Usual mix of skill, patience needed at golf’s toughest test
Some say they are looking forward to the brutal rough around the greens
17 June 2021 - 14:40
San Diego — The US Open has a reputation as golf’s toughest test and a typically exacting examination of skill and patience awaits the world’s best players at the 121st staging of the Major championship, which started on Thursday.
The prevailing view of players is that anyone wanting to contend will have to avoid the thick rough waiting to gobble up errant shots at Torrey Pines south. The 7,652-yard par-71 layout, a city-owned municipal course that San Diego residents can play for as little as $63, hugs cliff tops above the Pacific Ocean and affords magnificent views of the world’s largest water hazard...
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