ERIN, Wis. (AP) Facts and figures for the 117th U.S. Open golf championship:
DATES: June 15-18.
Site: Erin Hill Golf Club.
The course: Wisconsin developer Robert Lang was behind the building of a public golf course on pure pastureland with hopes of attracting the U.S. Open. The course about 40 miles northwest of Milwaukee was designed by Michael Hurdzan, Dana Fry and Ron Whitten. It opened in 2006 and was awarded the U.S. Open four years later, one year after Lang had to sell the course. It has the appearance of links golf, with rolling terrain and no trees, surrounded by wetlands and a river.