Oakmont, Pennsylvania
CNN
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All week in the build-up to the US Open, the course at Oakmont Country Club outside Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was touted as a beast – a track so difficult that the world’s best might look like weekend hacks trying to navigate it.
As Thursday’s opening round ended, just 10 players were under par and the course had lived up to its reputation.
American JJ Spaun led the way with a 4-under 66, nailing his first-ever bogey-free round in a major. He entered the tournament having not played at Oakmont before, and he thought that helped.
“I kind of came out here with no prior history at Oakmont, not really knowing what…
