The annual 'How deep is the U.S. Open rough' video is here from Pinehurst, and good luck, players

It’s the other tradition unlike any other: In the week leading up to the U.S. Open, someone takes a golf ball and drops it into the overgrown, bushy, tall rough to show how punishing it will be. We saw it last year at Los Angeles Country Club, and we’ll see some of it at Pinehurst No. 2.

There’s a slight twist here, as you’ll see from the video below: there’s not what you might call a traditional set of rough. They have sandy wiregrass, with rough that will punish you if you avoid the bunkers.

Still, it’s … well, rough. Check out the video:

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