re: Anyone remember how the pros were going to destroy Merion last year in scoring?

These greens are gone after the women's open.

No chance they'd do the women's open first and risk having a beat up course from traffic for the men.

The non-rough this year is the only way it was possible. Would have had to scalp a ton of grass off normal rough for women's open. They'll be able to slow the greens pretty easily.