
It sounds as though we could be looking at a winning number this week of level par, or perhaps a first winning over par four-round total at the US Open since Shinnecock Hills in 2018, when Brooks Koepka's +1 score secured the trophy.
The build-up to the 125th US Open at Oakmont has been dominated by talk of the long rough and the "crazy" 289-yard par-3 8th.