What to know about U.S. Open golf course Pinehurst No. 2 | Golf Today | Golf Channel [Video]

0:00 | IT WILL BE HOME TO THE U.S. OPEN

0:02 | FOR THE FOURTH TIME IN 25 YEARS.

0:03 | THE PINEHURST U.S. OPEN WILL

0:05 | MARK THE FIRST TIME IN OVER A

0:06 | CENTURY THAT THE USGA HAS

0:09 | AWARDED FOUR U.S. OPENS TO A

0:12 | SINGLE SITE IN THE SPAN OF 29

0:19 | JOHN BOTTENHEIM OR MEON MEDIA D.

0:26 | HOW THE GOLF COURSE IS LOOKING

0:28 | AND WHAT’S TOP OF MIND FOR YOU?

0:29 | >> WELL, TOP OF MIND IS THIS

0:33 | MAGNIFICENT DONALD ROSS GEM WITH

0:34 | THE MAGNIFICENT PUTTING GREENS.

0:36 | IT IS A LITTLE BIT SOFT AND WET

0:38 | WE’VE HAD QUITE A BIT RAIN IN

0:42 | THE LAST COMPANY COUPLE OF DAYS

0:43 | AND WE HOPE THAT WHAT MR. ROSS

0:45 | INTENDED HERE PLAYING FIRM AND

0:46 | FAST WILL BE THE CASE.

0:48 | IT LOOKS MAGNIFICENT.

0:49 | >> ON THE SUBJECT OF HOW IT’S

0:50 | GOING TO PLAY, JOHN, IF YOU GO

0:54 | BACK TO 1999 — IN 2014, 7,562,

1:02 | YOU SEE A TREND, MERGING HERE,

1:03 | JOHN.

1:04 | WHAT’S THE NUMBER THIS YEAR?

1:07 | >> THE NUMBER, AIMEAMON IS 5,74

1:14 | YARDS AND WE WERE ASKED WHAT’S

1:16 | DIFFERENT FROM 2014.

1:17 | NOT MUCH.

1:18 | WE HAVE NEW CHAMPION BERMUDA

1:20 | GRASS ON THE PUTTING GREENS AND

1:29 | WE LEVELED OUT IMPER CEPTIBLY I

1:30 | WILL PLAY 20 YARDS SHORTER.

1:34 | BEN CRENSHAW DID WHEN IT

1:35 | REOPENED IN MARCH 2011 AND IT

1:36 | WAS CLOSED FOR A YEAR, THE

1:38 | W50IDENNING OF THE FAIRWAYS, FOR

1:39 | EXAMPLE, THE ELIMINATION OF THE

1:41 | HOW MUCH IS THAT SPIRIT OF THE

1:44 | WORK THAT CRENSHAW DID TO

1:45 | RESTORE THIS DONALD ROSS GEM

1:49 | >> IT REMAINS IN A BIG WAY

1:57 | PART OF THE STRATEGY IS TO GO TO

2:01 | THE GAME.

2:02 | FOLLOW WHAT DONALD ROSS

2:05 | DONALD ROSS WAS SO PROLIFIC.

2:06 | YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT IS HERE AT

2:08 | HE LIVED HERE AND THIS WAS HIS

2:11 | MASTERPIECE AND THIS WAS HIS GEM

2:13 | AND FOR A COUPLE OF DECADES IT

2:16 | WENT AWAY AND IT WAS COVERED

2:18 | WITH SAND, AND WHAT BILL DID AND

2:21 | MORE THAN THAT, TO RESTORE IT IS

2:24 | JUST MAGNIFICENT.

2:25 | STRATEGY AND THE ROUTING AND THE

2:27 | ANGLES ARE FIRM AND FAST AND

2:30 | THEY HAD THE WIRE GRASS AND

2:34 | BECAUSE THE RANDOMNESS THAT IT

2:37 | LEADS AND WE LOVE IT BECAUSE IT

2:40 | CREATES ANXIETY AND FEAR IF YOU

2:42 | MISS THE FAIRWAY.

2:44 | >> JOHN, YOU WERE CLOSELY

2:46 | INVOLVED IN THE OPEN IN 2014 AND

2:47 | THAT OPEN WAS FOLLOWED THE NEXT

2:49 | WEAK BY THE WOMEN’S OPEN.

2:51 | WERE THERE ANY CONSIDERATIONS

2:53 | THAT YOU HAD BACK THEN IN TERMS

2:54 | OF SETTING UP THE GOLF COURSE OR

2:56 | WERE THERE COMPROMISES THAT YOU

2:57 | HAD TO MAKE WITH THOSE

2:59 | CIRCUMSTANCES THAT YOU DON’T

3:00 | HAVE IN MIND THIS YEAR?

