The U.S. Open and U.S. Women’s Open feature four lane patterns, with the first three used just for the three 8-game qualifying blocks, but the fourth for the 32 games of the cashers round and round-robin match play, as well as the stepladder finals. Logically, that would mean a great chance for players to rise up the standings and fall down the standings depending on whether they hit or miss that fourth pattern. That certainly could be seen in the 2024 U.S. Women’s Open, where just...