Let The Deep Analysis Begin: '14 U.S. Open Groupings
/They say the days of %$&^* pairings are gone,
Read MoreWhen you come to think of it that is the secret of most of the great holes all over the world. They all have some kind of a twist. C.B. MACDONALD
Video: Pinehurst No. 2's Fourteenth And Fifteenth Holes
/We're on the home stretch now and Pinehurst picks up steam again,
Read MoreR.I.P.: NBC, ESPN And Johnny At The U.S. Open
/The obits are rolling in on NBC and ESPN televising their last U.S. Open
Read MoreHere We Go! Pinehurst Gets A New 250-Yard Par-3 Tee Just Weeks Before The U.S. Open(s)
/Maybe the women will pay No. 6 on Pinehurst No. 2 as a driveable par-4?
Read MoreVideo: Pinehurst No. 2's Twelfth & Thirteenth Holes
/At 484 yards for the men and 417 for the women, the par-4 twelfth
Read MoreVideo: Adam Scott On Pinehurst vs. Sandbelt Golf
/Good insights from Adam Scott talking to Alex Podlogar of
Read MoreVideo: Rory McIlroy Really Likes Pinehurst No. 2
/And while that doesn't sound much, imagine players ten or fifteen years ago showing up to find
Read MoreVideo: Pinehurst No. 2's Eleventh Hole
/I've fallen behind but I can catch up! Maybe the stall in USGA
Read MoreLandon Michelson: "I'm here because I'm a huge idiot."
/Great stuff from Morning Drive today as Landon Michelson, who was DQ'd for signing an incorrect card, shows that other than checking his card, he's a big, big adult, going on Morning Drive and his genuine, refreshing honesty makes you want to see him get a big break very soon. He also knows how to use Facetime! A+ for the lighting.
Kelly Tilghman, Damon Hack, and Phil Blackmar talk to Michelson, then debated the scorecard signing rule after.
It's A Wrap: Golf's Longest Day Actually Ends On Time!
/As of almost midnight, the full results page
Read MoreVideo: Mickelson's Take On The New Look Pinehurst No. 2
/Phil Mickelson teed it up at Pinehurst No. 2
Read MorePinehurst Gets It's No. 9, Buys National Golf Club
/A short John Dell story
Read More2014 U.S. Open Sectional Qualifying Day Is Here!
/One of golf’s great days is here, aka Golf’s Longest Day when a network was crazy enough to televise it at a big loss under the belief that the non-profit USGA appreciated their partners for things other than cold, hard cash.
Therefore, the U.S. Open Sectional Qualifying returns to its dark place of page refreshes, late night articles and skimpy photo galleries for that always-gratifying day introducing us to the talented people who qualify for the most democratic major.
The USGA has a page devoted to the storylines, and there are some doozies. There are also preview stories for each sectional that will take you to a devotional page including a link to scoring pages as the numbers are posted.
There is also this page including all of the qualifiers. And this Road to the Sectionals primer.
Video: Pinehurst No. 2's Tenth Hole
/The beautiful, bending long par-5 10th is the last of the round and one modified by Donald Ross to be less penal for the average golfer, as Ran Morrissett explained in his GolfClubAtlas profile. The fall off behind the green elevated above the fairway makes third shots tricky here, so there's a huge reward for the bombers who can get on or near the green in two.
The hole will measure 617 yards for the U.S. Open, 571 yards for the U.S. Women's Open.
A photo from this February of the tee view:
The flyover:
Video: Pinehurst No. 2's Ninth Hole
/One of the prime inspirations for the calls to restore sandy scrub to Pinehurst
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