The Pennsylvania course laps up its reputation as the sternest of tests with the players facing a severe physical and mental examination
Oakmont. OMG-mont. Over the top-mont. The prevailing sense among anybody who ponders a US Open at this site in rural Pennsylvania is how wonderfully demanding the challenge always is. Cue entertainment. As Xander Schauffele appropriately put it: “I don’t think people turn the TV on to watch some of the guys just hit a 200-yard shot on the green. They turn on the US Open to see a guy shooting eight over and suffer. That’s part of the enjoyment of the US Open for viewers.”
Strap in and enjoy the show. This version of Oakmont has rough that is routinely more than five inches thick. Menacing, sloped greens add to the idea of inevitable carnage. The 125th staging of the major will be a war of attrition, one which will physically and mentally exhaust the finest golfers in the world. Temper tantrums are guaranteed.
Written by Ewan Murray at Oakmont
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/jun/11/oakmont-us-open-golf-rory-mcilroy-scottie-scheffler-major under the title “Oakmont’s war of attrition to deliver chaos and carnage in daunting US Open”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
