Daily Times (Primos, PA)

U.S. OPEN AT A GLANCE

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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).

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