McIlroy pleased with reduced green speeds in US Open winds (opens in new tab)

After talk of losing the course in 2004 and 2018 when the US Open was played at Shinnecock with gusting winds and lightning-fast greens, the USGA slowed the speed of the putting surfaces from where they were earlier this week. "Greens are pretty slow and quite receptive. I think they need to be at this point," McIlroy said. "It's a challenging golf course already, and you put 30-mph winds on top of it, it tests the best players in the world pretty well. "They were prudent with the course setu...