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Tiger Woods On Keys To Oakmont
A tournament where par is celebrated and precision in challenging conditions is required to contend. #SunDayRed pic.twitter.com/c6TOU7MqOF
— SUN DAY RED (@SunDayRed) June 10, 2025
Oakmont Country Club is the site of the 2025 U.S. Open. The Pennsylvania golf club now holds the record for most U.S. Opens with 10.
The U.S. Open is typically the most challenging tournament of the four major championships. It’s known for unforgiving roughs, unsteady greens, and difficult lies.
The U.S. Open is a battle of perseverance, as the winning score can be over par, which never happens at the three other majors.
Woods is a three-time U.S. Open champion: 2000 at Pebble Beach, 2002 at Bethpage Black, and 2008 at Torrey Pines.
Although Woods won’t be playing this year, he still shared some keys to the course on Sun Day Red’s social media pages.
“You just have to hit the golf ball well there,” Woods said. “There is no faking about Oakmont.”
Oakmont is a big course at over 7,372 yards. Woods emphasized that hitting the golf ball well is key, but the course does favor a specific kind of player.
“It favors longer hitters, just because of the degrees, the complexes,” Woods said. “It just helps so much to be coming with shorter iron, to be able to stop the ball. It’s about missing the ball on correct spots, because if you don’t, it’s an auto bogey.”
Woods’ best finish at Oakmont is tied for second in 2007. Angel Cabrera won with a winning score of +5.
Oakmont Course Highlights
Tiger in the Oakmont rough, 2007. pic.twitter.com/8sXnJytDsU
— Golf Digest (@GolfDigest) June 10, 2025
Oakmont is expected to be a brutal test for the players.
The hole being discussed the most is No. 8. It’s a 289-yard par 3, where the world’s best players might have to pull drivers out of their bags just to make a par.
The par-3 eighth at Oakmont was playing 289 yards today. 🤯 What club would you hit? pic.twitter.com/CV6t4voJ
— TaylorMade Golf (@TaylorMadeGolf) June 9, 2025
The fairways and greens are so steep that players have been putting from over 100 yards out on the first hole and reaching the green.
.@z_blair from 122 with the putter on 1 at Oakmont….pretty good. pic.twitter.com/POSQjsOh3N
— Andy Johnson (@AndyTFE) June 10, 2025
The U.S. Open begins on Thursday, June 12.
