UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. (AP) -- A brief look at the U.S. Open golf championship, which starts Thursday:
Site: Chambers Bay.
The course: Chambers Bay is a public course located south of Seattle along the Puget Sound on what used to be a sand and gravel pit that first was mined in the late 19th century. Once the mining stopped in 2001, the county decided to use the land for recreation, including a golf course built specifically to attract a U.S. Open.
Length: Course will play between 7,300 and 7,700 yards each day.
Par: 70 (36-34 or 35-35)
Cut: Top 60 and ties after 36 holes.