But where No. 7 at Pebble Beach ranked as the third-easiest hole at the 2010 U.S. Open, No. 9 at Erin Hills is created to cause more trouble than that. After 1.5 inches of rain fell overnight on...
We hope it's going to be on Sunday, but with the threatened thunder storms around for the weekend and the ever-present possibility of an 18-hole play-off, we could well be back here for a dreaded Monday finish.
"I sit down when I go down the stairs now", Johnson said with a smile.
Rickie Fowler was showing encouraging signs of consistency before his missed cut at the St Jude Classic last week, however, the American is a gun with the putter when he's in the mood and he's one of those long enough to cut dog-legs. We have 60 yards from left line to right line.
"You've got the fairways", Harvey says. If we can't hit it within that avenue, you might as well pack your bags and go home.
"It's a well-designed, well-bunkered golf course with a bunch of tee box options", 2015 U.S. Open victor Jordan Spieth said. Even the first and second cut is another ten yards on top of that.
"Chambers Bay, you had big mounds to play off onto the greens", said Spieth, who is at Chambers Bay two months after capturing his first major title at the Masters.
The grass is so thick that it's essentially a one-shot penalty. He stepped in, leaned down and took a mighty hack.
Get prep sports breaking news alerts from the Gwinnett Daily Post staff delivered to your email. It's supposed to be a tough test.
So the 50-year-old headed to the U.S. Open qualifier in Tennessee and shot 67-65 to win it.
He took a photo of the maintenance staff trimming away and tweeted, "Guess the USGA made a decision to be nice this week and cut down some of the rough".
Patience is as valuable as pars, and that holds true at any U.S. Open.
That might have made it a lot easier on Dustin Johnson - and everyone else - a year ago at Oakmont. The USGA realized a few holes later it needed a closer review. Johnson played the last seven holes not knowing if he would be penalized, and thus not knowing the score. He still got the trophy, but the USGA looked bad.
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At 7,741 yards, the par-72 track is set up to reward length and accuracy this week.
"I try and dumb it down as much as possible and head out there and try and do my thing".
If his putting is sharp, he should have an excellent chance to win a second consecutive tournament.
More than most, these guys will know exactly how the other one feels when the shots start flying for real Thursday.
Meanwhile two-time major victor Jordan Spieth was also surprised to hear about the rough being cut down.
It's way too early for a trend. He thinks that's an appropriate demand for a U.S. Open venue. The exception in that span was Phil Mickelson at the 2010 Masters. We'll have to see how strong his mind is coming off an injury.
Since then, Europeans have won 15 majors.
McIlroy referred to it as a cycle. "But I put my hand up and said, 'If you want me to return the favor, I can do it'".
Defending champion and world No. 1 Dustin Johnson, bidding to become the first back-to-back champion in 28 years, will aim to exploit his big-hitting prowess.
"US Open.it's insane". That's eight straight U.S. Opens, matching the longest streak without in U.S. Open history.
Pinehurst, in 2014, had none as players missing fairways instead found the native sand and many shots around the greens could be rolled along the ground with a putter.
For almost 30 years, Curtis Strange has carried the designation as the last man to win back-to-back U.S. Opens.
But he has a busy summer scheduled.
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