USGA cuts down some fescue at Erin Hills after rain makes it 'unplayable'
It's only Tuesday of U.S. Open week and already much has been said about the length and thickness of the fescue that abounds at host course Erin Hills.
Tuesday morning, the USGA decided to cut back some of the fescue on the course, claiming that heavy rains had matted down certain areas, making them unnecessarily penal. According to a tweet by Golfdom, Darin Brevard of the USGA said that due to the rains some areas "would be unplayable."
The crew is mowing down areas of fescue roughs that were knocked down by heavy rains. "It would be unplayable," @USGA's Darin Brevard said pic.twitter.com/5TtEQOaM5e— Golfdom (@Golfdom) June 13, 2017
On Monday, multiple pros complained about the intimidating rough, most notably Kevin Na, who levied his complaint in an Instagram video, which then inspired a response from the Twitter account of Hurdzan Golf Design, the co-architects of Erin Hills.
Guess the USGA decided to be nice this week and cut down some of the rough pic.twitter.com/RPHunJyKx1— Peter Uihlein (@PeterUihlein) June 13, 2017
I winds if this is what @ErinHillsFescue thought Tuesday morning would be like? #USOpen pic.twitter.com/ftEVfuqoM7— Golfdom (@Golfdom) June 13, 2017