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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.
This is the hidden brilliance of the USGA. The things they do may be wrong, but they function as a bright spotlight, exposing the most sanctimonious, whine-prone players in the sport.
Brooks Koepka has accomplished his most impressive feat yet, winning the 117th US Open in dominating fashion and matching Rory McIlroy’s 72-hole scoring record of 16-under.
Jordan Spieth ended his four days at the US Open before the last group even teed off on Sunday, finishing at one-over 289 after a final-round 69 on a breezy morning at Erin Hills.
The rough at Erin Hills seems to look nastier than it seems to be playing, and that would seem to violate one of the USGA’s long-held US Open tenets for the infamous “cost of rough” penalty.
Australian Golf Digest
