US Open 2016 Tee Times and Pairings for Oakmont Country Club Announced

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Published: June 10, 2016

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With less than one week until the 2016 U.S. Open gets underway at Oakmont Country Club in Pittsburgh, the United States Golf Association announced tee times for Rounds 1 and 2 of the year's second major Friday. 

As play approaches, here's a look at some of the tournament's notable groupings, with a full list available at PGATour.com:  



Per usual, all eyes will be on Jordan Spieth. The world No. 2 has been hot-and-cold since his Sunday stumble at the Masters, and he didn't inspire much confidence with a 57th-place finish at last week's Memorial Tournament.

However, Spieth was able to find solid form seven days earlier when he captured a title at the Dean & Deluca Invitational. The dominant display was a breath of fresh air for Spieth, who followed up his Masters collapse with a missed cut at the Players Championship. 

But in order to repeat as U.S. Open champion one year after besting the field at Chambers Bay, Spieth will need to conquer one of the toughest tests in golf, according to Golf Digest's Joel Beall: 

I know that Oakmont is in the rotation and I know that if you win a U.S. Open at Oakmont, you can go ahead and say that you've conquered the hardest test in all of golf, because this is arguably the hardest course in America day-to-day. Normally the hardest U.S. Open, at least what history shows. That would obviously be a tremendous honor. Any time you win the U.S. Open, you've won the hardest test in golf that year, but this is potentially the hardest test in all of golf.

To Spieth's point, Angel Cabrera captured a U.S. Open title at Oakmont in 2007 with a score of five over. Thirteen years earlier, Ernie Els reigned supreme at the famed Pittsburgh course with an impressive five-under showing.

"There's just so many other tough holes that par is going to be a fantastic score," Spieth said in May, per Beall. "I'd sign for even par rig...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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