Don't get me wrong. This is a beautiful golf cours...

Don't get me wrong. This is a beautiful golf course in pristine condition. I just don't think it's worth $400+ to play, especially in late June (we teed off at 930am and it was 89 and humid). It kind of felt like Disneyworld. As a comparison, you can play Torrey Pines South (also a US Open course) for ~$250 in the summer. This course would be considerably more enjoyable if they allowed golf carts (everyone in my group made the same comment as soon as our round ended, including two who were members of Oakmont CC).

I was not willing to carry my clubs for 18 holes in 90 degree heat coming off a back surgery. So I chose my only other option: getting a caddie (not even pull carts were available). Given that caddies were (essentially) required, I was expecting an experienced looper with intimate knowledge of the course. Unfortunately, I was paired with Jane Doe, who was ~18 years old and told me she had been playing golf for 2-3 years. Jane gave me three putting reads that were blatantly wrong. On one hole, she gave me a left-to-right read. I asked her if she meant right-to-left (because the read seemed wrong), and she said "Ah yes sorry. I always get that mixed up." Jane also lost my Titelist cabrera leather glove and microfiber golf towel that were attached to my bag (worth another $50).

Don't get me wrong, Jane was an incredibly nice person who carried my clubs ~9 miles in the heat of summer. So I gave her a $100 tip and wished her well before heading to college. But she shouldn't be a caddie at a local country club, let alone a US Open course.

I cannot recommend this course to any experienced golfer in good conscience. It's a total rip-off that's trying to monetize the fact that they hosted a US open.