Gary Player calls U.S. Open site 'one of the worst golf courses' he's ever seen

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In an interview with Yahoo! Sports, Player said it's "one of the worst golf courses" he's ever seen for a number of reasons. The 79-year-old South African called it almost "unplayable."

"It's one of the worst courses I've actually ever seen in my 63 years as a pro. The greens are so angulating," Player said.

"It's 7,900 yards long. The world is in dire straits with water. Can you imagine the costs to maintain this? And it's a public course, but they'll probably charge the public around a couple a hundred bucks to play it. I'd like to challenge anyone with a 16 handicap to do better than 40 over par. It's basically unplayable and this is what we're trying to do, is get people to play golf."

Chambers Bay was built in 2007, making it the newest course to ever host a U.S. Open. It's long, as Player said, and some, like Rory McIlroy, believe it plays more like a British links course than a usual U.S. Open site.

Oh, and the greens. Don't get any pros started on the rough, dry, concrete-like greens. Sergio Garcia thinks the competitors there this weekend, "deserve better," when putting in the U.S. Open.

Even the mild-mannered Jordan Spieth, very much in contention this weekend, called the 18th hole one of the dumbest he's played in his life.

Still, as Player noted, there's a lot of pride and money on the line for the winner, so they're just going to have to suck it up and play.

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