"I can't see how it suits one team or the other."

John Huggan reviews the light-on-rough Medinah conditioning and setup. Every player sounds enthused about the shotmaking potential created by not confining landing areas and green complexes with excessive rough, including Lee Westwood, who made this observation about who the setup might favor:

"I've played over here pretty much all year and I haven't seen a course that's got no rough and no rough around the greens," pointed out world No. 4 Lee Westwood. "So this isn't a course that either team is particularly used to. I can't see how it suits one team or the other. I reckon the last time I played a course that had been set up like this was The Belfry in 2002 -- and we set that up for ourselves."