Ryan Brehm is plenty used to difficult golf courses.
But Erin Hills, in eastern Wisconsin?
“The course is sick, man!” Brehm said shortly after completing nine practice holes earlier this week.
Welcome to the U.S. Open, where the rough is thick, the greens are lightning quick, and even the slightest mistakes are penalized at a significantly more devastating rate than, say, the Sony Open.
Brehm knows all about that, having been a golf-watching junkie growing up in Mount Pleasant and, later, at Michigan State.
This week, he gets his first crack at a major championship, after rallying in impressive fashion in a sectional qualifier last week.