Shinnecock Needs Fangs

Send us Fan Mail Seven under after 36 holes at Shinnecock Hills doesn’t just raise eyebrows, it raises the bigger question: what do we actually want the U.S. Open to be? We’re watching the best players in the world pick apart a course that’s supposed to bite, and we dig into the setup choices that change everything, especially when greens don’t feel firm and fast enough to demand real imagination around the targets. We want teeth. Michael wants fangs. We also start with the future of the gam...