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McIlroy calls for US Open set-up 'caution'
Key takeaways
- Figure caption, Mc Ilroy urges USGA caution over Shinnecock conditions
- Despite the negative commentary, England's 2022 champion Matt Fitzpatrick this week said he "never believed they lost" the grip on conditions six years ago.
- But McIlroy feels the USGA - which admitted to making mistakes in 2004 when preparing the Long Island layout for the championship - must factor in the possibility of heavy winds drying out the course.
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Figure caption, Mc Ilroy urges USGA caution over Shinnecock conditions
Rory Mc Ilroy says tournament organisers must make sure conditions at this week's US Open at Shinnecock Hills do not "get out of control" after the controversy that dominated the championship's past two visits to the New York course.
Tiger Woods led criticism of the set-up in 2004 when he said the United States Golf Association (USGA) "lost control of the course" during Retief Goosen's victory, while there were farcical scenes in 2018 when Phil Mickelson deliberately struck a moving ball to avoid his putt from running off the 13th green.
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