Tuesday At The 2023 U.S. Open

The smallest holes provide the biggest discussion points for Tuesday's press conferences at L.A. North. Plus, Monahan on leave after medical situation and the 123rd Field by the numbers.

Everything picked up pace Tuesday at L.A. North: the greens, the crowds and sea breezes that should give players a sense of how crispy things could get in the late afternoons.

Even the press conferences, with the inevitable “merger” and “pause the rollback” silliness, produced solid stuff from visitors like Collin Morikawa, Jon Rahm and Max Homa.

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