PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. _ The U.S. Golf Association finally has joined the rest of humanity in the view that Mondays are just worth skipping. The USGA has done away with its signature 18-hole Monday playoff and, like everyone else in the sport, chosen to end its biggest tournament on a Sunday.
The official tiebreaker for the U.S. Open is a two-hole tiebreaker, to be held on Sunday evening, immediately after the regulation fourth round ends.
It was a marked departure and a tough choice for the many traditionalists inside and out of the USGA, who never had bought into the "Blue Monday" theme. But the thought was that the time was right to get with the times. The USGA announced the switch early in 2018 after lots of consultation with everyone involved with the tournament, not the least of which was the television contingent.
