Tough greens at Pinehurst to test top players at U.S. Open
Pebble Beach has the Pacific Ocean. Oakmont is the brute with its church pew bunkers. Pinehurst No. 2 has the cereal bowls turned upside down.
Perhaps that’s why in three previous U.S. Opens at Pinehurst No. 2, a total of four players finished the championship under par. One was Payne Stewart, thanks to that famous 15-foot par putt on the final hole to beat Phil Mickelson in 1999 at one-under par. “This is one you putt,” Spieth told Sam Burns. Instead of walking over to his bag for a putter, Spieth used the left-handed putter of alternate Josh Radcliff and gave it a whack.
And then it’s up to the USGA to make conditions so demanding that only the most highly skilled players can handle them. Such is the essence of the U.S. Open. And when players miss the greens – from the fairways, sometimes from putts that roll off the crowned edges – there are options. Clark won last year at Los Angeles Country Club with a score of 10-under 270. That week also started with Schauffele and Rickie Fowler setting a U.S. Open record of 62 in the opening round some 10 minutes apart.
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