Some major tournaments have the feel of duds for weeks leading up to them, not because the course isn't worthy or because the game itself has lost luster, but just because the alchemy isn't right. But this U.S. Open, hard by the sea, boasts exactly the opposite karma. Something intensely memorable, perhaps even inspirational, is likely to happen there this week. Some U.S. Opens are given away by cringe-inducing mistakes. This one instead promises to be ennobling. Who will be ennobled isn't yet clear. But don't let yourself miss this tournament. Its champion promises to be one for the ages.
Key quote: For fans, this all will ferment into a tasty brew. Great players at the top of their games, all with something to prove, on an unusually scenic course brutal in its length and designed, unlike many Open courses, not as much for enervating attrition as for shotmaking drama.
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