The U.S. Open is widely considered the most difficult of the four 'Major' tournaments of professional golf. Each year the tournament is played on a different course. Fifty years ago the U.S. Golf Association decided the condition of the courses had to be toughened. The fairways on the designated course narrowed, the rough was allowed to grow tall and the greens were mowed close and rolled frequently, producing surfaces whose slickness the pros have compared to billiard tables. In Tiptoeing Through Hell, John Strege chronicles the U.S. Open tournaments during the last fifty years. Strege vividly tells the stories of the prosÑNicklaus, Palmer, Player, Woods, and moreÑwho were stymied by the rough, missed putts, and routinely finished over par in this grueling annual competition. Strege leaves no stone unturned in giving detailed accounts of the most exciting Opens of the last fifty years. In this irresistible account, he treats readers to a bird's eye view of the inner workings of the U.