It was a great test for a U.S. Open. Most courses these days are too easy for the professionals as they easily hit their drives over 300 yards and pitching wedges over 150 yards. It is good to see a difficult course for a change.

I think Bryson gained a ton of fans and Rory lost a ton with his behaviour

As a golf fan, I absolutely loved the course. It was so entertaining watching so many top players getting beaten up 😂

The course was awesome a proper true test where they’d to play such a variety of shots rather than just wedge into the green, stop dead hole birdie putts.. Certainly more entertaining. Fantastic not having a boring birdie fest. Makes them “think” more about what they’re doing..

I don't understand the criticism of the course. Rory played the course masterfully all four days. His loss was entirely due to missing two short putts; one on 16 and the other on 18. End of story.

The course was fine. Bryson and Rory both played great. Bryson got it done, thats golf. Winners and loosers.

All Majors should be as hard as possible

I disagree with Harmon though. The US Open is designed to be won at level par. All Majors should try and limit the winning score to 10 under or less.

I’m so sick of the poor Rory crap. He’s classless and acts like a child anytime things don’t go his way!

You feel sorry for Rory? The guy who talk trash to everyone? And what does he have to do? How about not choking. He bogey three of his last four holes.

Rory could have waited an extra 3 minutes and congratulated DeChambeau on his way to record his score. No class.

Pros are spoiled by greens the size of Walmart parking lots. The greens at P2 separated the men from the boys :)

I loved the course setup. It was a true test for the best players of the world.

Every US Open at Pinehurst has been great. Slow play needs to be addressed for sure at all levels.

That course was extremely difficult. That's what US Open courses are. All players played the same course and under the same conditions. The best got sorted from the rest.

The course was amazing. The USGA could have set it up way tougher. If I can play 5 hour and 15 min rounds for nothing, these guys can play that for alot of money. DeChambeau was fantastic and gritty. Rory, personally, has a great swing but I dont think he is very smart or tough, which is why he folds in the clutch alot. DeChambeau is tougher mentally and that is why he won. Was overall the 2nd best US Open I have seen, with Tiger in 2008 at Torrey Pines being the best I have seen. I would institute a shot clock in golf, once you arrive at the ball, you should have 1 minute to hit your shot or you will be assessed a 1 stroke penalty

Rory bottled it, then showed no class by not speaking to the media or congratulating Bryson. Poor form by the bottle job.

Did people just see a US Open for the first time? This was a CLASSIC US Open and definitely a fair test...

It’s the national open. It should be tough and I like the fact that only 6 players broke par. It’s setup the way it should be! As for the long rounds, it’s up to organizers to enforce the time limit.

I like to see the pros getting some of the medicine I have to take every time I step on the course.

Congrats on the kid. Course was great. Tripples take longer than birdies, so when a course is intentionally harder it will take longer. Coverage was insanely terrible. 25% was commercials. Disgraceful

Where did he go wrong? It all started with his tough guy "hold me back" altercation at the Ryder Cup with a couple of 60-year old caddies. What a jerk.

I’ve been watching the US Open for over 50 years and I’ve grown accustomed to the whining every year. It is a completely different type of test every year than anything else the pros play. The whiners need to get over themselves. I think birdiefests are a bit of a joke. I like it when par is a good score. I recently watched the Bryan Bros and Grant Horvath play Pinehurst. Grant hit a laser into a par three right at the stick and he went over. George hit next and hit a great shot, but he put too much spin on it and it sucked off the front. Wes stepped up and said, “You have to hit a feather cut with no spin into this green.” At which point, he stepped up and hit it to 8 feet. That was a great insight into Pinehurst #2. The pros have to have every shot or they can’t score on certain holes. I like to see pros tested to the limits of their game. The US Open courses consistently do that every year. BTW, I love the other majors too, but for different reasons.

