[3] On July 22, 2015, the United States Golf Association (USGA) announced that Los Angeles Country Club was selected to host the 123rd U.S. Open in June 2023.

[5] U.S. Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick also criticized the course layout, lamenting the blind tee shots, too much slope and fairways that did not hold the ball.

[5] The layout of the Los Angeles Country Club limited the number of tickets and grandstand placement for spectators of the U.S. Open.

The USGA allotted 22,000 total tickets for the event, with an estimated 8,000 available to the general public and the remainder going to corporate sponsors and club members.

[13] Friday, June 16, 2023 Rickie Fowler made eight birdies along with six bogeys in a two-under round of 68 to take sole possession of the lead through 36 holes at 10-under for the tournament.

At the par-5 14th hole, he hit his second shot into the rough surrounding the lip of a bunker but recovered on his third to 13 feet and made the putt for birdie.

Fowler was leading by one shot at 10-under on the 13th hole when he made a 69-foot birdie putt from just off the green to open a two-shot advantage.

Rebounding with a birdie at the 13th, Clark had to take a drop from an unplayable lie on the 17th hole and made another bogey to fall two back of Fowler playing the 18th.

He then hit his approach to the 18th green to six feet and made the birdie to finish at 10-under after a one-under round of 69, tying Fowler for the lead.

[20] Rory McIlroy, the 2011 champion, began the round two shots off the lead but made up the deficit with two birdies on the first three holes to tie.

[22] Sunday, June 18, 2023 Wyndham Clark shot an even-par 70 to win his first career U.S. Open and major championship.

He hit his tee shot on the par-3 15th over the green and failed to get up and down, settling for a bogey, then drove into a bunker on the 16th and had to chip back into the fairway.

This was his last birdie—he did not make another the rest of the round, and bogeyed the 14th after hitting his third shot into the ridge of a bunker and taking a drop for an embedded lie.

He shot a five-over 75 to fall back into a tie for fifth place with Tommy Fleetwood and Min Woo Lee.