The radically shaped, asymmetrical lane pattern used in the 2016 U.S. Open understandably caused much discussion. I detailed the 2016 pattern in this story and the PDF of it is attached to the bottom of this story. USBC Executive Director Chad Murphy sent me this statement on the 2016 pattern for my story last year: "The right side is very similar (if not exactly) the same as last year. You will remember, our goals were to ask the winner to play three different angles to win or, more...