Former champion Geoff Ogilvy is convinced big guns Cameron Smith and Jason Day can tame the beast that is Pinehurst No.2 and snap Australia's 18-year US Open title drought.
Despite Day and Adam Scott both rising to world No.1 and Smith to No.2 over the past decade, no Australian golfer has conquered golf's most brutal test since Ogilvy prevailed at Winged Foot with a five-over-par total in 2006.
Only Day, the runner-up in 2011 and 2013 and joint fourth in 2014, has seriously contended.
