Much less golf was played today at venerable Oakmont today than the USGA, the players and golf fans had planned on as a series of thunderstorms toyed with the championship throughout the day. The powers that be suspended play for… Continue Reading
One of the ongoing themes the players have been repeating this week is that Oakmont will be the toughest, most difficult U.S. Open ever. Put Phil Mickelson down as one of those players. “It’s one of the most difficult golf… Continue Reading
Adam Scott says he is prepared for this U.S. Open at historic Oakmont Country Club. With two PGA Tour wins earlier in the season weaved in around some world wide starts the eighth ranked player in the world purposely took… Continue Reading
Oakmont Country Club is widely regarded as the toughest golf course in America. Its slick greens are legendary. Its Church Pew bunkers are so famous they have their own name. And the rough is deep. So deep balls vanish, players… Continue Reading
Ernie Els has had an amazing career. The four time major winner returns to the scene of his first major win this week at Oakmont Country Club. Els won his first U.S. Open at 24 in a playoff here and… Continue Reading
We all know how tough Oakmont Country Club will be on the players once the U.S. Open starts on Thursday…but the big brute is tough on caddies too. The first casualty of the 2016 U.S. Open was qualifier Chris Crawford’s… Continue Reading
Much has been made about the “new and improved tree-less” Oakmont Country Club. When it was first built it was built to be tough, no, the toughest course in the land. Years later members planted thousands of trees that grew… Continue Reading
Oakmont Country Club does not get any easier as the players head down the stretch. The fifteenth will play as the longest par 4 on the course at 500 yards. A blind tee shot faces the players with a fairway… Continue Reading
Continuing with the U.S. Open Preview we may have found some birdies. The par 3 thirteenth hole is the shortest hole on the course and in 2007 played as the easiest par 3. A back to front sloping green is… Continue Reading
With the torture test otherwise known as the U.S. Open right around the corner Phil Mickelson’s Deep Rough Tips are so very apropos. If Phil the Thrill is to finally break through and win that elusive Open title he’ll need… Continue Reading