{"id":172541,"date":"2025-06-10T09:01:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T09:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/172541\/"},"modified":"2025-06-10T09:01:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T09:01:13","slug":"golf-fans-left-stunned-by-insane-us-open-course-preparations-at-oakmont-surely-there-is-a-more-efficient-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/172541\/","title":{"rendered":"Golf fans left stunned by insane US Open course preparations at Oakmont: ‘Surely there is a more efficient way?’"},"content":{"rendered":"

By JAKE NISSE<\/a> <\/p>\n

Published: 17:31 EDT, 9 June 2025 | Updated: 19:25 EDT, 9 June 2025 <\/p>\n

Golf fans were left stunned on Monday as they got a glimpse of the tedious US Open preparations at Oakmont.<\/p>\n

Venezuelan PGA Tour pro Jhonattan Vegas shared a video of the rough being cut, and fans couldn’t believe that the job was done by a\u00a0large army of employees\u00a0 pushing around lawn mowers by hand.<\/p>\n

‘These are the mowers they use… Is this AI?,’ one replied on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n

‘Am I the only one that find’s this video rolling on the floor laughing my a** off funny,’ a second added<\/a>.<\/p>\n

‘Neighbors at 7:30am,’ a third cracked<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And a fourth said: <\/a>‘surely there is a more efficient way of doing this.’<\/p>\n

\"The <\/p>\n

The rough at Oakmont Country Club is trimmed by employees pushing around lawn mowers<\/p>\n

\"The <\/p>\n

The course employs custom mowers to actually leave the length of the rough longer<\/p>\n

Vegas himself called the rough ‘unplayable,’ with the mowers appearing to take little off in the video he posted.<\/p>\n

However, that’s actually intentional.<\/p>\n

Oakmont Grounds Superintendent Mike McCormick previously explained on the\u00a0The Fried Egg Golf Podcast<\/a>\u00a0that the course actually uses custom mowers to cut the rough higher.<\/p>\n

The reasoning for that, he said, was to make the course more difficult and prevent the ball from laying on top of the grass when it’s hit into the rough.<\/p>\n

Oakmont, located outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is known to be notoriously difficult and that should remain the case as the world’s best golfers descend upon this year’s US Open.<\/p>\n

Vegas last competed in the US Open in 2021, managing to make the cut and finishing tied for 57th.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"The <\/p>\n

The reason for the method is to make the course more difficult and have the balls fall to the bottom when they’re hit into the rough<\/p>\n

\"Bryson <\/p>\n

Bryson DeChambeau will be looking to defend his US Open title from last year<\/p>\n

Before that, he missed the cut in 2019.<\/p>\n

Bryson DeChambeau will be looking to defend his US Open title from last year when the tournament begins this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Wyndham Clark (2023), Matt Fitzpatrick (2022) and Jon Rahm (2021) are all recent winners as well.<\/p>\n

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