Pavel Buchnevich
Drury and Laviolette Must Go
This year is Oakmont Country Club located in Plum, Pennsylvania.
The defending champion is Jordan Spieth. He won last year with a 275 score of -5 becoming the youngest winner of the US Open at age 21 since Bobby Jones in 1923.
Here are highlights of last year. If you are a Dustin Johnson fan, this might be hard to watch.
The last time the US Open was held at Oakmont was in 2007. Angel Cabrera won with a 285 score of +5 becoming the first man from Argentina to win the US Open.
Previous winners of the US Open at Oakmont include Ben Hogan, Jack Nicklaus, Johnny Miller, Larry Nelson and Ernie Els. 7 of the 8 US Open winners at Oakmont are multi time major winners.
Here are some quotes about the course. http://www.liquisearch.com/oakmont_country_club/quotes_from_notable_golfers
USGA Sr. Director of Rules and Competitions Mike Davis: "There's a reason coming back to Oakmont. This really is the gold standard for championship golf. It doesn't get any better than Oakmont."
Lee Trevino: “There's only one course in the country where you could step out right now — right now — and play the U.S. Open, and that's Oakmont.”
Phil Mickelson: "It's really a neat, special place."
Johnny Miller: "It's probably the best course in the world . . . This is the greatest course I've ever played."
On Oakmont's greens:
Tiger Woods:"That golf course is going to be one of the toughest tests that we've ever played in a U.S. Open, especially if it's dry, it will be unreal because those greens are so severe."
Arnold Palmer: "You can hit 72 greens in the Open at Oakmont and not come close to winning."
Rocco Mediate said of the greens that they are "almost impossible"
Sam Snead once commented that he tried to mark his ball on one of Oakmont's greens but the coin slid off.
Lee Trevino claimed every time he two-putted at Oakmont he knew he was passing somebody on the leader board.
Johnny Miller said that Oakmont's are the greatest set of greens for testing a player's ability to putt.
USGA Sr. Director Mike Davis: " scariest in golf."
Notable Tee Times and Pairings, via Golf Channel. http://www.golfchannel.com/news/golf-central-blog/marquee-groupings-116th-us-open-oakmont/
Defending U.S. Open champion Jordan Spieth will play alongside reigning Open champion Zach Johnson and U.S. Amateur champion Bryson DeChambeau in the first two rounds of the U.S. Open.
The event begins Thursday at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pa. Here's a look at some of the marquee groupings. (Click here for full tee times)
(All times ET)
8:24 a.m. Thursday (No. 1)/2:09 p.m. Friday (No. 10): Rory McIlroy, Danny Willett, Rickie Fowler
World No. 3 and 2011 U.S. Open winner McIlroy will go out alongside the current Masters champion, in Willett. Fowler has missed the cut in three of his last five starts, including the Masters, The Players Championship and the Memorial Tournament.
8:35 a.m. Thursday (No. 10)/2:20 p.m. Friday (No. 1): Jordan Spieth, Zach Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau
Spieth claimed his second consecutive major a year ago at Chambers Bay and it was Johnson who ended his Grand Slam bid at St. Andrews. DeChambeau played alongside Spieth in the first two rounds at this year's Masters, shooting 72-72 on his way to a tie for 21st.
1:36 p.m. Thursday (No. 1)/7:51 a.m. Friday (No. 10): Dustin Johnson, Hideki Matsuyama, Sergio Garcia
Johnson three-putted the final green a year ago at the U.S. Open to lose by one. All three men in this group are seeking their first major title. Garcia has nine top-5 finishes in majors without a victory.
2:09 p.m. Thursday (No. 10)/8:24 a.m. Friday (No. 1): Phil Mickelson, Justin Rose, Henrik Stenson
Mickelson has finished runner-up six times in the U.S. Open. It's the only major he has never won. Rose claimed victory in this event in 2013 at Merion. Stenson is still seeking major No. 1.
2:20 p.m. Thursday (No. 1)/8:35 a.m. Friday (No. 10): Jason Day, Louis Oosthuizen, Adam Scott
Day, the current world No. 1, broke through at the PGA Championship last year and added a Players title to his resume this year. He's out with fellow Aussie Scott and Oosthuizen, who was a co-runner-up at Chambers Bay last year.
