During the 2002 U.S. Open at Bethpage Black, which Woods won wire-to-wire, Garcia complained that play should have been stopped in the second round because of the rain.

NPR: Sergio Implicates Tiger For Bad Shot At Players

Sun dapples the fairways, and wind rustles the trees in each of the 15 courses it has captured so far, including Congressional, Bethpage Black, Olympic Club, Pinehurst No. 8, the Old Course at St.

FORBES: How To Beat Tiger Woods

What I have left off my list are the exceptional municipal courses that are bargain priced only for local residents but still quite expensive for everyone else: namely Bethpage Black, Chambers Bay, and Torrey Pines.

FORBES: 12 Best Value Golf Courses in US

Woods, the US Open champion at Pebble Beach in 2000 and at Bethpage Black in 2002, is chasing his third major title in four starts after victories in last year's USPGA at Medinah and Open at Hoylake.

BBC: Ramsay, 23, won the US Amateur at Hazeltine last August