After that, it will be perfect conditions for all four days of the tournament. It remains the highest mark for a finale in a tournament since data was first maintained in 1983.But the USGA won’t allow that again, so there will be wider fairways, and the greens won’t be as baked out, especially if they get the rain anticipated for Wednesday. The course played to roughly a 73 average on the stock par 70 in each of the first three rounds in 2004, but that ballooned to 78.73 in the final round. It now stretches to 7,440 yards in length. Thanks to the addition of 10 new tees, the USGA has added 444 yards to the 2004 setup, which was still one of the toughest in U.S. Golf purists rejoice as this will be a much more difficult test for the players after they took apart Erin Hills last year.
Past champions include Raymond Floyd (1986), Corey Pavin (1995) and Retief Goosen (2004). This is considered by many one of the Top 5 courses in the world. Open is set to get underway this week at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Long Island, NY.
