{"id":155061,"date":"2025-06-03T14:58:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T14:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/155061\/"},"modified":"2025-06-03T14:58:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T14:58:09","slug":"rory-mcilroy-suffers-in-brutal-first-look-at-us-open-venue-which-is-set-to-deliver-carnage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/155061\/","title":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy suffers in brutal first look at US Open venue which is set to deliver carnage"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rory McIlroy visited Oakmont Country Club on Monday in preparation for the 2025 US Open – which looks set to be brutal. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Notoriously dubbed the ‘toughest test in golf’, the USGA are expected to earn that reputation next week with a fiercely difficult set-up in Pennsylvania. <\/p>\n

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McIlroy has already had a close-up view of Oakmont Country ClubCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

While PGA Tour players are mostly used to going as low as possible, this year’s US Open<\/a> will likely be a case of clinging on for dear life. <\/p>\n

McIlroy discovered that first-hand during a warm-up trip at the beginning of this week, telling golf reporter Eamon Lynch he made a triple bogey on the second hole<\/a> ‘despite hitting three good shots’. <\/p>\n

With tight fairways, thick rough and rapid greens, good shots are not necessary rewarded at a venue which is set to have golfers tearing their hair out. <\/p>\n

The reigning Masters champion also made a bogey on the 298-yard, par-3 eighth – having hit 3-wood off the tee. <\/p>\n

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With McIlroy being one of the longest hitters in the game, this means some competitors at the US Open will struggle to reach a par-three with their drivers. <\/p>\n

Also set to drive the players mad is the thick rough which lines those narrow fairways at Oakmont. <\/p>\n

Reporters on site have been dropping balls into the rough on camera to demonstrate just how juicy it is – with multiple videos going viral on social media. <\/p>\n

Big scores await those who miss the short grass, as hitting it in the rough will be the equivalent of a one-shot penalty, forcing players to wedge it out sideways. <\/p>\n

However, Lynch also reported that ex-Masters champion Adam Scott hit every fairway on the front-nine and still finished three-over-par. <\/p>\n

After checking out the course, golfer Jhonattan Vegas posted: “Get ready boys. This is going to be fun” – accompanied by 12 frightened emojis.<\/p>\n

McIlroy will get a short respite from the chaos of Oakmont as he heads north to Toronto for the Canadian Open<\/a> this week. <\/p>\n

The world no.2 has only played three times since winning the career grand slam at the Masters in April. <\/p>\n

McIlroy has drawn negative headlines for missing signature events on the PGA Tour – a concept he helped create – most recently skipping The Memorial Tournament without informing host Jack Nicklaus<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The Northern Irishman was also criticised for his radio silence at the PGA Championship, snubbing the media after all four rounds amid controversy surrounding his driver<\/a>. <\/p>\n

McIlroy is scheduled to hold a press conference on Wednesday ahead of the Canadian Open, where there will be plenty to answer for.<\/p>\n

In his absence, world no.1 Scottie Scheffler has reasserted his dominance<\/a>, following up his PGA Championship win with another victory at The Memorial on Sunday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy visited Oakmont Country Club on Monday in preparation for the 2025 US Open – which looks…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":155062,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4106],"tags":[2826,65914,4287,79,16,15,5067],"class_list":{"0":"post-155061","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf","9":"tag-oakmont","10":"tag-rory-mcilroy","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-us-open"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114620027219771182","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}