PONTE VEDRA BEACH—This is their championship, which is why it's fitting that the Players has transformed into an anatomy of professional golf.

The U.S. Open follows in June, returning to Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania. Oakmont is notorious for its brutal rough and lightning-fast greens, making it one of the toughest tests in golf.

Speaking about his US Open heartbreak in season three of Netflix's Full Swing, he said: "Bryson is exactly what the game of golf needs right ... toughest finish to a tournament I’ve ever had ...