THE pressure is on Phil Mickelson as he looks to win the US Open for the first time and become just the sixth player to complete the career grand slam.
But just imagine how much more pressure there would be if the left-hander was trying to do so on a course he designed.
That could have been the scenario this week at Chambers Bay after Mickelson revealed his design company had been among those bidding for the contract to build a course on the former rock and sand quarry.
"We were involved in the bidding process and one of the final selections," Mickelson said.
"And I thought it was a spectacular piece of property. But it wouldn't have turned out anything like this.
"I think it's a wonderful course, (but) my vision was totally different."
Whether the players think Chambers Bay is a wonderful course by the end of the week remains to be seen, with the feeling persisting that their off-the-record views are different from the more positive - or diplomatic - ones given on the record.
"Looking forward to the challenge" has been a common refrain but England's Andy Sullivan certainly sounds like he means it ahead of his major championship debut.
Sullivan ended 2014 ranked 150th in the world but begins the week 58th thanks to two wins in South Africa in the space of eight weeks earlier this season, not to mention a share of sixth in the Irish Open at Royal County Down and a tie for 13th in the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village.
"It's a spectacular part of the world, with the bay (Puget Sound) in one direction and the mountains in the other," Sullivan said. "But if the scenery is beautiful, the course itself is a bit of a brute.
"It's playing very tough and on a lot of holes the pin positions will be irrelevant. You've just got to try to aim for the middle of the greens, take two putts and then move on. They don't give you much at the US Open, so par is definitely a good score on virtually every hole.
"You never know what you're going to get out there, because they can change the course set-up so much from one day to the next. It could be like playing a completely different course every day, but I feel my game is now definitely good enough to compete and I'm really looking forward to the challenge. It's going to be an amazing experience, and I can't wait to get going.
"Playing the majors in America is obviously a step up in my career, but hopefully I handle them as well as I have the other big events in my career. I played well in the Memorial a couple of weeks ago which shows I'm versatile and can adapt my game to the conditions in America, so there's no reason why I can't have another good week here.
"At the start of the year it didn't look like I'd get the chance to play in any majors, so to be playing here and hopefully the next two as well is amazing. It's great that Chambers Bay has got that linksy feel about it, because that probably favours the Europeans more than it does the Americans.
"With a US Open, you normally expect it to be tree-lined and with brutal rough, but it's nothing like that here. So that should definitely play into our hands, and hopefully we can get a European winner this week."
Predicting who will win at Chambers Bay is a tough task given that the course only opened in 2007 and that changes have been made since 11 of the 156-strong field contested the 2010 US Amateur here.
However, one bookmaker has made Masters champion Jordan Spieth favourite ahead of world number one Rory McIlroy, who comes into the event on the back of successive missed cuts.
More generous odds - although many would say not generous enough - of 70/1 are available on 14-time major winner Tiger Woods, who shot a career-worst round of 85 and total of 302 on his last appearance at the Memorial Tournament.
But perhaps the best bet is 7/2 for there to be an 18-hole play-off on Monday, which has not happened since a certain Mr Woods won the last of his major titles at Torrey Pines in 2008.
