament. “From the pictures I’ve seen, it looks fantastic. … I guess in this day and age you’d like to think there might be some artificial intelligence you could use to kind of plot your way around, I guess. That’s probably something I’ll have to look into. “I played it in 2018 (but) I can’t really remember too much about it. I did walk it (in February) without playing it. It’s kind of hard to remember. I couldn’t really give you any insight into that.” “Well, I think I just don’t know what’s going on,” Fitzpatrick said. “I don’t think anyone knows what’s going on. Are we signing with the PIF (Public Investment Fund’s), are we not signing with the PIF? I have no idea. “Even though I guess it is confusing, it’s pretty clear that nobody knows what’s going on apart from about four people in the world.” Or as Smith put it: “I really know as much as you guys know, to be honest. I’m just taking it as it goes along. I guess if anything comes up, I’ll let you guys know, but for the moment it’s just trying to play the best golf I can and trying to win a U.S. Open.” "I was so sad about that." #USOpen champion Matt Fitzpatrick on giving back his trophy. pic.twitter.com/4qFhlrdHrB