Going back over the last ten U.S. Opens I've played in, I think this course is probably the best because it leaves no room for error, ... You're not going to get away with anything on Pinehurst No. 2. You have to plan your shots well and execute them.
Weird first round, but if you play enough golf out here you run into these type of things and you almost treat it as two rounds, you do the best you can until they call it and then you come out here the next day and do the best you can until you tee it up again,