The 2016 U.S. Open Still Is Not A Sell Out...

I'm not sure if this is news or not, since the USGA could announce tomorrow it's sold out and we would not know either way.

Still, considering they were nearing a sell out back in March and you can still get tickets for Monday to Friday play, it begs the question: cost, experience, venue or some combination of all the above?

Oakmont is not quite a boutique venue, but they galleries were to be limited to 30,000 a day, which isn't Pinehurst scale.

Hanging the sold out sign has occurred alarmingly close to the event in recent years.

All but Thursday and a few practice round days were sold out by February, 2010 for Pebble Beach.

All but the first round had sold out at Congressional in May, 2011.

Olympic didn’t sell out until tournament week in 2012.

Merion sold out entirely by June 10th

Chambers Bay sold out except for practice rounds by February, 2015.

Pinehurst kept the streak intact for 28 years, but just barely (June 13).