3:01 | >> NO, I DON’T THINK THERE ARE

3:03 | ANY COMPROMISES, EAMON, BUT I DO

3:06 | THINK IN 2014 WE REALLY WANTED

3:07 | TO SHOW CASE WOMEN’S GAME IN A

3:09 | NEW WAY AND WE NEVER HAD

3:12 | BACK-TO-BACK CHAMPION SHIPS

3:14 | BEFORE, OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS AND

3:15 | WE REALLY WANTED TO SHOW CASE

3:17 | THE WOMEN’S GAME AND WE SHOWED

3:19 | THE WOMEN’S GOLF COURSE, ABOUT

3:24 | 600 YARDS SHORTER AND

3:25 | PREDOMINANTLY THE SAME HOLE

3:27 | LOOKS AND THE SAME FIRMNESS AND

3:28 | THE SAME SPEEDS AND EVERYTHING.

3:30 | WE DON’T HAVE THAT THIS YEAR AND

3:32 | WE WILL IN ’29 AND FROM

3:34 | BACK-TO-BACK, AND I DON’T THINK

3:36 | THERE ARE ANY CHALLENGES IN THAT

3:39 | MATTER THEN THAT ARE PRESENT

3:41 | HERE, AND WE’RE JUST REALLY

3:44 | EXCITEDED AND WHAT MR. ROSS

3:47 | THINK IN THE MAGNIFICENT

3:52 | >> SPEAKING OF GREAT

3:54 | CHAMPIONSHIPS LIKE THIS ONE, YOU

3:56 | WANT WANT TO SEE A CRESCENDO OF

3:59 | THE FINISH AND WHAT WILL WE SEE

4:00 | COME FATHER’S DAY SUNDAY?

4:02 | >> WELL, YOU WILL SEE THAT

4:05 | YOU’VE GOT 15, A PAR 3 WITH A

4:08 | WICKED PUTTING GREEN AND

4:09 | ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN AND 16 IS A

4:11 | BRUTAL 600-YARD PAR 4 AND

4:15 | VIEWERS MIGHT REMEMBER MICHELLE

4:17 | WIE MADE DOUBLE BOGEY IN THE

4:18 | WOMEN’S OPEN TO CUT THE LEAD AND

4:20 | SHE ENDED UP WINNING AND A VERY

4:22 | DIFFICULT GOLF HOLE AND THE 17,

4:24 | THE ICONIC PAR 3 THAT PLAYS

4:29 | DOWNHILL AND 3 WHERE PAYNE

4:32 | STEWART MADE HISTORY AND OTHERS

4:35 | HAVE OVER THE YEARS.

4:36 | IT’S A U.S. OPEN FINISH AND YOU

4:37 | NEED TO GOLF YOUR BALL ON THE

4:39 | FINAL FOUR HOLES AND WHOEVER

4:41 | WINS WILL EARN IT.

4:42 | >> JOHN, PAYNE STEWART SEA

4:46 | PROBABLY MORE SYNONYMOUS WITH

4:50 | PINEHURST IN THE OTHER ERA, AND

4:55 | ARE THERE ANY WAYS TO

4:58 | COMMEMORATE THE EARLY WEEKS OF

5:00 | THE OPEN?

5:01 | >> YES.

5:02 | WE WILL HONOR PAYNE IN A NUMBER

5:05 | OF UNDERSTATED WAYS.

5:06 | IN THE PLAYERS’ LOCKER ROOM

5:08 | THEY’LL FEEL THINGS AND SEE SOME

5:10 | WE’LL DO THINGS ON THE GOLF

5:11 | COURSE IN A VERY UNDERSTATED WAY

5:13 | AND THROUGHOUT THE WEEK FOR THE

5:14 | FANS WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PLANS.

5:17 | WE’LL HONOR HIM WITH CLASS,

5:19 | DIGNITY AND THE VICTORY THAT WAS

5:21 | AND 25 YEARS AGO WE WERE AT

5:25 | PINEHURST AND WE ARE BACK 25

5:27 | YEARS LATER AT THE FIRST U.S.

5:28 | OPEN AT THE FIRST ANCHOR SITE

5:30 | AND WE ARE AWFULLY PROUD OF

5:32 | >> WE’LL SEE HIS WIFE TRACY AS

5:35 | OUR GUEST AND MIKE CADDY AND HIS

5:39 | FAMILY AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO A

5:42 | >> THE BUILDING BEHIND YOU LOOKS

5:44 | DIFFERENT FROM 1999 WHEN PAYNE

5:46 | STEWART WON THE U.S. OPEN.

