Players brace for rollercoaster at Chambers Bay

Golfers are sticklers for routine, mainly because their career is based upon repetition of the same thing, day in, day out.

So, throw in an unknown variable like Chambers Bay, next week’s venue for the US Open, which has a number of variables itself, and it is certain to ruffle a few feathers.

For the first time in 45 years, the tournament will make its debut at a new course, a public links-style track in the far north-west, which hosts a professional tournament for the first time.