The defending champion is Jordan Spieth. He won last year with a 275 score of -5 becoming the youngest winner of the US Open at age 21 since Bobby Jones in 1923.
Here are highlights of last year. If you are a Dustin Johnson fan, this might be hard to watch.
The last time the US Open was held at Oakmont was in 2007. Angel Cabrera won with a 285 score of +5 becoming the first man from Argentina to win the US Open.
Previous winners of the US Open at Oakmont include Ben Hogan, Jack Nicklaus, Johnny Miller, Larry Nelson and Ernie Els. 7 of the 8 US Open winners at Oakmont are multi time major winners.
Here are some quotes about the course. http://www.liquisearch.com/oakmont_country_club/quotes_from_notable_golfers
USGA Sr. Director of Rules and Competitions Mike Davis: "There's a reason coming back to Oakmont. This really is the gold standard for championship golf. It doesn't get any better than Oakmont."
Lee Trevino: “There's only one course in the country where you could step out right now — right now — and play the U.S. Open, and that's Oakmont.”
Phil Mickelson: "It's really a neat, special place."
Johnny Miller: "It's probably the best course in the world . . . This is the greatest course I've ever played."
On Oakmont's greens:
Tiger Woods:"That golf course is going to be one of the toughest tests that we've ever played in a U.S. Open, especially if it's dry, it will be unreal because those greens are so severe."
Arnold Palmer: "You can hit 72 greens in the Open at Oakmont and not come close to winning."
Rocco Mediate said of the greens that they are "almost impossible"
Sam Snead once commented that he tried to mark his ball on one of Oakmont's greens but the coin slid off.
Lee Trevino claimed every time he two-putted at Oakmont he knew he was passing somebody on the leader board.
Johnny Miller said that Oakmont's are the greatest set of greens for testing a player's ability to putt.
USGA Sr. Director Mike Davis: " scariest in golf."
Notable Tee Times and Pairings, via Golf Channel. http://www.golfchannel.com/news/golf-central-blog/marquee-groupings-116th-us-open-oakmont/
Defending U.S. Open champion Jordan Spieth will play alongside reigning Open champion Zach Johnson and U.S. Amateur champion Bryson DeChambeau in the first two rounds of the U.S. Open.
The event begins Thursday at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pa. Here's a look at some of the marquee groupings. (Click here for full tee times)
(All times ET)
8:24 a.m. Thursday (No. 1)/2:09 p.m. Friday (No. 10): Rory McIlroy, Danny Willett, Rickie Fowler
World No. 3 and 2011 U.S. Open winner McIlroy will go out alongside the current Masters champion, in Willett. Fowler has missed the cut in three of his last five starts, including the Masters, The Players Championship and the Memorial Tournament.
8:35 a.m. Thursday (No. 10)/2:20 p.m. Friday (No. 1): Jordan Spieth, Zach Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau
Spieth claimed his second consecutive major a year ago at Chambers Bay and it was Johnson who ended his Grand Slam bid at St. Andrews. DeChambeau played alongside Spieth in the first two rounds at this year's Masters, shooting 72-72 on his way to a tie for 21st.
1:36 p.m. Thursday (No. 1)/7:51 a.m. Friday (No. 10): Dustin Johnson, Hideki Matsuyama, Sergio Garcia
Johnson three-putted the final green a year ago at the U.S. Open to lose by one. All three men in this group are seeking their first major title. Garcia has nine top-5 finishes in majors without a victory.
2:09 p.m. Thursday (No. 10)/8:24 a.m. Friday (No. 1): Phil Mickelson, Justin Rose, Henrik Stenson
Mickelson has finished runner-up six times in the U.S. Open. It's the only major he has never won. Rose claimed victory in this event in 2013 at Merion. Stenson is still seeking major No. 1.
2:20 p.m. Thursday (No. 1)/8:35 a.m. Friday (No. 10): Jason Day, Louis Oosthuizen, Adam Scott
Day, the current world No. 1, broke through at the PGA Championship last year and added a Players title to his resume this year. He's out with fellow Aussie Scott and Oosthuizen, who was a co-runner-up at Chambers Bay last year.
