The U.S. Open is often considered the most difficult of all the majors.
The courses are set up to punish players who can't keep the ball in the fairway, and deep rough, ponderous bunkers and significant water hazards await players who can't keep the ball straight.
This year's U.S. Open is at Pebble Beach in Monterey County, California, and while that course can be tamed during the early months of the golf season, it can be quite another story in the U.S. Open. This is the sixth time that Pebble Beach has hosted a U.S. Open.
Still, it is a course that the best players in the world are quite familiar with, and with stars like Brooks Koepka, Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson, and, yes, Tiger Woods, this is a tournament that is filled with exciting possibilities.