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Golfer Adam Scott Urges USGA To Ease U.S. Open Course Difficulty

Australian golfer Adam Scott "urged" the USGA to "refrain from dishing up a brutally difficult golf course" at next week's U.S. Open, according to the AAP. The world No. 10 said that the governing body of golf in America setting up U.S. Open venues to be overly penal "doesn't set a good example" for the sport. Scott was referring to the fact that U.S. Open venues are "typically prepared with long, thick rough, narrow fairways and lightning-quick greens to prevent low scoring." With this year's U.S. Open starting on June 15 at Erin Hills in Wisconsin, Scott "implored" the USGA to make the course "challenging and interesting." Scott said, "They've taken criticism for the last two years ... maybe it's time to do away with the even-par [72-hole] target. Let's just have something that's a challenge and interesting, not just playing brutal. The ball is in their court. Hopefully they get it right this time, just from a playability standpoint" (AAP, 6/5).

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