U.S. OPEN AT A GLANCE
Dates: June 17-20.
Site: Torrey Pines GC (South). Length: 7,652 yards. Par: 71.
Cut: Top 60and ties.
Playoff (if necessary): Two-hole aggregate immediately after 72 holes are completed.
Field: 156players. Purse: $12.5million. Winner’s share: $2.25million.
Defending champion: Bryson DeChambeau.
Mickelson’s Quest: One month after Phil Mickelson, 50, won the PGA Championship to become the oldest major champion, he gets his seventh crack at completing the career Grand Slam at the U.S. Open. He has been runner-up a record six times.
California Dreaming: This will be the 14th U.S. Open in California, trailing only New York (20) and Pennsylvania (17).
Oh, brothers: The field features two sets of brothers: Alvaro and Carlos Ortiz of Mexico, and Edoardo and Francesco Molinari of Italy.
Key statistic: When Tiger Woods won at Torrey Pines on the PGA Tour and the U.S. Open in 2008, his 72-hole score was 14shots higher in the U.S. Open.
Noteworthy: Only 14players are in the field who played the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines in 2008.
Quoteworthy: “I don’t think the USGA has to do a hell of a lot to make it very difficult. It’s already a tough golf course.” — Louis Oosthuizen.
Streaming: Thursday-Friday, 9:45 a.m. to 12:30p.m., 10p.m. to 11p.m. (Peacock).
TV: Thursday, 12:30p.m. to 7 p.m. (Golf Channel), 7p.m. to 10 p.m. (NBC); Friday, 12:30p.m. to 6p.m. (Golf Channel), 6p.m. to 9 p.m. (NBC), 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 11a.m. to 9p.m. (NBC); Sunday, 10a.m. to noon (Golf Channel), noon to 8p.m. (NBC).