US Open 2016: Complete Guide to This Year’s Tournament at Oakmont

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Published: June 14, 2016

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Oakmont's green-and-white Tudor-style clubhouse watches over club founder and architect Henry Fownes' Pennsylvania masterpiece, having seen eight U.S. Open contests, each with their component agonies and brilliance—most recently Angel Cabrera's inspired and totally unforeseen 2007 victory over Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk. 

The course—where the USGA, with its official fondness for firm fairways and fast greens, actually had to slow the putting surfaces down from where the masochistic members putt—is poised to punish 156 of the best golfers in the world this week. 

Curt Coulter, a seven-time club champion, said of the course, per ESPN.com's Jason Sobel, "Oakmont is a place where we punish our members, torture our guests and no one can wait to come back tomorrow."

It's unclear exactly where on the punishment-to-torture spectrum the likes of tournament favorites Jordan Spieth, Jason Day and Rory McIlroy will fall, but surely none will escape without some measure of stern discipline.

Likewise, Phil Mickelson, seeking to finally break through and shed his bridesmaid label and Dustin Johnson, seeking to put the 72nd-hole horror at Chambers Bay will be tested as well.  

Ahead of us in this slideshow: A bit about the Fownes-designed gem (the villain this week), viewing information, dominant storylines, featured groupings and a look at our heroes in this drama: contenders, dark horses and favorites.

Let's begin with a little more about what Mike Davis, the USGA's executive director, called the "gold standard for championship golf," per Robert Dvorchak of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

 

 

 

 

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