Practice rounds are underway at Pinehurst No. 2 as the world's best prepare for this week's U.S. Open. But why should those guys get all the intel? Course knowledge matters to spectators too.

For years the USGA battled controversy that other majors did not, that its devotion to the integrity of par came at the cost of the ... to surviving Pinehurst No. 2’s turtleback greens—his ...

Next year, the best male players in the world will take on historic Pinehurst No. 2 in North Carolina. Martin Kaymer won the last U.S. Open staged at No. 2 (2014). As for the women, Allisen Corpuz ...