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The 2016 U.S. Open will be a true test of golfing mettle when the first round of play begins bright and early on Thursday, June 16, as the best golfers in the world will do their best to battle through one of the toughest courses in the world, Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania. The difficulty of the course and the pressure of the moment could make it so that only the best golfers in the world, like Jason Day, Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth, even have a chance at victory. Or, it could play the role of equalizer, with deep roughs creating difficult setbacks and fast greens snuffing...
Published: June 15, 2016
The U.S. Open is a severe grind for the best golfers on the tour. It is almost always the toughest tournament of the year in terms of course conditions, and the conditions at Oakmont Country Club in Western Pennsylvania include the deepest rough imaginable and perhaps the most difficult greens that golfers will see all year. Throw in the history of both the event and the Oakmont course, and you have an event that will leave a good percentage of the field quaking in their golf shoes. But which golfers are up to this challenge and capable of making a good showing at the U.S. Open starting on Thursday?...
Published: June 15, 2016
The best in the world will be teeing off in the U.S. Open Thursday at Oakmont, and golf fans should be able to see spectacular golf at the venerable Western Pennsylvania course throughout the first day of the tournament. However, those who are going to concentrate on either the morning session or the afternoon session might be better off coming in a bit later and placing their attention on those teeing off in the afternoon. Jason Day, the No. 1 golfer in the world, will be teeing off at 2:20 p.m. ET on hole No. 1 along with Adam Scott and Louis Oosthuizen. Day, who is the favorite to...
Published: June 15, 2016
Three players are dominating the golf headlines, but there will be other contenders at the 2016 U.S. Open, which starts Thursday. Jason Day, Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth have been the three most consistent performers over the past year, and there is no question they are the favorites to win in Pennsylvania at the difficult Oakmont Country Club course. Still, this is a sport in which upsets are common, and even majors can feature surprise winners. If you are looking to make money, you might be smart to find a high-upside sleeper. Here is a look at the full odds for the top options this weekend...
Published: June 15, 2016
The best golfers in the world are set for the 2016 U.S. Open, and whichever one raises the coveted trophy Sunday evening will certainly have earned it. Oakmont Country Club, the host for this year’s event, is one of the toughest tests in the sport. As was the case at the Masters two months ago, the trio of Jordan Spieth, Rory McIlroy and Jason Day is receiving most of the attention ahead of the season’s second major. None of them captured the green jacket back in April, however, as Danny Willett pulled away during the final round. Let’s check out all of the key tournament information...
Published: June 15, 2016
It is rather ironic that when someone mentions the U.S. Open and Oakmont Country Club, what invariably comes to mind is the incredible final round of 63 shot by Johnny Miller to win the 1973 Open at the beast of a course. Why? Because while Miller’s round has been called “the greatest 18 holes ever shot” by Golf World‘s David Barrett, per Jaime Diaz of Golf Digest, it is no doubt an anomaly at Oakmont, where in the last U.S. Open played there in 2007, Angel Cabrera’s winning total score for the four-day test of golf was five over par. This will be the ninth U.S. Open...
Published: June 15, 2016
Rory McIlroy has thrived on the major stage, with four titles to his name in golf’s biggest events, but even he is rather fearful of the upcoming 2016 U.S. Open venue, Pennsylvania’s Oakmont Country Club. Asked to summarize Oakmont in one word, McIlroy said Tuesday, per USA Today‘s Luke Kerr-Dineen, “Trepidation.” McIlroy elaborated on the “prevailing emotion” he was feeling leading up to Thursday’s start to the second major championship of the season, per Kerr-Dineen: You know you’re going to be put under a lot of pressure on...
Published: June 15, 2016
Oakmont Country Club has the reputation of being one of the most difficult golf courses in America. World No. 2 Jordan Spieth recently backed that claim following a practice round at Oakmont last month, describing the course as “the hardest test in all of golf,” according to Tom Smith of the Kansas City Star. He added, “This is arguably the hardest course in America. It’s normally the hardest U.S. Open, at least what history shows.” Oakmont opened its doors in 1904 and hosted its first U.S. Open in 1927, where the course demolished the top players in...
Published: June 14, 2016
A challenging course at Oakmont Country Club will create a difficult U.S. Open, even for the best players in the world, when the tournament starts Thursday. This Pennsylvania course is among the more historic in the United States, hosting numerous major events, including eight previous U.S. Opens. The last time this event was there, Angel Cabrera outlasted the field with a score of five strokes over par, something you are usually more likely to see at a local club rather than a professional event. With the 18 holes likely to be just as difficult this time around, the pressure will be on the...
Published: June 14, 2016
Which one of the Big Three will assert himself at Oakmont Country Club this weekend and win the 2016 U.S. Open? Will Dustin Johnson overcome years of frustration and finally win his first major championship? Will it be more heartbreak for Phil Mickelson, or is this the year he breaks through at the year’s second major? Here’s our look at how the U.S. Open will play out for the top contenders. Jason Day The No. 1 golfer in the world has all the shots needed to be at or near the top at Oakmont. Day is the top-ranked golfer in the World Golf Ranking and the FedEx Cup, and...