5:48 | IT LOOKS MUCH DIFFERENCE IN MY

5:49 | EYES TO WHAT IT DID IN 2014.

5:51 | HOW MUCH BIGGER HAS THIS U.S.

5:53 | OPEN BECOME COMPARED TO A DECADE

5:56 | AGO?

5:57 | >> IT’S AN INTERESTING A SPAERS

6:08 | SPACE PERSPECTIVE.

6:13 | I THINK SO WHEN YOU ADD UP

6:15 | 50,000 FANS AND ON TOP OF THAT

6:17 | VOLUNTEERS AND SECURITY AND

6:18 | PLAYERS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

6:20 | THIS YEAR IT WILL BE LESS THAN

6:21 | THAT BY DESIGN.

6:22 | WE WANT THE FAN EXPERIENCE TO BE

6:24 | WE WANT THE PLAYER EXPERIENCE TO

6:26 | BE PREMIUM.

6:27 | SO WE’LL BE A LITTLE SHY OF

6:28 | THAT, BUT WE CAN DO MORE OF THAT

6:31 | IN THIS BIG SITE AND WHAT’S

6:34 | BEHIND ME, THE GRANDSTAND AND

6:37 | THE 1895 CLUB AND RIGHT ON THE

6:40 | 18th GREEN.

6:41 | ACROSS FROM THAT WE’LL HAVE THE

6:42 | BIG HOSPITALIST VILLAGE WITH

6:44 | PERHAPS THE BIGGEST SCOREBOARD

6:45 | IN CHAMPIONSHIP GOLF AND IT WILL

6:46 | BE AMAZING WITH VIDEO AND THE

6:48 | THIS PLACE WILL BE ROCKING AND

6:50 | ROLLING ON THE WEEKEND AND IT

6:53 | WILL BE RAUCOUS AND IT WILL BE

6:56 | GREAT CELEBRATION FOR WHOEVER

7:04 | WINS.

7:06 | THE FIELDS AND A LOT OF THEM ARE

7:08 | COMPLAINTS FROM LIV PLAYERS THAT

7:10 | THAT QUALIFICATION NEEDS TO BE

7:13 | UPDATED THAT WHAT IS USED IS NO

7:15 | LONGER FIT FOR PURPOSE.

7:16 | DO YOU SEE CHANGES COMING IN THE

7:18 | U.S. OPEN KRIETIARY EARIA OR ARE

7:25 | THEY GO THROUGH QUALIFICATION

7:30 | AND WE WILL FIRST EVERY YEAR

7:32 | LOOK AT OUR EXEMPTIONS WITH THE

7:35 | ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR THE IZ

7:37 | OPEN EACH AND EVERY YEAR AND PUT

7:38 | IT THROUGH REYOU HAVE OVER THE

7:41 | WE COME OUT IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY

7:46 | OR MARCH AND ANNOUNCE WHAT

7:49 | CHANGES WE’VE MADE AND LEADING

7:51 | UP TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP, WE LOOK

7:53 | AT PLAY LEADING UP TO THE

7:54 | CHAMPIONSHIP AND LOOK AT EVERY

7:55 | FACTOR WE CAN AND WE’RE

7:56 | CONTINUING TO DO THAT.

7:58 | WHETHER SOMETHING WILL CHANGE OR

7:59 | NOT HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED AND

8:01 | WE’LL WATCH IN THE FUTURE WEEKS,

8:03 | BUT WE LIKE WHERE WE ARE AND

8:04 | WE’LL CONTINUE TO WATCH REMEMBER

8:08 | UNTIL WE GET CLOSER TO THE

8:11 | >> ARE YOU THE U.S. MEDIA DAY,

8:15 | WILL IT MEAN TEE TIME AT NUMBER

8:18 | WHAT DO YOU WANT TO ACCOMPLISH

8:21 | ON U.S. OPEN MEDIA DAY?

8:22 | >> THINK FOR US AND FOR PEOPLE

8:24 | TO UNDERSTAND THE CULTURE THAT’S

8:25 | HERE AT PINEHURST, YOU KNOW,

8:28 | DONALD ROSS, THIS WAS HIS

8:30 | MASTERPIECE.

