"My ability to get down in less than three shots from inside 80 yards is going to be tested."

Geoff Ogilvy has a different approach to the U.S. Open, as he writes in this week's Golf World.

The fairways can be so narrow that even the straightest hitter is going to miss a few from the tee. So at least six times in every round, I'm going to miss a green in regulation. That's the best I can ever see myself doing.

That means six times a day I've got to figure out how to make par using only one putt. In other words, my ability to get down in less than three shots from inside 80 yards is going to be tested. If I do miss a fairway, that's often as close as I can get to the green in two shots.

One thing I see guys doing in the month or so before the U.S. Open is working with a new hybrid club. Something like a 7-wood, a club that has at least a chance to advance the ball a decent distance out of long grass. I credit Mike Davis of the USGA for that. Since he introduced the concept of "graduated rough" to the championship about five years ago, we haven't been mindlessly hacking out nearly as often. If we're good enough, he gives us an opportunity to move the ball maybe 180 yards instead of only 50.