USGA officials told the Golf Channel the move wasn't a reaction to player complaints about the taller-than-usual rough, the most strident of which came from Kevin Na in a video that went viral on social media. He flew to Wisconsin on Tuesday and got in 18 holes.
"You have awkward shots within the bunkers, shots you can't advance forward", Whitten said.
But heavy rain descended upon Erin Hills and caused delays to Tuesday's practice round - and as a result the USGA made a decision to cut back some of the grass on a few of the holes, which they stated was because they believed it unplayable.
He continued, "These are the widest fairways we've ever played in a U.S. Open".
The length of the fescue already has been a topic of discussion this week, and while the USGA has relented some in that regard, it seems like they're OK with making the greens play like glass.
"Really? We have 60 yards from left line to right line". Nobody has repeated as a U.S. Open victor since Curtis Strange in 1989. It's supposed to test every club in the bag. "It's always a physical test".
He has played in only five tournaments this year and only one since he finished tied for seventh in the Masters.
"That's going to be the challenge for everybody, to stay out of there", Steve Stricker said. So if you can avoid them, it's a good idea.
Erin - Rory McIlroy has hit back at criticism of the challenging rough at Erin Hills as the Wisconsin course prepares to host the US Open for the first time this week. Even the first and second cut is another ten yards on top of that. "I think that's a fair thing to say". "If at the end of the week it's over par that wins and I get a chance to do that, then great". "And the general rule at the U.S. Open is not risk too much to get out of trouble, just get out of trouble".
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Rather than complain, the golfers would be better served to make sure they drive the ball in the fairway. "You can be really creative and I believe it will be a really fun week".
"It's just a very, very hard tournament to win", Johnson said in a pre-tournament press conference. There's still loads of rough - if you hit it in the fescue then you've hit a bad shot.
But where No. 7 at Pebble Beach ranked as the third-easiest hole at the 2010 U.S. Open, No. 9 at Erin Hills is created to cause more trouble than that. "I've had it to where I needed to hit gap wedge out about 100 yards into the fairway and I've also hit a 7-iron on the green out of it". "[If] you hit 100 drivers a day and you swing at the ball at 120 miles an hour, it's going to take its toll a little bit". "We've just got to try to go out and replicate that".
As for Oakmont a year ago, that was a breakdown in communication and delivering the ruling at the right time.
Spieth, the 2015 Masters and U.S. Open champion, remembers he was playing well entering the Amateur.
Johnson will be grouped with Jordan Spieth and Martin Kaymer, the two previous U.S. Open winners, starting from the 10th tee at 8:35 AM CT (1335 GMT) in Thursday's opening round.
"I'm thinking about playing either the Australian Open or the PGA Championship".
"I've played the back nine so far and I like it", added Knox. I wasn't crying when I saw that rain (Monday) night and (Tuesday) morning.
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