EIGHT WILL NOT BE SO GR-EIGHT FOR TOO MANY!

THE rough at Oakmont will give the players plenty to think about and then they will step onto the eighth tee.

- By DOUG FERGUSON

The longest par 3 in major championship history, 289 yards on the scorecard and certain to top 300 yards in actual distance for one round, just as it did in 2007 at Oakmont.

"I couldn't tell you a par 3 over 250 yards that's good, architecturally," said Justin Thomas, who took a scouting trip to Oakmont two weeks ago.