Rory McIlroy and Ian Poulter chose contrasting ways to air their views on controversial US Open venue Chambers Bay, but both succeeded in getting their point across.
Asked if he would be happy to play another major championship on the much-criticised course, the 26-year-old McIlroy paused to consider how long his career would last before answering.
" I've got to say, if they come back here in about 20 years' time I'd be all right with that," the world number one said.
Poulter, on the other hand, took to Instagram to vent his frustration, accusing tournament officials of lying about the state of the greens, which Henrik Stenson compared t o ''putting on broccoli'', while Billy Horschel described the fourth green in particular as ''God awful''.
''This is not sour grapes or moaning or any of that c**p. It is simply the truth," Poulter wrote alongside a close-up image of one of the greens. ''Mike Davis the head of the USGA unfortunately hasn't spoken the truth about the condition of the greens.
"I feel very sorry for the hundreds of greens staff who spent countless hours leading into this week and this week doing there (sic) best to have it the best they could and I thank them for that.
''But look at the picture. This was the surface we had to putt on. It is disgraceful that the USGA hasn't apologized about the greens they simply have said ''we are thrilled (with) the course condition this week''.
''It wasn't a bad golf course, in fact it played well and was playable. What wasn't playable were the green surfaces. If this was a regular PGA tour event lots of players would have withdrawn and gone home, but players won't do that for a major. They were simply the worst most disgraceful surface I have ever seen on any tour in all the years I have played.
''The US Open deserves better than that. And the extra money that they have early this year from Fox Sports, they could easily have relayed (sic) the greens so we could have had perfect surfaces. Simply not good enough and deeply disappointing for a tournament of this magnitude.
''I don't like it when people lie on camera to try and save face. And to all you fans that paid good money to try and watch us play golf but couldn't see anything on most holes because it wasn't possible to stand on huge slopes or see around stands, I apologize and I'm sorry you wasted your money travelling to be disappointed.
''I hope we all learn something moving forward to not have these problems in the future.''
Source: PA
