Broccoli Or Cauliflower Greens, Par 4 or Par 5, The 2015 U.S. Open Final Round At Chambers Bay Should Be A Dandy

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A four-way tie heading into the final round should be enticement enough to park yourself in front of the screen Sunday. Then throw in the wacky Chambers Bay and it's hard to rule out even the +1's.

Is the course close to going over the top? I believe it's close, but I also believe they won't lose control because the weather forecast of high 70s and bright sunshine will be taken into account by the USGA. I covered this and some of the player comments about the course at GolfDigest.com, including Rory re-positioning the Chambers greens on the vegetable spectrum. And regarding the poa issue, here were some thoughts from Golf World reminding that this is a west coast U.S. Open tradition.

And then there is the 18th hole.

Jordan Spieth may just play up the first fairway, depending on wind and his place on the leaderboard as we note at GolfDigest.com. The USGA has always love converting par-5s to 4s and playing to a par of 70. This week the first/eighteenth hole interchangeability hasn't been a big deal because 70 was maintained as the par and because we haven't seen a second day of the par-4 version of the 18th. I fear this will be another Oakland Hills in the par-5-to-4 division, and we all know how that worked out in 1996.

And Steve DiMeglio filed this on Sergio's criticisms of the course.

"Why do they do this to the course?" Garcia told USA TODAY Sports after shooting 70-75-70, adding that only the British Open carries more weight in his soul. "This is a great championship with great history. The U.S. Open deserves so much better than this. It hurts to see what they have done to the course. These greens, come on, let's be honest, you can't say they are good. It's just not right."