Pinehurst stands apart as a US Open test because of the greens
Pebble Beach has the Pacific Ocean. Oakmont is the brute with its church pew bunkers. Pinehurst No. 2 has the cereal bowls turned upside down.
The greens at Pinehurst No. 2 are the signature of this Donald Ross course that hosts the 124th U.S. Open starting on Thursday. They go by any variety of names — upside-down cereal bowls, inverted saucers, turtlebacks or domes.
Whatever they're called, they are universally regarded as daunting, particularly for a U.S. Open already known as the toughest test in golf.
“You hit it on the green, the hole is not done," defending champion Wyndham Clark said.
