The word on the street is that this year's US Open at the South Course at Torrey Pines won't be
the ball-breaker that Oakmont was last year. Oakmont's layout is notoriously difficult as it is, so
when you add graduated rough and lightning-fast greens on surfaces that resemble tilted panes
of glass, players feel as if they've gone 12 rounds with *insert your favorite boxer here*.
Sources tell me that this year's US Open will be different. "OMG how can it possibly be different,"
you say? Simple. First, the fairways will be essentially the same width as they were set for the
Buick Invitational. The rough isn't going to be that much deeper than for the Buick Invitational as
well. Finally, the tees will be pushed back, but not as far back as humanly possible...because if
they were, they course could be stretched back to over 7,600 yards, which is totally insane. It will
still be the longest US Open course by more than 300 yards. Ouch.
But that doesn't mean that Torrey Pines will be a walk in the park.
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