Collin Morikawa 16/1 © US Bank
It’s the third major of the year and the revamped Donald Ross Pinehurst number two course. Who can forget that shoot-out between Phil Mickelson and Payne Stewart here back in 1999. Unfortunately Stewart’s untimely death means that we won’t see the lad from Springfield, Missouri here this week, only the statue erected in his honour.
Donald J. Ross made the trip from Scotland to America in 1899, shortly after his arrival James W. Tufts – who was the visionary behind the Pinehurst Resort – commissioned Ross, who ended up staying on at Pinehurst for another 48 years!
