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I look around this place and I see like 90 days ago we did n’t think we were gong to have fans, to see that we have six or seven grandstands that have gone up in the last couple of weeks, it’s pretty remarkable. ’’ While happy to have a crowd, USGA officials can only shake their heads at the timing. On Tuesday, California loosened its COVID-19 restrictions, allowing the Los Angeles Dodgers to play Tuesday before more than 50,000 fans, which is about the number of tickets usually sold for a normal Open round. John Bodenhamer said there simply was n’t enough time to revamp the plan and add capacity to Torrey Pines once it became clear that restrictions would be lifted. `` I had the question earlier today, why do n’t you have 30,000, 40,000 people ?