The Los Angeles Country Club’s North Course is set to host a U.S. Open next summer, but it looked defenseless against one of the world’s best amateurs over the weekend.
Stewart Hagestad, the 31-year-old mid-amateur from Newport Beach, California, who is ranked eighth in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, made easy work of one of his home layouts, firing an eye-popping 11-under 59 last Saturday.
Hagestad was coming off an early exit at the U.S. Mid-Amateur, where his bid to win back-to-back titles (and three overall) was ended in the Round of 16. Three days later, he joined some friends, which included his former college coach at USC, Kurt Schuette, for a casual round at LACC.