They all have caddies mapping out all the no go zones. They play practice rounds testing the areas you dont want to go. Take for example number 5 on Friday with Xander, Scheffler and Rory. They know you are screwed when you go left and fown that hill in the waste area. So why hit it there? If it was a lake on the left you wo t say its unfair if someone hits it in there. So why is this different? False fronts and greens that drop off, it looks like green but it really isnt so play accordingly.

I was taught that the course is your opponent not the person you are paired with . Bryson beat the course Rory did not.

Seems like this discussion happens after every US Open. Personally, I preferred the Pinehurst setup where at least a player has a decent chance of advancing a second shot when they missed a fairway as opposed to 6" rough where it is essentially a hack out back to the fairway, automatic bogey or worse. As we saw with Bryson on Sunday he was still able advance the ball towards the green and get up and down, an absolutely amazing accomplishment. The US Open has always been a tournament where very few players break par and I am ok with that, it takes the absolute best player to make the cut and survive until Sunday afternoon. As far as Rory giving it away that is not at all correct. These were US Open greens and we saw many players miss similar length putts. It happens and it is just part of the game. Rory did not choke he just missed two putts that had break on a very fast sloping surface. Bryson on the other hand made it when it mattered, he deserved the victory. Well done!

Well Rory didn’t impress me he just took off not even saying anything I understand he was disappointed but he could have congratulated Bryson and he was under somewhat pressure he just should’ve taken his time and there could’ve been a play off.

Rory badly missed two short putts when the pressure was highest...he choked...it does not get any simpler than that...

Great course which made for electric viewing. These guys are some of the best golfers in the world and need a stern test like Pinehurst provided.

As many have already implied, this is our national open, the test should be tough. I've always believed that the courses on the PGA circuit seem to be somewhat less of a challenge for the elite professionals. Week in week out the leaders are always double digits under.

P2 is a ball buster of a golfing test. The US Open the perfect venue. Maybe a bit too many turtle greens, but all the golfers had to make all their shots count. Overall, in the Top 3 of exciting US Opens I’ve watched in my 77 years. Started watching at 12.

I was there Tuesday and walked the entire course. The fairways were ridiculously wide for a US Open, and there is no rough. 75 percent of the balls hit into the wire grass were very playable. By and large, players were not severely punished even when they drove it 50 yards off line. Yes, the greens and green settings are monstrous but they are the course’s main defense. They kept the greens soft enough to hold quality shots the entire week. They could have made the winning score 5 over had they wanted to. And you’re digging up a relic like Calc to comment? lol. Who the hell cares what he thinks? We like the US Open hard. In fact, they should plant 50,000 more wire grass plants before the next one there. There has to be a consistent penalty for driving it off line at a US Open.

The holes are all extremely similar to each other. Straight, waste areas, a chicane of bunkers 280-320 yards out and then a humback green. None of the holes stand out. I challenge anyone who just watched this event to sketch 3 holes from Pinehurst onto a piece of paper by memory. You probably can't because none of the holes are memorable. But you could at most other courses.

If the winning score was 16 over then they would have a point. 6 under in a major tells me it was a fair test.

Great course played just like a links course. Extremely difficult.

A very challenging course should be THE STANDARD for any Major PGA event … anyone whining about their personal course management and/or skills failure is just looking for “participation pay” instead of earning a golfing performance trophy!

I think of all the majors the US Open should be the harshest conditions to test the pros. I attended the US Open @ Oakmont in 2016 and us mere mortals would never break 90 even from the front tees. It's the same for everyone I suppose, but approach shots need to be precise or you can be punished badly.

Finally it's not target golf like most American courses, you need shotmaking skills.

Rory could have hit the fairway more and make two more putts. Simple as that

He should have stayed and congratulated the winner - if not for the genuine spirit of sportsmanship (which the guy obviously doesnt have) - he should have done it for the good PR mileage it would have gotten him. Heading out like a spoilt brat is just sickening.

I think that Pinehurst No. 2 is a great course. I do not think that any Championship being played should have a score over 10 under. The whole reason in a course is to bring out the best in a player. I loved the US Open being played there. I played it and really feel in love with the course. Mac was being childish and not being a true professional at the end.

