Jordan Spieth makes tough admission after first round at Oakmont
Jordan Spieth was brutally honest about the difficulty of this year’s US Open course. This year’s third major is being hosted at Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania, which is widely known as one of the hardest courses in the world. Several players have gotten off to slow or disappointing starts with the current leader being JJ Spaun at -4. For Spieth, it was a middling start.
The three-time major champion is currently at even, recording five birdies and five bogeys on the afternoon. Spieth is squarely in the hunt right now and tied for eleventh overall. The 31-year-old, however, got brutally honest about this course as well as how it can change going forward.
“If you miss the fairway. It’s essentially a stroke penalty. There’s a few places where it’s not the case, but on almost every hole, it’s a stroke penalty. I was close to shooting 3-under and finished at even.
“I mean, you know, I think I would have signed for it three more times to put me in a good spot, but we’ll see how the course changes. A couple of fairways became impossible to hit today, and that won’t change tomorrow. And then if we get a little rain, maybe we’ll get a chance to score a little, but we’ll see.”
