The 118 U.S. Open is less than a month away and returns to Shinnecock Hills, the fifth U.S. Open to be played at the historic course on Long Island. And it promises to be far different from a year ago at Erin Hills, a long, wide-open venue that produced record scoring.
Shinnecock figures to be a much sterner test, the 7,445-yard, par-70 layout yielding just two sub-par 72-hole scores in 2004, the last time the U.S. Open was staged at the course. Retief Goosen won at 276, 4 under par, and Phil Mickelson at 2 under was the only other player in red numbers.