Here are five storylines to watch as the tournament returns to Oakmont Country Club for the first time since 2007.
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“As far as getting moving this week and my preparation…it really feels like a normal event…which is nice”, said Jordan Spieth defending U.S. Open champion. Nicklaus went seven straight majors from the 1971 PGA Championship through the 1972 British Open, while Woods’ longest stretch of top 5s was six majors from the 1999 PGA Championship through the 2001 Masters. The next day, he shot 81 and missed the cut.
“The Big Easy” is certainly not alone in expecting to face great difficulty at the second major championship of the year. A lot of the time at a U.S. Open on a lot of the holes, walking off with a par should feel like a birdie for you. As such, I’m going with Reed, who leads the tour with nine top-10 finishes this season, despite him never finishing in the top 10 of a major tournament. “I don’t know how much I would think about it, but obviously, it does all kinds of things for you”. I could be the best putter on the field this week, but if I didn’t hit a fairway, I probably won’t have a chance.
“I think it’s going to be a really hard test of golf”.
“The majors that I have won have been soft and under par and (they) more suit my style of game”.
He continued: “It’s the toughest test in golf, and you know that”.
Oakmont is enough to grab everyone’s attention.
Oakmont Country Club, which has the reputation of being the most hard course in all of the United States, has had analysts and players talking about its incredibly long roughs and super fast greens for the past week.
The only hope was from the weather, with thunderstorms in the forecast for the first few days. Only Jason Day and Jordan Spieth rank ahead of McIlroy, a two-time PGA player of the year, in the World Golf Ranking and he believes he’s ready to face the 72-hole giant that awaits him Thursday. Whatever they call it, the graduation of the rough, whatever, it’s just thick, and it’s a lot more dense than it was. Practically the whole course is tough.
Fall just short, and Mickelson merely will add to the other 25 unfruitful U.S. Opens, a record six of which he was the runner-up. He agreed to repay the $931,000 he made in a single trade of Dean Foods in the summer of 2012.
Phil Mickelson jetted back to California on Tuesday in time for his daughter Sophia’s eighth-grade graduation.
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“So I have to put that in the back of my head, but there’s no question that starting this year and every year forward until I ultimately win this tournament, it will be my biggest thought, my biggest focus because I view those players who have won the four majors totally different than I view all the others”. “But I’m excited that it’s behind me”, said Mickelson. I view this week as a great opportunity to complete something that would be historic in my mind.
