USGA impressing with playable Shinnecock US Open course

Golf USGA impressing with playable Shinnecock US Open course By Mark Cannizzaro Published June 21, 2026, 2:06 a.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google The memo appeared on the players’ phones sometime after the end of U.S. Open second-round play Friday at Shinnecock Hills. The warning, from the desk of the USGA, read: See Also Don’t count out a Scottie Scheffler US Open comeback for career grand slam “For Saturday & Sunday, the golf course will be prepared to play progressively firmer and the target green speed will be 11.0 on the USGA Stimpmeter.’’ A loose translation of those words could go something like this: “OK, we’ve let everyone have their fun for the first two days and now it’s time for you to experience some suffering.’’ Dylan Wu…

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