My least favorite thing is to watch good golf shots roll back off the green. Other than that, I like the course layout.

The US open has always been a set up to be a hard test of golf. Winner should be close to par. If the players cant take the mental aspect of the game dont play. Rory has not got the mental toughness to hang on for four rounds of tough playing conditions.

Pinehurst #2 opened in 1907. It was designed the way it is with Donald Ross greens. The precision shots necessary and the types of shots required around the greens were never a secret. The players knew what they were getting into. I watched a lot of the US Open this past week. On Thursday and Friday, I watched the 'featured groups' in both sessions. It had to be a draining experience for all the players. They were working hard on every hole. DeChambeau won because he had more grit, determination, and resolve to get it done. Everyone else wilted away.

Rory is on the right track. All those years of contempt against the awesome LIV just drove Rory’s golf game into the ground. The TV coverage and comments from players like Rory - were just more positive. That is a big improvement for golf. The issue is - Rory has been overrated by a significantly flawed world ranking system - to the point my guess is Rory will never win another major. He just has heard too much over praises. That really hurts Rory & I expect more missed putts from him. Sad - because his character at least is turning more positive. I think he would do better by signing with LIV right away. 😀

Eight players were under par and 3 shot par for 72 holes, sorry the course was not too tough. I would've liked a little different setup on Sunday with more potential birdie holes on the back 9. The short par 4 13th had players being aggressive which is exactly what people want to see in the final round of a major. But they could've shortened the par 5 as well. Players were playing defense too much on the back nine. But overall, you cannot say the course was too tough with 11 players at par or better. Problem with too many golf analysts is their too used to seeing birdie fests every week on the PGAT. The four majors should all be difficult and this one was.

Mark Cal? who cares... the reality is that the Open and US Open attempt to provide challenges where the winning score is in the single digits. The Open can count on weather to provide some of the additional challenge, the US Open needs the greens to challenge additional insight from the golfer. Want to see a boring major, watch the '97 masters when they got rain, the greens were "receptive" and Tiger just outdrove everybody into oblivion. I won't argue "best" courses in the States but P#2 is always going to be top 10, and I think the USGA is right in trying to define a limited number of courses that will host the US Open a'la the R&A. You should play it and decide for yourself - the overall facility is amazing. As for Hatton, we are all starting to luv that guy!

Some say the course plays the same for all. Golfers on the tour have different levels of mental discipline. I can not remember seeing Scottie so upset when he missed puts in this tournament. IMO, you have to accept what this course gives you on each shot and go on to the next shot. Once a golfer becomes emotional, and is unable to move on, it`s all over folks. I think that may have been Rory`s downfall in this tournament. Bryson won because he learned to control his ego and just remained confident, when many of the bigtime players did not.

They all play the same course. The course doesn’t get to post a number. The players play against each other the last time I looked. It’s cool seeing some of the crazy shots they hit under perilous conditions. Those two short pitches Bryson hit were nerve wracking. I think the wire grass was over hyped. Lots of balls landed in the native area and the players still were able to play it without much of a penalty.

Rory lost it years ago, chasing distance off the tee. Should have stuck to what he was good at back then, knocking the ball to pin high off the fairway and sticking with his old caddy.

Bryson not bad for a 100 ranked player on Owgr 😂

Well, the obvious is “He had to make two short putts.”

I like watching tournaments where the players have to work for par. Level par is a trademark of the U.S.Open, so I'm fine with a tough setup. I was great to see Dechambeau win.

I thought the course was great. I like seeing the low scores

I have no issue with the course being tough; as others have said, in a US Open, par should be a good score. The issue I have is that every hole is set up exactly the same. Wide fairways, same waste areas, and elevated greens that are lightning fast and repel shots that are not hit very precisely. I would like it better if that setup covered half the holes, and the remaining have some variety (water, flatter greens surrounded by bunkers and/or tall grass, some more trees in the way, etc.). A total test IMO should include more than one type of hole.

