The West Course at Winged Foot Golf Club has hosted five U.S. Opens — most recently in 2006, when Geoff Ogilvy won with a final score of five-over par. It also hosted the 1997 PGA Championship.

DeChambeau’s aggressive game plan at the tricky Winged Foot course has him near the top of the leaderboard: “I want to play it as hard as possible,” he said. Tiger Woods did not make the cut. By Bill ...