Handicapping the U.S. Open
No tournament messes more with a professional golfer’s psyche than the U.S. Open. The sadists who set up the course generally want to insure that no golfer can reasonably be expected to break par. Of all the courses on the U.S. Open rotation, Oakmont is considered to one of, in not the, most difficult. Very high rough, length and lightning fast greens are expected to wreak havoc this week. I have heard experts predicting the winning score will be between 5 and 8 over par. The
