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The Clubhouse with Shane Bacon

Ep. 15 - Oakmont head pro Bob Ford

The Clubhouse with Shane Bacon

The 8 Side

Golf, Sports

4.8696 Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2016

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

It's US Open week! Shane previews the tournament with some key pairings to look forward to, plus some great insight and analysis to get you ready for the tournament. Who has a realistic chance to win the tournament? Bob Ford, 37-year head pro at Oakmont

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the clubhouse with Shane Bacon.

0:05.8

I'm your host Shane Bacon and obviously an exciting time here at Fox.

0:10.4

It's finally U.S. Open Week.

0:12.3

We've been waiting for this week all year long.

0:14.9

Obviously had a great time at Wingfoot with the four ball, but we are at Oakmont

0:19.4

Ready and Roaring. So excited to be at a place, obviously hosted a 9th. but with the four ball, but we are at Oakmont ready and roaring.

0:22.1

So excited to be at a place, obviously hosted a ninth U.S. Open.

0:25.7

That's a record.

0:26.8

It is an amazing, amazing golf course.

0:29.2

If you haven't seen my piece yet on Fox Sports.com, make sure you go check it out.

0:32.7

I wrote something the day after I got to play it back in April.

0:36.0

Just basically summing up my thoughts on Oakmont,

0:39.2

my thoughts on the type of golf course and championship style, place, and facility that it is,

0:44.3

what makes it so hard, what makes it so interesting, and what you should expect to see this week.

0:48.8

So I wanted to jot all that down.

0:50.3

I did it the day after I played, so a month and a half or so ago.

0:53.2

But clean it up a bit. That's up on foxports.com back slash golf. I will have a lot of stuff

0:58.4

pumping out there all week long. I'm doing a big mailbag that's US Open specific,

1:02.2

doing three shots that'll do me around, which obviously is any golf shot at Okma, but I

1:07.4

tried to narrow it down to three golf shots. Also, had a really fun time putting together a piece of the best golf logos of clubs around the United States.

1:16.4

That should hit on Wednesday.

1:18.0

So keep your eye out, you know, bookmark that page.

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