Everybody keeps talking about Congressional playing easy at The U.S. Open, but the problem wasn't the course, it was the rain that made the greens receptive to approach shots. From that standpoint the course played "easier." However, Rory just about lapped the rest of the field so he deserves our respect.
The wind whipping off the ocean made the course play extremely difficult this past weekend and some of the best players in the world had major problems with it. Rory hits the ball really high which is a detrement in this kind of setting. -5 winning the thing should tell you something about how tough it was. Couldn't have been a better champion or story than Clarke winning.