Golf-Usual mix of skill, patience needed at golf's toughest test


  • Golf
  • Thursday, 17 Jun 2021

Jun 16, 2021; San Diego, California, USA; A detailed view of a tee box marker during a practice round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Torrey Pines. Mandatory Credit: Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (Reuters) - The U.S. Open has a reputation as golf's toughest test and a typically-exacting examination of skill and patience awaits the world's best players at the 121st staging of the major championship which starts on Thursday.

The prevailing view of players is that anyone wanting to contend will have to avoid the thick rough waiting to gobble up errant shots at Torrey Pines south.

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