A U.S. Open setup is supposed to be tough. The winning score should only be in the single digits under par.

I prefer northern courses with consistent rough depths and consistent results when an errant tee shot occurs. Amazing how inconsistent the results at Pinehurst were, with the lies. Luck was too important. Loved the green complexes, but those roughs need torn out and replaced. I know maintaining better rough would be expensive, but at the rates they charge, do it!

I was there. That course is amazing. It’s a US Open. It’s supposed to be hard.

I don't know where Pinehurst #2 ranks in peoples minds so I don't know if it's overrated or not. This course in U.S. Open conditions is so penalizing that it probably seems unfair if you're out there making doubles and triples. I get it. But, that's just how U.S. Opens are. They are punishing and hard and will mentally break you. Your average tour golfer isn't likely going to contend in this kind of setup. But not all U.S. Opens are this punishing. The year that Rory won it was wet and rainy and balls were spinning back like a normal tour event. Every year the U.S. Open isn't this difficult, but when it is, the cream certainly rises to the top.

Rory needs to stop choking. Course looked great

Rory is a whiny choke artist that I have no pity for. He wants be the ambassador of golf until it gets difficult and then he runs out without taking questions or interviews. I think this was a great tournament as the score was near par

Everyone talks about the two short putts Rory missed but forget about the handful of 20 - 30 foot putts he made on Sunday. I believe the problem was his wedge game. After hitting bomb drives he should have been able to capitalize by getting his wedges closer. Had he hit his wedges closer he could have run away with it. Conversely by not sinking all the long putts Bryson would have run away with it. Lost in the conversation was Bryson had to change his driver on Sunday due to a defective head on his normal gamer. This head had a different loft and Bryson only hit 5 balls with it before teeing off. Had Bryson had his comfortable head he may have hit many more fairways (he only hit 5 with the backup). This may have allowed for a larger margin.

I live in North Carolina and I have played Pinehurst Number 2 so I was really ready for this Open to see how the best players in the world handled it. To me the course was set up nicely to test the player's ability to be accurate on approach and reading the greens. That is one of the beauties of that course it can be set up to be moderately difficult or total absolute carnage on the scorecard. I saw plenty of approach shots all 4 days within 15- 20 feet, the problem was the ability to read the greens. I would be curious to compare the number of 10-12 putts missed at a regular tournament vs how many were missed this past weekend.

The US Open is supposed to be the toughest test in golf. I like how it ket a lot of people in the mix.

I can't tell you how excited I was to see Rory miss that 2 foot putt. I detest the guy and this just made me happy mostly since my guy won.

I loved the course and the challenge it presented these guys. You want to see these guys tested. I went on the Saturday and it was great to see in person the pros grind it out and each shot grabs 110% of their attention. Hitting 350 yard drives and a lob wedge to land it within 6 feet all the time can get a little stale. It makes them get creative and show how much better the professionals are to the common man. Plus, for these guys to get tested like this with NO WATER shows to the brilliance of the architecture.

Fun to watch and Rory was on the wrong side of the hole on those missed putts. That last putt you would have had to aim 10” left to make it from 3 ft. Super difficult.

Calcavecchia's best finish in a U.S. Open was 14th in the 1989 tournament at Shinnecock. With that US Open record I have to ask what is he using as a basis to rate Pineherst No2? On such difficult courses for the majors maybe there should be a cutline on the first round also since the players have had two days to practice.

why do I have to turn the volume all the way up to hear the video?

Hey they are professionals! They play alot of golf they are all talented if they cant find a way to play on that course then they dont deserve to hold the trophy at the end!!!😂 somebody figured it out and won.

US Open is always a HARD course! It wasn't Rory his week. I wanted him to make one of those putts and for him and Bryson to play today 18 holes. missed that by one putt.

Pinehurst is a great, fair test of golf. Precision golf defined! The US Open is not just a physical test, but also a mental test! Absolutely love that the USGA is following the R&A with starting to name some anchor courses starting with Pinehurst, and adding Oakmont, Shinnecock, Pebble.......Love it!

