(Sam Farmer / Los Angeles Times)
Dick Shortz stood beside the No. 1 tee box at Los Angeles Country Club this week and surveyed the remodeled clubhouse and double-decker chalets running down the first fairway."This started as a dream," he said."Now it's a thrill."Shortz, a longtime LACC member and past president, led the effort to bring the U.S. Open to the club for the first time, helping convince a membership otherwise entirely happy to fly under the radar, just as it had for decades.
Dick Shortz stood beside the No. 1 tee box at Los Angeles Country Club this week and surveyed the remodeled clubhouse and double-decker chalets running down the first fairway."This started as a dream," he said."Now it's a thrill."Shortz, a longtime LACC member and past president, led the effort to bring the U.S. Open to the club for the first time, helping convince a membership otherwise entirely happy to fly under the radar, just as it had for decades.
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