Shinnecock Hills hosts its sixth U.S. Open, a William Flynn 1931 design spread across 200 acres of tumbling fescue on the eastern end of Long Island. Flynn's triangular routing groups holes so they rarely run the same direction twice, meaning the ever-present coastal wind flips between crosswind, headwind, and tailwind hole to hole and rewards shot-makers who can flight and adapt over one-dimensional bombers. The fairways were widened after 2018 and play very generously, but the first cut drops off quickly into thick fescue, so the real premium is fairway position over raw distance — Brooks Koepka's 2018 win was built on laying back off many tees to guarantee position. The defining test is the greens: firm, inverted-saucer surfaces with false fronts and 20-30 yard shaved run-offs that reject imprecise approaches and demand elite iron distance control plus creative touch from tight lies. The USGA is holding green speeds around 11-11.2 to keep the surfaces firm but fair (steering clear of past Shinnecock controversies). Expect a par-is-a-good-scoring setup that rewards the tactical ball strikers with the ability to get up and down.
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