I've watched every U.S. open since '62. This was really enjoyable. Loved the course and the pros struggle with it.

I thought there was too much randomness on what happened to you if you ended up in the rough (native area.) Between the clumps of grass--you're good to go. If you are embedded in a clump--you're screwed. In the end, Bryson was only really punished once on Sunday (i.e., had to chip out into the fairway), even though he missed more fairways than he hit. (He was 5 of 14 FIR). That's not what you expect from the US Open, which traditionally rewards hitting fairways. He was great at scrambling, and his bunker shot on 18 will be legendary. Those were enough to win against great competition. But, I would expect a US Open champ to hit more fairways than I would. JMHO.

I was there for 5 days. It was a great test of golf as it should be. Mental toughness is required and that's what it took to win. Congratulations to Bryson for his well deserved win!!

The layout of the scores after the event justifies the setup.

The course was perfect. That is prime example of what courses need to do to challenge the best of the best. #1 barely made the cut while 3 amateur made it through. That was a test of playing the course. Bryson certainly had a cheat code with his strength letting him get out of the native areas easier and using wedges to get to the green, but that is how he plays his game. The best thing for him was them not giving him the line of sight relief on 18 because there would always have been an asterisk on his win if they did. He certainly earned it at the end.

He said Mark Calcavechia is a US Open winner. No. He won the Open Championship (British Open) as his only major victory.

I played #2 in the 90’s on a golf trip. Greens were turtle backs, very difficult to putt much less read breaks. Approach shots on greens= miraculous! My caddy kept me sane & was very helpful. Mow greens to fast stimpmeter & scores go up! Yes, very difficult & maybe worst score-ability I have had!

As a spectator I really liked the fact that the score was so close at three top of the leaderboard. I don’t think the tournament would have been anywhere near as exciting if the leader had a 5 or 6 shot lead going into Sunday. The events of Sunday proved it, it came down to the last putt on the last hole and as a spectator that’s exactly what I wanted to see. I was on the edge of my seat!

Rory needs to drop his buddy caddy and get one to take him to the next level

It was awesome to watch the pros play around the greens, We don't get to see how good these guys REALLY are with their short game, Pinehurst showcased the short game...something we rarely get to see.

I thought it was a great overall tournament and very entertaining…However, as for course setup….thought the greens were tough, rated a 10 out of 10…but the rest of the course was more like a 4 out of 10….fairways were huge, and even though there were lots of native areas, they weren’t as challenging as expected…I’d like to see the entire course being about an 8 out of 10….putting was very boring because everyone had to putt very defensively and it was very apparent…My home course is a Donald Ross design, and while I love the strategy involved in getting to the green, running greens like that at 13 on the stimp is beyond what they should be…I don’t think they ran at 13 when they were initially designed…in the end, the greens really pose two tests….either hit to the middle and putt down hill on all directions, or try to keep it short of the pins to get uphill putts, but risking running off the green entirely…

I’ve never been a Rory fan, so I was fine with his choke. As far as the course goes, I preferred it back when they had conventional, thick, 6 inch deep rough. It was a bit tougher back then. I’m not sure if Gil Hanse worked on it between the 2005 and 2014 Opens, but I’m not such a fan of bringing back the natural look of these old courses. But, the character of the US Open is to have a brutal course setup, which is different from the other majors. It would be terrible for the US Open to just become a repeat of the PGA. They use many of the same courses, but set them up very differently. It’s mot a bad thing to have a tournament each year that penalizes errant tee shots, and doesn’t allow for much target practice on approaches. But, some players are always going to complain. I like to see winning scores over par every so often.

I like seeing any tournament go down to the final hole on Sunday, but in general I love seeing the pros struggle. It makes for a better tournament. I hate low final scores line -22 at the Travelers.

