US Open to be played at Pinehurst #2 in 2014... interesting piece of information...
“Mike Davis (the USGA’s director of rules and competition) has told me the 2014 US Open will be the first to be played on a course with no rough. We wanted to make sure they were comfortable with what we were doing and they are. Some of the fairways are going to be 40 yards wide, but they say that is fine with them. Mike says they will not grow rough. Which will be unbelievable. I really hope it happens. If they get the fairways firm, the course will be just as difficult.”
Im not sure how I feel about this decision yet. Yes, it is different, and depending on the slope and roll of the fairways, it could play very hard. But for me, and for many other Sunday TV watchers, some of the best footage comes from watching professionals such as Tiger and Phil hack out of 8 inch rough with a lob wedge just to get it back in the fairway or try to get a little too aggressive and hit the 15 yard grounder that stays in the rough. I cant see how miles of fairway is a tougher test then the 8 inches of thick rough which is synonomous with the US Open, but we will see!
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