This year, the Open returns to Shinnecock Hills, a course many consider among the best in the United States. For the USGA, it also marks the beginning of a run of timeless venues hosting its biggest championship.
The most pointed criticism of Chambers Bay at the 2015 US Open came from a former player, Gary Player, who went on Golf Channel on the morning of the third round and teed off on the course and its architect, Robert Trent Jones Jnr.