Seamus Power anticipates fun time despite 'unusual' US Open course

Seamus Power reckons the course for the US Open is among the most unique he has played at but expects to have "fun" as the year's third major gets underway on Thursday.

The par-70 Los Angeles Country Club is hosting the tournament with Power teeing off alongside Irish amateur Matthew McClean and New Zealander Ryan Fox at 4.35pm Irish time.

But the Waterford native expects players will find the course to be both tricky and enjoyable to get to grips with on a strategic level.

"It's very different from what you'd expect. Even 18 there must be the widest fairway in US Open history," he told RTÉ Sport's Greg Allen.

"But it's still a very difficult hole. It's tough to gauge exactly how it's going to play. I think it's going to be very much up to USGA [United States Golf Association] depending on what they'll do with the greens and pins because that's going to be the biggest defence.

"It's interesting, a lot of unusual shots, a lot of blind shots and unusual green complexes with multiple grasses and all that kind of stuff.

"It's a very different course than I've probably ever played before but I think it's going to be fun.

"You're going to have a lot of different shots, a lot of different options and still you're going to be rewarded obviously for good ball striking."

The location of the course and its proximity to Beverly Hills and downtown Los Angeles also piqued Power's interest.

"When I was pulling in yesterday [Tuesday], you're driving down Wilshire [Boulevard] and you're looking at downtown LA and thinking, 'wait a second, the golf course is only just up here'," he said.

"It's very unusual, the whole thing. I've played a few courses out in LA and it's nothing like any of them I've ever seen so it's very odd.

"Even just the grass