U.S. Opens To Oakmont (2025) & Shinnecock (2026)

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President Trump will wrapping up his second term the next time we return to Oakmont, while President Kanye will be in the White House when Shinnecock Hills hosts again in 2026.

My report at GolfDigest.com.

As for why the USGA is locking Shinnecock Hills in even when we still are two years away from their next hosting gig, your guess is as good as mine. Then again, it's one of those venues few are offended to see as often as possible.

Fox Sports Adjusts, Televising 13 Hours Friday From Oakmont

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Pray for a restful night's sleep for those Fox crews, they have a ridiculously long day Friday thanks to the rain delays.

BROADCAST SCHEDULE
 
Date                 Program                                               Time (ET)                     Network
June 17             First & Second Rounds                         8:00 AM - 5:00 PM         FS1
                                                                                    5:00 PM - 9:00 PM         FOX
                                                                                                                                                          
DIGITAL STREAMING SCHEDULE
 
Date              Channel                           Time (ET)                         Platform
June 17          Featured Holes               8:00 AM – 10:00 AM         USOpen.com
                     Featured Groups (Ch. A)         8:00 AM – 10:00 AM  USOpen.com  
                     Featured Groups (Ch. B)         8:00 AM – 10:00 AM  USOpen.com
                     FS1 stream                       8:00 AM – 5:00 PM         FOX Sports GO        
                     Featured Groups (Ch. A)         10:00 AM – 8:00 PM   FOX Sports GO
                     Featured Groups (Ch. B)         10:00 AM – 8:00 PM   FOX Sports GO
                     Featured Holes               10:00 AM – 8:00 PM         FOX Sports GO
                     FOX stream                      5:00 PM – 9:00 PM         FOX Sports GO

Oakmont 2016: Giving Larry Nelson His Due

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Dave Kindred tries to find any sign of former Ryder Cup captain Larry Nelson or any recognition of his epic 1983 win here at Oakmont.

He writes:

Anybody seen Larry Nelson? The greatest golfer who ever walked the point of his infantry company in a Vietnam jungle – and the only one who ever won three major professional championships, including the 1983 U.S. Open here – is also the greatest golfer no one knows. Figuring he might be on the grounds as a past champion, I asked a media official, “Do you know, is Larry Nelson on the grounds?”

Here a cloud of puzzlement moved across the official’s eyes.

Then he said, “Who does he work for?”

Tale Of Two Oakmont Approaches: Rickie Bombing, Rory Plodding

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I'm not sure what this means about the golf course, but it's interesting to see the different approaches to Oakmont for the 2016 U.S. Open.

Rickie...first saying you have to play carefully, then saying he will be aggressive with the big stick.

Q. So you see taking a risk off the tee as being worthwhile, ultimately?

RICKIE FOWLER: To a certain extent. You can't try and be very aggressive on this golf course. You kind of have to take what it gives you. You can't try and push it too much. There's some holes where it's just as wide with driver as it is with a driving iron or a 3 wood, and I feel like I hit my driver just about as straight as any of those.

So I'd rather take my chances of having the shorter iron in and having a chance to possibly play aggressive and get a shot close, versus just trying to get one on the green.

Rory McIlroy, on the other hand, plans to hit very few drivers this week.

I don't think there's going to be many drivers out there this week. Maybe the two par 5s you'll hit driver. 7th hole. I think, if the 2nd hole is downwind, you can hit driver there and try to hit it up on the green. But, yeah, I don't think there's going to be many drivers this week, to be fair. I'll hit 2 iron off the tee much more than I'll hit driver.