Infuriating day, again, at a US Open. I like Finau and Berger, but it's ridiculous that they are in the lead group. They played a completely different golf course than Dustin Johnson and the rest of the leaders. You can argue all day about whether the greens are too difficult, rough too long, etc - but the tag line is always "everyone plays the same golf course so quit bitching." Well that's not the case here, and that's the real problem. Stenson, Rose, DJ, and Keopka are playing far, far better golf than anyone else in the field, but none are in the final group. Back up a few more spots and it's an even bigger joke - Furyk, Aphibarnrat are in the final 5 groups with a shot to win this? Forget losing the course, the USGA has lost the ability to identify the best player due to how they set the course up.
And if they have to over-water the morning and lose the course again in the afternoon, you've got 30 guys under +10 that have a shot. Watch someone shoot 64 in the morning and end up winning as the leaders play on cement.
I still don't understand why they think the only way to make a golf course hard is to make it rock hard and kill the greens. 3 woods hit these fairways and roll out 100 yards. Guys are hitting long irons on 485 yard holes because they're playing like 350 yard holes. Fairways are wider than 90% of the courses you'd see in the wild. It's like Merion didn't teach them anything. Hopefully they get it right today, but even if they do plenty of damage has been done.