USGA eager for only players to take centre stage at US Open this time

• Rules farce hit 2016 event and condition of greens questioned in 2015
• ‘Something like the last couple of years affects our whole organisation’Those in positions of authority may be soft targets for vociferous abuse but nobody has matched the United States Golf Association’s fuelling of such fires. It is no exaggeration to suggest a peaceful, straightforward US Open from Thursday at Erin Hills is necessary to justify the lofty status as bestowed on those who p