Tiger Woods says US Open 2024 will be like “watching guys play ping-pong”

Tiger Woods is ready to tee off at the 2024 US Open in Pinehurst Golf Course No. 2 in North Carolina. The tournament will begin on June 13th, with around 156 golfers competing in the 124th US Open. Moreover, Tiger Woods will play for the first time after the 2024 PGA Championship. After the Masters and the PGA Championship, this is the year's third Major championship.

The course setup for the US Open is usually daunting, with no easy way out. And this year, as per the golf course's initial look, the greens are intimidating with plenty of undulations and speed.

Hence, the 15-time Major Championship winner Tiger Woods has expressed his views on the greens. During the pre-round press conference of the 2024 US Open, Woods said this week it will be like watching golfers play ping-pong.

"I foresee just like in ‘05 watching guys play ping-pong," said Woods.

In 2005, Pinehurst hosted the US Open, and the greens for the event were lightning-fast. Hence, even a slight error in the speed judgment or landing of the ball on the green could make it trickle back or take it over the green.

Tiger Woods believes there might be a repeat of 2005 this week, with plenty of golfers struggling on the greens. Meanwhile, Woods finished solo second in the event that year, while Michael Campbell won by two strokes at a score of even par.

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The field for the 2024 US Open

• Byeong-Hun An
• Ludvig Aberg
• Sam Bairstow
• Parker Bell (a)
• Sam Bennett
• Daniel Berger
• Christiaan Bezuidenhout
• Akshay Bhatia
• Zac Blair
• Keegan Bradley
• Gunnar Broin(a)
• Jackson Buchanan (a)
• Dean Burmester
• Sam Burns
• Brian Campbell
• Patrick Cantlay
• Frankie Capan
• John Chin
• Luke Clanton (a)
• Wyndham Clark
• Eric Cole
• Corey Conners
• Cam Davis
• Jason Day
• Santiago De la Fuente (a)
• Bryson DeChambeau
• Thomas Detry
• Nick Dunlap
• Nico Echavarria
• Austin Eckroat
• Harris English
• Tony Finau
• Matt Fitzpatrick
• Tommy Fleetwood
• Grant Forrest
• Rickie Fowler
• Ryan Fox
• Sergio Garcia
• Lucas Glover
• Max Greyserman
• Emiliano Grillo
• Chesson Hadley
• Adam Hadwin
• Stewart Hagestad (a)
• Brian Harman
• Tyrrell Hatton
• Russell Henley
• Jim Herman
• Harry Higgs
• Rico Hoey
• Tom Hoge
• Nicolai Hojgaard
• Max Homa
• Billy Horschel
• Rikuya Hoshino
• Beau Hossler
• Viktor Hovland
• Mark Hubbard
• Mackenzie Hughes
• Sungjae Im
• Ryo Ishikawa
• Stephan Jaeger
• Benjamin James (a)
• Casey Jarvis
• Carter Jenkins
• Dustin Johnson
• Takumi Kanaya
• Sung Kang
• Riki Kawamoto
• Martin Kaymer
• Si Woo Kim
• Tom Kim
• Bryan Kim
• S.H. Kim
• Chris Kirk
• Kurt Kitayama
• Frederik Kjettrup
• Jake Knapp
• Brooks Koepka
• Ben Kohles
• Matt Kuchar
• Min Woo Lee
• Eugenio Lopez Chacarra
• Justin Lower
• Shane Lowry
• Robert MacIntyre
• Willie Mack III
• Peter Malnati
• Matteo Manassero
• Richard Mansell
• Hideki Matsuyama
• Logan McAllister
• Denny McCarthy
• Ashton McCulloch (a)
• Michael McGowan
• Rory McIlroy
• Tom McKibbin
• Mac Meissner
• Adrian Meronk
• Phil Mickelson
• Francesco Molinari
• Edoardo Molinari
• Taylor Moore
• Omar Morales (a)
• Collin Morikawa
• Chris Naegel
• Alex Noren
• Matthieu Pavon
• Taylor Pendrith
• Victor Perez
• Chris Petefish
• J.T. Poston
• Seamus Power
• Colin Prater (a)
• David Puig
• Jon Rahm
• Aaron Rai
• Charles Reiter
• Brandon Robinson Thompson
• Robert Rock
• Justin Rose
• Isaiah Salinda
• Gordon Sargent (a)
• Carson Schaake
• Xander Schauffele
• Scottie Scheffler
• Adam Schenk
• Adam Scott
• Jason Scrivener
• Taisei Shimizu
• Neal Shipley (a)
• Greyson Sigg
• Webb Simpson
• Cameron Smith
• Jordan Spieth
• Sepp Straka
• Adam Svensson
• Andrew Svoboda
• Hiroshi Tai (a)
• Nick Taylor
• Sahith Theegala
• Justin Thomas
• Davis Thompson
• Brendon Todd
• Erik van Rooyen
• Joey Vrzich
• Tim Widing
• Wells Williams (a)
• Gary Woodland
• Tiger Woods
• Brandon Wu
• Cameron Young
• Will Zalatoris