So much is brand new about America's oldest golf championship.
Not to worry. The U.S. Open hasn't lost its reputation as the toughest test in golf. And it's still the most democratic of the majors, with more than half the field — including a pair of two-time champions — having to go through qualifying.
Just about everything else at the 115th U.S. Open is breaking new ground, starting with where it is being played.
Chambers Bay, a public course perched along Puget Sound south of Seattle, for more than a century was a sand and gravel pit used for mining.