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U.S. Open heads to Boston amid revolutionary battle in golf

The U.S. Open returns to its roots at The Country Club, a location steeped in history.

It is one of the five founding clubs of the U.S. Golf Association. Its first U.S. Open in 1913 is what first put golf on the front pages of American newspapers when 20-year-old amateur Francis Ouimet took down a pair of British titans.

Beyond the ropes, it’s worth noting the Boston area was the birthplace of the Revolutionary War, only fitting for these times.

That’s what it feels like golf is going through at the moment.

More than a dozen PGA Tour players, including a few big names that include a trio of U.