Only four players have finished under par across the three US Opens staged at Pinehurst and, if the hype is to be believed, that figure is not set for a significant rise this week.
Defending champion Wyndham Clark set the tone on Monday by describing some of the greens as already being “borderline”, while Tiger Woods was unusually quotable in predicting bouts of “ping pong” as players chip from one side of the domed greens to the other.
