Chambers Bay unnerves golfers as U.S. Open heats up

Patrick Reed, shown at the 2015 U.S. Open ( Associated Press )UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. – Did you hear the bell ring late Saturday afternoon in the Tacoma gloaming? It was as subtle as one of those noisy trains that goes rumbling past the 18th tee at Chambers Bay.

It’s official, folks: Board up the windows and get the pets inside. The 115th U.S. Open is underway. As in, really underway. Yes, Michael Buffer, let's get ready to ruuuuuuumble.

How can we tell we've started in earnest? Well, players suddenly seem about as comfortable around Chambers Bay as a prized pig trying to race through a butcher shop. Patrick Reed talked twice about having to play “Mickey Mouse golf” on the 18th green, where…