BROOKLINE, Mass. — A “black cloud” hovers over the U.S. Open as the men’s national championship of golf begins Thursday at The Country Club.
Those are the ominous words of Brooks Koepka, a two-time U.S. Open champion who expressed his disappointment this week at the torrent of questions coming his way in the wake of the suspension of 17 PGA Tour players, including Phil Mickelson, over their decision to go into business with Saudi Arabia on the renegade, exhibition-style LIV Golf league.