The greens in the 2014 U.S. Open were bent grass, a northern strain that could become stressed in a Southern summer. The new greens – introduced by longtime Pinehurst director of golf course ...

PINEHURST, N.C. -- Well before the leaders teed off for the final round of the U.S. Open, Pinehurst No. 2 claimed its first victim Sunday. John Daly was beyond disgusted on the eighth hole.