Erin — Coming to relatively new Erin Hills, which is hosting its maiden Major championship, gives the world’s best golfers a taste of the unknown this week at the US Open. But being a US Open, players can expect a mental and physical challenge at 2017’s second Major. The 11-year-old, tree-less course 56km northwest of Milwaukee stretches beyond 7,700 yards, where calf-length fescue grass waves in the wind alongside fairways. "It’s one of the toughest mental tests that you’re going to encounter out there, and it’s important to be fresh, and at least I think I’ve got that part," British Open champion Henrik Stenson of Sweden said. "I’ve had a week off in Sweden and haven’t focused much on golf. So at least we’re fresh."
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