Even Scottie Scheffler will need to be at the top of his game if he’s to tame the beast that is Oakmont.
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OAKMONT, Pa. — There are mountains, and then there’s Everest. There are tournaments, and then there is the U.S. Open. There are golf courses, and then there’s Oakmont.
If you’ve managed to score an invitation to play here, in this tournament, at this moment, you may think you’re ready.
You’re not ready.
This week, Oakmont hosts the 125th U.S. Open, the 10th time this venerable old battleship has hosted the national open. No course has hosted more U.S. Opens, and no American course outside of Augusta National has hosted more majors.
Oakmont has been the site of some of golf’s finest moments — Arnold Palmer lost in a playoff in 1962 to a beefy youngster winning his first tournament, an Ohio kid by the name of Jack Nicklaus. Eleven years later, Johnny Miller authored one of the greatest Sunday rounds in major championship history, carding a 63 to capture the U.S. Open. Most recently, Dustin Johnson overcame a mid-round rules controversy to win the 2016 U.S. Open.
