Episode 112: The three most strategic shots at LACC with Gil Hanse
Get a Grip with Shane Bacon
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4.9 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 14 June 2023
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
A final preview for the U.S. Open and this time with one of the men integral in bringing Los Angeles Country Club back to its roots.
Gil Hanse joins Shane from LACC to talk about the honor of seeing one of his restorations displayed at the highest of levels, the sneaky 17th hole and then the 3 most strategic shots at LACC.
A big thanks to Gil for the time and the incredible insight.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Get a Grip with Shane Bacon, a production of I Heart Radio. |
| 0:10.0 | Hey, everybody. Welcome to the Get a Grip podcast. We are a day away from the start of the US Open. |
| 0:15.5 | One of the more anticipated major championships that I can remember in my time covering the sport simply because of the golf course. |
| 0:22.0 | I think golf fans and golf nerds know how great LACC is. |
| 0:27.0 | I think they understand what's the reception going to be like when everybody gets to see this place on full display. |
| 0:34.0 | It's going to play awesome. I think the golfers are going to like it. |
| 0:37.0 | Hopefully they don't like it too much. You don't want them to love a US Open course. |
| 0:40.0 | You got to get some people to complain. |
| 0:42.0 | But, you know, I mean, you talk about circling a date. |
| 0:45.0 | I was out there for the Walker Cup in 2017 and knowing that this was coming in terms of a US Open getting an opportunity to be hosted at Los Angeles Country Club. |
| 0:55.0 | I circled it. I was reminded about it. |
| 0:58.0 | And I'm as excited about this as I was for, you know, the Open going back to St. Andrews. |
| 1:03.0 | You know, the only difference being that we get to see the old course every five years. |
| 1:06.0 | And this is going to be the first time 98.9% of golf fans and sports fans will get to see Los Angeles Country Club in high definitions. |
| 1:14.0 | So very excited about it. If you missed our podcast on Monday, we had Max Homa on the podcast giving a preview of LACC. |
| 1:21.0 | Just chatted about not only the golf course this weekend, what to expect, but his, you know, 61 at the 2013 Pack 12s, which was a course record for a long, long time. |
| 1:31.0 | So make sure you listen to that one if you haven't. |
| 1:33.0 | This is going to be a much shorter episode. |
| 1:35.0 | I asked Gil Hans who restored LACC and, you know, brought it back to what it once was. |
| 1:41.0 | I asked him to come on and just give us his three strategic shots that he thinks will be extremely impactful in this championship coming down the stretch over the weekend. |
| 1:50.0 | And he did just that. And I thought it was great as you'd expect to get from Gil. |
| 1:54.0 | And so it's not a long episode, but great information as you sit, you know, hours away from the opening round and the coverage is extensive. |
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