It’s perhaps fitting that at a time when the upper echelons of men’s professional golf is embroiled in some kind of civil war, the US Open is taking place at Brookline.
This was the Boston venue, after all, where the 1999 Ryder Cup was held. And what happened during that particular encounter? Yes, that’s right, there was an outbreak of hostilities so fearsome, you wouldn’t be surprised if there were still bits of shrapnel embedded in the face of the bunkers.
