All About Oakmont, Host of the 2025 U.S. Open

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🗓️ 4 June 2025

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

Andy Johnson gets a head start on U.S. Open week with a two-part look at Oakmont Country Club. First, Andy chats with Gil Hanse, consulting architect at Oakmont, about his recent work on the course and his expectations for how it will play for the pros next week. The two discuss possible pin placements for the tournament and the history that guided Gil's renovation. Andy is then joined by Oakmont superintendent Mike McCormick to discuss the turf management at the club and how his team is preparing for the U.S. Open. Mike shares details about the culture at Oakmont and the daily challenges of maintaining one of the toughest courses in America.

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0:00.0	I misogreen, for example, I'm already upset.
0:02.0	When I find my ball in the bunker, I'm really upset.
0:05.0	And when I find my ball in a...
0:06.0	Fried egg.
0:07.0	Friday egg.
0:08.0	The dreaded fried egg.
0:09.0	Friday.
0:10.0	Friday.
0:11.0	Fried egg lie.
0:12.0	I'm Welcome back to another edition of the Friday Golf Podcast.
0:41.5	I am your host, Andy Johnson.
0:43.3	Today, I am very excited about this podcast.
0:46.8	We have a comprehensive look at Oakmont Country Club.
0:52.2	I was thrilled to be joined by their consulting golf architect
0:57.2	who completed a historical renovation of Oakmont, Gil Hans.
1:04.0	Gil joined for the first 30 minutes of this podcast and talk about the project and kind of
1:09.8	the new look, Oakmont, and what we can expect. And then on the on the project and kind of the new look Oakmont and what we can
1:11.5	expect. And then on the on the, the second guest is Oakmont's superintendent. They're head of
1:19.1	agronomy, Mike McCormick. So quite the, the crew. Mike talks about the golf course, the
1:27.2	agronomy. Obviously, that's going to be a big
1:29.8	talking point. As always with Oakmont is the conditions, the world-class maintenance.
1:35.4	The, you know, really they have a identity of being the toughest golf course in the world,
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