Congrats on the Baby Girl! The US Open is supposed to be the sternest test of golf, and it was. It took tremendous accuracy, consistency, a bit of luck to be sure, and patience to finish near the top. Did they lose the greens on the weekend? Maybe, they had forecast storms on Friday and Saturday pm and maybe had irrigated for that non-event. Maybe the next time at Bethpage they'll play the gold tees.

That rough reminded me of some fairways I have played!

Massive choke… biggest I’ve ever seen live

The course looked horrible, i thought they were playing in the desert, brown spots for grass, awful looking conditions. Rory played wonderful really for 3 and half rounds, i feel missing that first putt shook his confidence. That last 3 footer was quick and are the toughest mentally to make. Not sure if there is anything he can do.

Pros are pampered by courses with wide open fairways and soft greens leading to a birdie festival! Scottie Scheffler I believe expected similar conditions he never set foot or played a practice round previously at Pinehurst until he showed up.

I attended the US Open on Saturday. I had no issues with the course, the open should play difficult IMO. As for the rounds taking too long, you can blame Fitzpatrick. On Saturday I was at the 16 tee box to watch Lowry tee off. Fitzpatrick was in the next group (+8 for the day) and was over 35 minutes behind Lowry’s group which delayed EVERYONE coming up behind.

As a golfer, who has played the majority of his golf on seaside links courses, I realise there're good and bad bounces. That said, championship golf shouldn't have to be lottery, of a few feet. Jack Nicklaus stated that his designs rewarded accuracy. His greens had areas where a shot hit close to the hole was rewarded with an easier putt. Difficult to see, on TV, but when a two foot putt, if missed, can end up off the green, frankly, that's absurd.

Of course the players were blasting the course lol it was an old fashioned challenge course😂

PGA golfers can learn from Bryson! Having a personality and Having fun. Not acting and looking miserable all round. They forget how lucky they are to be making money for GOLFING. ALL the golfers that are fun to watch went to LIV.😢

On Saturday, both Finau and and Aberg made 7 at the short par 4 13th...I am not a great golfer, but I could have made 5 or 6 from where their 2nd shots landed...the pros expect to be fabulous all the time (that pin had sucker pin engraved on it), whereas I'm just trying to get on the damn green, anywhere...Finau finished 2 behind...hmm...back in '99 Tiger played the 1st hole in 3 over during the weekend, he finished 2 behind...he got a bit greedy, too...

Correction: Mark Calcavechia did NOT win the US Open, he won the British Open in 1989 - beating my fellow Aussies Greg Norman and Wayne Grady in a playoff. Calc did win 14 times on the PGA Tour. 5 to 6 under winning title has been typical over the years. They are meant be brutal. I remember when Tiger at Pebble in 2000 got 10 under during the tournament - either the first or second to get there in US Open history at the time. So 6 under winning score is about right. This is not meant to be a 20 under par typical PGA/LIV event.

No.7 is a better test. The greens on No.2 should never be more than 7.5 on the stimp!

I live close to Pinehurst and played the course a few times. Yes it is hard, and sometimes unfair, but do you want to see the same setup week after week on the tour? I don't think it is worth the $400 they charge the public but for a US Open it's a good test of golf.

I agree a hard course is a good test for the top pros but as a viewer parts of it looked like a building site and yes very bad form of Rory sulking off not professional.

The course was set up to separate the wheat from the chaff, and it certainly did that- even though it was insanely difficult Bryson and Rory were well under par so you can't say it was that difficult....? 🙂 But here is the thing- the harder and longer the course the longer the rounds will take- maybe for one tournament a year this is OK, but I think it breeds an approach to playing that is not good for the long term sustainability of the game in my opinion that is. On the course itself, I am a fan of preserving the architects original design gaols, but I struggle with what has happened to the greens- surely Donald Ross did not design the greens so that shots that got to 25 feet of the hole could then run of 50 yards away- I would expect the challenge he set was that it would be very difficult to get close to the pin- in those days you would be running the ball onto the green so actually the key piece of the strategy was to be in the right part of the fairway that gave you the best angle to approach the pin.