Will Corporate Tent Noise Impact Play At Chambers Bay?

So far so good on the logistics front here at Chambers Bay, as the USGA's Danny Sink and his hard-working team have things running smoothly. Even better, the rumors of a recent murder at the media hotel turned out to be nothing more than the handiwork of a particularly metaphor-adept reviewer at TripAdvisor.

There is, however, one potentially unfortunate situation at the 18th tee. Corporate tents have been placed inside the old sand and gravel sorting bins leftover from the site's pre-golf days, one of the many fun touches here at Chambers Bay.

Putting aside the peculiarity of corporate types living it up amidst the relics, the tents are the closest I can recall seeing to U.S. Open play. The potential for alcohol-infused noise come Sunday should be enough incentive to play the hole from the par-5 tee instead of so close to the chalets.

The view of the par-4 tee and bin-tents: