Shinnecock to punish wayward hitters

TIGER WOODS, Phil Mickelson and all the other long but wayward hitting golfers have been warned.

Accuracy from the tee as distinct from the ability to power the ball for miles will be the key when it comes to winning next week's US Open Championship at Shinnecock Hills.

Although the European Tour is in Scotland this week for the Diageo Championship at Gleneagles and the Americans are in Westchester, New York, for the Buick Classic, these events really only whet the appetite for what will be happening from tomorrow week at this unusual but exciting piece of golfing real estate near the stylish summer resort of Southampton on the eastern end of Long Island.