Viktor Hovland withdrew from the 2021 U.S. Open on Friday because he got sand stuck in his eye, and odd as it sounds, when I heard the news I shuddered. Not to take too much of a tangent, but ...

Start talking turf with a superintendent and it isn’t long before you’re deep in the weeds. Sand is a similarly immersive topic; an avalanche of granular detail awaits. The most famous sand in golf is ...