***2025 US Open Oakmont CC***

[enisthemenace]

Someone already 4 under on this “beast” of a course. I’m tempering my expectations of it being carnage this week from what we are seeing so far. Hopefully it gets nasty as the days progress but so far it ain’t what was predicted.

The equipment is just too damn good, along with the kind of golfer at this level these days.

Both Xander and Bryson flew the church pew bunkers on #3 earlier. Watch the videos up thread. That is an uphill tee shot and they extended that bunker so it requires close to 350 to be beyond them.

Someone else (I didn’t catch who) hit a drive 50 yards past a spectator walkway. That walkway was thought to be out of range from the tee.

Even the toughest course in the world needs some protection, and right now the weather isn’t providing any. Conditions are pretty much perfect for scoring.

Still…only about 1/3 of those on the course is E or better.

 

[enisthemenace]

Winged Foot and Shinnecock, along with 2016 Oakmont, are the only one’s on this list where E was a target to win. Granted, Bryson did lap the field at Winged Foot, but he was the only player under par.

 

[enisthemenace]

Down to 10 players under par…

 

[enisthemenace]

Of 18 players to finish the front 9, only Gary Woodland has played it under par. The back is playing quite a bit easier (and it is the “easier 9”) so far.

 

[TitanClone]

Adam Scott off to a colorful scorecard start and still at -1 somehow

 

[BigJCy]

DeChambeau butchering the Par 5.

 

[BigJCy]

DeChambeau butchering the Par 5.

Then bangs in a long bogey putt off the fringe.

 

[enisthemenace]

Looks like the course is starting to bite back.

 

[Cyclonepride]

Oh, Rory. Hit the drive in extremely tall grass, hit that onto the thick lip of a bunker with no stance, then chunked it into the rough again. I think that's where we see the scores escalate a bit. Might play 16 of the holes at -4, but have two bad holes with doubles or triples and that effectively cancels out the rest.

 

[BigJCy]

Oh, Rory. Hit the drive in extremely tall grass, hit that onto the thick lip of a bunker with no stance, then chunked it into the rough again. I think that's where we see the scores escalate a bit. Might play 16 of the holes at -4, but have two bad holes with doubles or triples and that effectively cancels out the rest.

Then he also bangs in a long bogey putt.

 

[Cyclonepride]

Then he also bangs in a long bogey putt.

That's clutch when you're shooting your 5th from 182 out.

 

[Cloned4Life]

Looks like the course is starting to bite back.

Today is the scoring day.

 

[enisthemenace]

Tirico just said about half the field is almost done with their opening round, and the average score is around +5.

7 players under par currently.

Bryson looks to be in trouble right now.

 

[enisthemenace]

Rory looks cooked

 

[cycloneG]

I love this course as a US Open site. Just amazing.

 

[enisthemenace]

I love this course as a US Open site. Just amazing.

It looks beautiful.

 

[Gunnerclone]

I love this course as a US Open site. Just amazing.

East of the Mississippi US Open courses are my favorites.

 

[FerShizzle]

reed with an albatross. thats a rare bird at oakmont.

 

[Cyclonepride]

Double eagle for Patrick Reed from 286

 

[BigJCy]

Double eagle for Patrick Reed from 286