The US Open is next, you expect it to be much more difficult for golfers

Pittsburgh (93.7 of the fan) – After the first round of the PGA championship in Quail Hollow in Charlotte, there were 45 players under par. Hope for the US Open in Oakmont next month is not under par.

This means with pride from Oakmont membership and one of three inquiries for the national championship in June as well as thick rough and new PIN placements.

“Oakmont includes difficult,” said USGA managing director for rules and open championships Jeff Hall. “Every change that was made seemed to cause difficulties. Not in an arrogant way. Not on Hap Hazard, but you have to play precise golf. That’s what a USGA championship is about.”

“We don’t try to torture these boys, even though they suggest something else. Play it right and you can have a very entertaining day. A day you have achieved something. But if your game is not on and something is missing, Oakmont will expose you to spade.

“We want the players to throw every club into their pocket,” said John Bodenhamer, Chief Championship Officer from USGA. “All 15 of them, all 14 in their pocket and that between their ears.”

“We don’t want to be the best friend of his player, but we want to earn their respect.”

In the course of the nine US Open Championships in Oakmont, the final numbers would prove this

· 1927-tommy armor +13
· 1935-Sam parks, junior +11
· 1953 -am Hogan -5
· 1962 -Jack Nicklaus -1
· 1973 -Johnny Miller -5
· 1983 -Larry Nelson -4
· 1994 -Ernie Els -5
· 2007 angel Cabrera +5
· 2016 -Dustin Johnson -4

Bodenham quoted the architect and founder of the Oakmont Country Club, Henry Fownes, ‘The awkward, the spinlos, the alibi artists are aside. A shot badly played should be irrevocably lost. ‘

You can buy a copper -coated ball marker with this sentence in the Oakmont Country Club Pro Shop.

“The DNA is hard here,” said Bodenhamer.

“The cream rises up. What the family has and what Oakmont (members) are caretaker, and it goes on, the cream rises. If you win at Oakmont, it only means.”

“It is important where the professionals win their championships,” said John Lynch, President of the Oakmont Country Club. “We all know that that’s true. This is one of the many reasons why Oakmont is in rotation and is considered an anchorage.”

Oakmont CC has a partnership with the USGA over the next 25 years to hold three other US openings and other USGA events. The United States Golf Association as a partner and friend sees membership in Oakmont.

Bodenhamer sees the Oakmont Country Club one of the largest golfers in America and described it as a cathedral.

“These holy terrain offer the most demanding mental test of a golf of all US event location,” said Hall. “This golf course will wear it mentally, but this is the US Open. To put your name on this trophy, especially if you play on Oakmont, it’s a tiring process.”