"This is a course we can almost set up like a British Open. I am so excited, I can hardly stand it."

Steve Elling talks to Mike Davis about the selection of Chambers Bay. Lots of interesting stuff here, including comments from Ron Whitten, but the quotes about Chambers stand out:

 "We get calls all the time about places that think they might be a potential U.S. Open site," Davis said Friday. "When I got there, it was, like, 'Holy cow.' My jaw dropped. It was beyond spectacular."

And this ought to be neat... 

"There is no question, sometimes we have been a little cookie-cutter with regard to the set-up," Davis said. "This is a course we can almost set up like a British Open. I am so excited, I can hardly stand it."