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PGA Tour
U.S. Open, Los Angeles, June 15–18
Course: The Los Angeles Country Club, North Course (Par 70, 7,421 yards); Purse: TBA (Winner: TBA)
Defending Champion: Matt Fitzpatrick
FedEx Cup leader: Jon Rahm
TV: Thursday–Friday, 9:40 a.m.–1 p.m. (Peacock); 1–8 p.m. ET (USA), 8–11 p.m. (NBC); Saturday, 1–11 p.m. (NBC); Sunday, 12–1 p.m. (Peacock), 1–10 p.m. (NBC)
Twitter: @USOpenGolf
Notes: The 156-player field will be cut to the low 60 players and ties following 36 holes. … This is the first major championship to be held at the Los Angeles Country Club, and it will be contested on the North Course. The first edition of the Los Angeles Open (now The Genesis Invitational) was played on the North Course in 1926 and was held there four additional times. … Jon Rahm will make another attempt to become the first player to win five times in a season since Justin Thomas in 2016-17. He’s also attempting to be the first winner of multiple majors in a year since Jordan Spieth in 2015. … Fitzpatrick is trying to become the first player to successfully defend a U.S. Open title since Brooks Koepka in 2018. … Rory McIlroy has 18 top-10s in majors since claiming the most recent of his four career majors at the 2014 PGA Championship. This will be his 33rd start in a major since that victory. … No. 4 Patrick Cantlay, a Los Angeles-area native, is the highest-ranked player in this week’s field who has yet to win a major title….