Golfers Call Out the Good, Bad and Ugly: Chambers Bay Golf Course

The course and how the USGA sets it up is always a major storyline at the Open, but this is the first time a major pro event has ever been held at Chambers Bay. It's a completely unique venue to this championship and in a With the time change, that means they will be playing golf past 11 p.m. back in the eastern U.S. It's cool to get golf in primetime, and a West Coast U.S. Open is usually the rare opportunity for it. Here are some notable tee times for Friday's second 

The course and how the USGA sets it up is always a major storyline at the Open, but this is the first time a major pro event has ever been held at Chambers Bay. It's a completely unique venue to this championship and in a With the time change, that means they will be playing golf past 11 p.m. back in the eastern U.S. It's cool to get golf in primetime, and a West Coast U.S. Open is usually the rare opportunity for it. Here are some notable tee times for Friday's second 

DRUGS are legal in this state. They shouldn't drug test the players at this championship, they should drug test the course designer” – Overheard on the range at Chambers Bay. It is not unusual for professional golfers to moan about their work conditions – they are a spoilt and pampered breed – but prepare for a blizzard of disgruntlement to spill out when the US Open starts today at the sport's newest Major venue. Its designer, 75-year-old Robert Trent Jones Jnr, 

Sunday marks the final round of the U.S. Open golf tournament, which is being played on a course of my design — Chambers Bay outside Tacoma. I am proud to be the first golf architect to be on-site at his own purpose-built U.S. Open course in 45 years.

One of the best personnel moves made by Mark Loomis, Fox Sports' coordinating producer for golf, was adding architect Gil Hanse to his team. Hanse's insight on the course design was a welcome enhancement to the opening day of the U.S. Hanse, who