The 125th United States Open has been over now for 48 hours, and the golf community is still buzzing at the level of difficulty at Oakmont for 96 hours. Only one player in the entire tournament was under par, and that was the champion J.J. Spaun of Los Angeles, California, who was at -1. The total score for all 156 golfers in the tournament was +1826. That is an average score of +11.7. The cut line was +7.
The United States Golf Association has a history of making the U.S. Open tough. When they do, it is a spectacular treat. For most of the golf season, players have no problems making birdies, and at times tournaments become a birdiefest. When golfers are challenged, it makes a tournament extremely more interesting. That is why the U.S. Open is one of my favourite golf tournaments to watch on television.
Next year expect an even tougher course at Shinnecock Hills in New York. The last time the United States Open was there Brooks Koepka of West Palm Beach, Florida, won the tournament by posting a score of one-over-par. He beat England’s Tommy Fleetwood by a stroke. Meanwhile, when Raymond Floyd of Fort Bragg, North Carolina won the U.S. Open in 1986 at Shinnecock Hills, his score was only one-under-par, and when Corey Pavin of Oxnard, California won the U.S. Open in 1995 at Shinnecock Hills, he won with a score of even par.
The fourth and final major will take place next month in Portrush, Northern Ireland. Expect a much lower score than what we saw in New York. When Shane Lowry won the 2019 British Open in Portrush, he was at -15.
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