Sneak Peak At The U.S. Open Course...Next Year

I'm trying not to jump ahead to next year and really, the next decade of U.S. Open courses once we get through this week. Still there were some fun bits on Ron Kroichick's look at what's going on at Olympic to be ready a year from now:

-- Davis, the USGA setup guru, will flip par on Nos. 1 and 17, turning the opening hole into a 533-yard par-4 and making No. 17 a reachable (albeit uphill) 505-yard par-5. The only two par-5s will come at Nos. 16 and 17.

-- A new way-way-way back tee at No. 16 gives Davis the option of stretching that hole to 662 yards.

Is 700 yards in the near future?

-- Players will tee off on Nos. 1 and 9 (not 10) during the first two days. No. 9 is more accessible; starting half the field on No. 10 would require groups to walk across the No. 17 fairway, slowing play.