All those cocky smiles have to go.
It’s time the U.S. Open wipes them off the faces of today’s young pros and reasserts itself as the game’s Grim Reaper.
Shinnecock Hills is just the course to do it.
Of course, we want to see it done in all the best ways this championship historically has done that, because it’s been awhile since we’ve seen this event at its best.
While we once relished hearing players grumble and whine about the U.S. Open, the setup was so unfamiliar, so unrecognizable at Chambers Bay three years ago, we actually sympathized with the players who complained.