8:31 | HE SAID YEARS AGO THAT ONCE A

8:33 | COUNTRY GETS GOLF MINDED NEEDS

8:35 | NOT WORRY ABOUT THE HONESTY,

8:37 | INTEGRITY AND HONOR OF ITS

8:40 | PINEHURST MAY NOT BE A COUNTRY,

8:42 | BUT IT’S A SPECIAL PLACE,

8:43 | SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY AND IT’S A

8:46 | GOLF PLACE WHEN YOU COME HERE

8:48 | AND FEEL GOLF AND IF A, WE

8:54 | CONVEYED THAT ON MEDIA DAY AND

8:58 | THIS WONDERFUL MENU AND IT IS

9:01 | THE 25th ANNIVERSARY AND WE’LL

9:04 | HAVE ANOTHER ICONIC AND SPECIAL

9:06 | CHAMPION.

9:08 | >> AS YOU MENTIONED, IT IS ONE

9:12 | OF YOUR MAJOR SIGHT AFTER

9:21 | IN SAFE, IS IT SAFE TO ASSUME

9:23 | THAT THE NEXT TIME WE’RE AT

9:25 | PINEHURST THAT THE COMPETITORS

9:33 | WILL WATCH THE GOLF BALL?

9:34 | >> I THINK WE’LL WATCH THAT VERY

9:36 | CLOSELY AND WE’LL SEE HOW THAT

9:37 | TRENDS, BUT WE’RE NOT LOOKING AT

9:42 | IT FOR ONE U.S. OPEN AND WE’RE

9:43 | LOOKING AT IT FOR A COURSE OF

9:46 | TIME AND IT’S AN IMPORTANT PART

9:47 | OF WHAT WE DO, THE GOVERNANCE OF

9:49 | THE GAME SO, YEAH, WE’RE LOOKING

9:51 | AT IT CLOSELY.

9:52 | BUT PINEHURST WILL STAND THE

9:55 | TEST OF TIME.

9:56 | LENGTH IS ONE THING AND IT

9:59 | ALWAYS MATTER, BUT I THINK THIS

10:01 | GOLF COURSE, OUR STRATEGY IS

10:03 | BUILT AROUND THESE MAGNIFICENT

10:04 | PUTTING GREENS OF BEING FIRM AND

10:06 | FAST AND THAT’S WHERE PINEHURST

10:08 | WILL STAND THE TEST OF TIME.

10:09 | >> AND THE USGA HAS BEEN

10:12 | BUILDING OUT AN ORGANIZATIONAL

10:13 | PRESENCE IN THE VILLAGE OF

10:15 | PINEHURST BEYOND JUST NAMING IT

10:16 | AS AN ANCHOR SITE FOR

10:19 | CHAMPIONSHIPS AND WHAT EXACTLY

10:21 | ARE YOU DOING DOWN THERE AS AN

10:22 | ORGANIZATION?

10:23 | >> WELL, WE ARE PROUD TO OPEN

10:25 | THIS FRIDAY OUR NEW GOLF HOUSE

10:29 | PINEHURST BUILDING.

10:30 | WE’LL HAVE 65 OF OUR TEAM

10:31 | MEMBERS DOWN HERE THAT WILL BE

10:33 | HERE, PERMANENT MEMBERS OF THE

10:35 | COMMUNITY AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR

10:38 | USGA EXPERIENCE AND WORLD GOLF

10:40 | HALL OF FAME FROM THE COUNTRY

10:43 | CLUB CLUBHOUSE AND WE ARE PART

10:45 | OF THIS PLACE AND WE’LL GO RIGHT

10:47 | BY OUR OFFICES AND THE TEST

10:51 | CENTER, AS WELL AND WE ARE PROUD

10:53 | OF THAT ANY WE’RE MEMBERS OF

10:54 | THIS COMMUNITY AND WE BUILT A

10:56 | LOT OF TRUST HERE AND WE’LL

10:57 | EXPAND ON IT AND OUR LEGACY

11:03 | PROGRAM THAT WILL LEAVE AND

11:04 | WE’LL BUILD ON THAT AS WE COME

11:08 | BACK FOR EACH U.S. OPEN AND

11:09 | WE’VE GOT A RUN CHAMPIONSHIPS

11:13 | OVER THE NEXT 25 YEARS AND EACH

11:15 | ONE OF THEM WE WILL MAKE WHAT WE

11:17 | DO HERE BETTER, CONTINUOUS

11:19 | IMPROVEMENT AND WHAT WE PUT

11:20 | UNDER GROUND AND WHAT WE DO FOR

11:21 | THE FAN EXPERIENCE AND WHAT WE

11:23 | DO FOR THE PLAYER EXPERIENCE.

11:24 | WE ACTUALLY, IN THE LOCKER ROOM

11:27 | THE CLUB RENOVATE THE LOCKER

11:29 | ROOM FROM THE PLAYERS AND

11:32 | THERE’S A TUNNEL TO THE FIRST

11:34 | TEE AND IT’S

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