The 125th US Open at Oakmont presents extreme challenges, as highlighted by Rory McIlroy's experience during his scouting visit. He described last week's conditions as nearly impossible, noting that the greens were exceptionally fast and pin placements were difficult. Navigating Oakmont's thick rough compounds these challenges, as being off the fairway can lead to penal situations. Jon Rahm emphasized the unpredictability of scoring at such a course, where luck plays a significant factor. Players must demonstrate patience and adaptability to succeed in this tough event.
If you put it in the fairway, it's certainly playable. But then you just have to think about leaving your ball below the hole and just trying to make as many pars as you can.
It's much more benign right now than it was that Monday. They had the pins in dicey locations and greens were running at 15.5 on the stimpmeter.
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