Men’s golf continues to feature fascinating storylines as the U.S. Open begins Thursday at Pebble Beach Golf Links in California, probably the most famous (and certainly the most photographed) golf course in the United States. The TV audience may be particularly large this week because three of those storylines are so eye-catching.

There’s the renewed hype over Tiger Woods, whose comeback to win the Masters was the most-watched golf event in history. Woods won both the Pebble-Beach pro-am and the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach in 2000, and finished fourth the next time the U.S. Open was played there, in 2010, in the first year after his scandal erupted. Could Woods once more find glory in Monterey?

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