Long holes, backed-up tee boxes and incomplete rounds have been part of the story during the first two rounds at Oakmont.

Jack Nicklaus and Johnny Miller can look across the vast landscape of Oakmont where each won momentous U.S. Open titles and see in some respects how little has changed.

At Oakmont on Friday, Viktor Hovland explained how the glacial pace of play at this year's U.S. Open actually helped him.