How to solve the puzzle of Pinehurst? Martin Kaymer, a winner at the course in 2014, said the trick lay in sinking putts from 10ft, while Rory McIlroy believes the secret is to “embrace the boring”.
Defending champion Wyndham Clark warned the greens were “borderline” in terms of being too rapid to putt on, while Tiger Woods predicted the next four days of golf would be a “war of attrition”.
