“Mickey Mouse golf course” – Fans slam the Los Angeles Country Club course as Rickie Fowler and Xander Schauffele shoot record 62s at US Open 2023

Rickie Fowler and Xander Schauffele's thrilling opening round at the 2023 US Open helped the Southern California locals take the lead. They finished with a score of 62, the tournament's lowest round in history.

Fans, on the other hand, flocked to Twitter to say that it was all due of the golf course. The 123rd US Open is underway at Los Angeles Country Club, which is garnering headlines in advance of the tournament because of its tough greens.

People wrote on Twitter:

"Hardest challenge in golf…..Mickey Mouse golf course."

"Course not even Tour difficulty"

"Mickey Mouse major"

"10 birdies and 2 bogeys. Course is a joke for a US Open venue. LACC is an elitist place that is too good for fans. This will be the last US Open at LACC. It's a goat ranch."

"What an embarrassment of a golf course."

Xander Schauffele led the 2023 US Open leaderboard after a bogey-free round of eight birdies in a tie with Rickie Fowler, who recorded ten birdies and two bogeys.

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Los Angeles Country Club course

Los Angeles Country Club is located in Los Angeles, California, on the west coast. George C. Thomas Jr. designed it in 1897. The Country Club has two golf courses including North and South.

The Los Angeles Country Club is well known for hosting the Los Angeles Open. The venue also hosted the Walker Cup in 2017 and US Women's Amateur Golf Championship in 1930 and the US Junior Amateur Golf Championship in 1954.

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US Open 2023 round 1 leaderboard

Here is the US Open 2023 round 1 leaderboard:

• T1 Rickie Fowler -8
• T1 Xander Schauffele -8
• T3 Wyndham Clark -6
• T3 Dustin Johnson -6
• T5 Brian Harman -5
• T5 Rory McIlroy -5
• T7 Bryson DeChambeau -3
• T7 Scottie Scheffler -3
• T7 Si Woo Kim -3
• T7 Paul Barjon -3
• T7 Harris English -3
• T7 Sam Bennett -3
• T7 Mackenzie Hughes -3
• T7 Jacob Solomon -3
• T7 Dylan Wu -3
• T14 Max Homa -2
• T14 Ryan Fox -2
• T14 Alejandro Del Rey -2
• T14 Andrew Putnam -2
• T14 Joaquin Niemann -2
• T14 Alex Noren -2
• T14 Keith Mitchell -2
• T14 Tony Finau -2
• T14 Sebastián Muñoz -2
• T25 Ryan Gerard -1
• T25 Yuto Katsuragawa -1
• T25 Ryo Ishikawa -1
• T25 Gordon Sargent -1
• T25 Viktor Hovland -1
• T25 Jon Rahm -1
• T25 Eric Cole -1
• T25 Phil Mickelson -1
• T25 Cameron Smith -1
• T25 Sam Burns -1
• T25 Min Woo Lee -1
• T25 Justin Suh -1
• T25 David Puig -1
• T38 Jordan Smith E
• T38 Lucas Herbert E
• T38 Sergio Garcia E
• T38 Sepp Straka E
• T38 Gary Woodland E
• T38 Corey Conners E
• T38 Adam Hadwin E
• T38 Stewart Cink E
• T38 Mac Meissner E
• T38 Andy Svoboda E
• T38 Vincent Norrman E
• T38 Nick Hardy E
• T38 Thriston Lawrence E
• T38 Aldrich Potgieter E
• T38 Abraham Ancer E
• T38 Adrian Meronk E
• T38 Ben Carr E
• T38 Patrick Cover E
• T56 Omar Morales +1
• T56 Ryutaro Nagano +1
• T56 Adam Svensson +1
• T56 Pablo Larrazabal +1
• T56 Scott Stallings +1
• T56 Patrick Rodgers +1
• T56 Matthieu Pavon +1
• T56 Thomas Pieters +1
• T56 Sungjae Im +1
• T56 Collin Morikawa +1
• T56 Denny McCarthy +1
• T56 Barclay Brown +1
• T56 Charley Hoffman +1
• T56 Simon Forsström +1
• T56 Maxwell Moldovan +1
• T56 Romain Langasque +1
• T56 Austin Eckroat +1
• T56 Mito Pereira +1
• T56 Russell Henley +1
• T56 Matt Fitzpatrick +1
• T56 Chris Kirk +1
• T56 Patrick Cantlay +1
• T56 Brooks Koepka +1
• T56 Taylor Montgomery +1
• T56 Taylor Moore +1
• T56 Corey Pereira +1
• T56 J.J. Grey +1
• T83 Deon Germishuys +2
• T83 Wenyi Ding +2
• T83 Roger Sloan +2
• T83 Kevin Streelman +2
• T83 Shane Lowry +2
• T83 Francesco Molinari +2
• T83 Tom Hoge +2
• T83 Patrick Reed +2
• T83 Matt Kuchar +2
• T83 Seamus Power +2
• T83 Jesse Schutte +2
• T83 Jordan Gumberg +2
• T83 Brent Grant +2
• T83 Nico Echavarria +2
• T83 Taylor Pendrith +2
• T83 Keegan Bradley +2
• T83 Cam Davis +2
• T83 Cameron Young +2
• T83 Jordan Spieth +2
• T83 Hideki Matsuyama +2
• T83 Davis Thompson +2
• T83 Nick Taylor +2
• T83 Austen Truslow +2
• T83 Christian Cavaliere +2
• T107 Preston Summerhays +3
• T107 Justin Thomas +3
• T107 Tommy Fleetwood +3
• T107 K.H. Lee +3
• T107 Adam Scott +3
• T107 Jason Day +3
• T107 Matthew McClean +3
• T107 Martin Kaymer +3
• T107 Gunn Charoenkul +3
• T107 Bastien Amat +3
• T107 Ross Fisher +3
• T107 Paul Haley II +3
• T107 Padraig Harrington +3
• T107 Tom Kim +3
• T107 Billy Horschel +3
• T107 David Nyfjall +3
• T107 Berry Henson +3
• T107 Michael Brennan +3
• T123 Michael Kim +4
• T123 Carson Young +4
• T123 Jens Dantorp +4
• T123 Ryan Armour +4
• T123 Tyrrell Hatton +4
• T123 J.T. Poston +4
• T123 Joel Dahmen +4
• T123 Michael Thorbjornsen +4
• T123 Emiliano Grillo +4
• T123 Mateo Fernandez de Oliveira +4
• T123 Sahith Theegala +4
• T123 Karl Vilips +4
• T137 Sam Stevens +5
• T137 Adam Schenk +5
• T137 Luke List +5
• T137 Wilco Nienaber +5
• T137 Kurt Kitayama +5
• T137 Olin Browne Jr. +5
• T143 Justin Rose +6
• T143 Kyle Mueller +6
• T43 Carlos Ortiz +6
• T143 Victor Perez +6
• T147 Hank Lebioda +7
• T147 Hayden Buckley +7
• T147 David Horsey +7
• T147 Nick Dunlap +7
• T147 Isaac Simmons +7
• T147 Alex Schaake +7
• T153 Brendan Valdes +8
• T153 Frankie Capan III +8
• T155 Aaron Wise +9
• T155 Alexander Yang +9