Welcome to the 126th edition of the U.S. Open.
After weeks of anticipation and a brief fog delay, the third major of the 2026 season began Thursday at the arduous Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, N.Y.
There are plenty of storylines that will be hovering in the (now not-so-foggy) air all weekend as the field of 156 golfers attempt to join Rory McIlroy and Aaron Rai as 2026 major winners.
Without further ado, here are three burning questions in golf that the U.S. Open will answer this week:
Does Bryson DeChambeau want to be a competitive golfer again?
DeChambeau, a two-time U.S. Open winner, is in a strange place in his golf career. He’s watched LIV Golf fall apart over the last few months and has been thrust into the role to try to revive it. On the course, it hasn’t been pretty. DeChambeau failed to make the cut at both the Masters and the PGA Championship, and he was seen trying out a new TaylorMade driver this week at Shinnecock, which every golfer knows is the ultimate sign that things are not going well.
Dechambeau’s 2026 season so far has been a whole lot of YouTube videos like “Can I Break the Record of a Public Golf Course?” and not much “Can I Compete at a Major?”
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