At Scottie Scheffler and rivals are waiting for the pit of Oakmont

Golf enthusiasts are eagerly awaiting the start of the US Open today. On the Oakmont cult playground in the Pittsburgh suburbs, the 156 best players of the world in the third major will compete in the most demanding terrain. The competition with the standard occupation from the traditional PGA family has been tightened by 14 flight aces from the LIV-Golf series, driven by Saudi Petrodolars since 2022.

The famous tournament, organized since 1895 by the American Golf Federation, always honestly fates the life of the biggest golfers, as they are trapped everywhere. In the Oakmont, which has been hosting the prestigious tournament for the tenth time, tall and dense grass awaits them right next to the clearing, the sandy obstacles are sown in dense, their depth requires complete blows, the big greens are very vibrant and represent the real lottery in the Patanje.

This time in the game too

The first favorite to win again is number 1 from the world rankings American Scottie Schefflerwho is ready for completely different circumstances than they have with colleagues, for example, Masters, the first major of the season in Augusta. “There is a lot of chopping from deep and tall grass. You still have to be extremely accurate, but when it comes to strength, it becomes a more important factor in these tournaments, because you have to get the ball when it lands in ‘rough’ from there. When you miss the greens on the Masters, the ball rolls and lands in areas where you have different blows. However, when you hit the ball over the green here, it lands in the thick grass and only think about how to get it out of this grass and somehow create the opportunity for a blow, « says Scheffler, 28, who won three tournaments this year, including the second Major of the season, the PGA Championship.

Scottie Scheffler is besieged by fans at every turn. Photo: Andrew Redington Getty Images Via AFP

Behind him, as candidates for winning the cult tournament were deployed Bryson Dechambeau, Roryja Mcilroy, Jona rahma, Xander Schauffele, Louis Aberg and Collina Morikawa. Dechambeau and Rahm represent the notoriously rich Liv-Golf series. Interestingly, the organizers did not reveal the amount of the prize fund, which is the highest on the tour the day before the start of the competition. Last year, they distributed € 18.8 million, and the winner of Dechambeau put € 3.7 million in his pocket. In any case, the winner will receive 20 percent of the prize pool.

Bryson Dechambeau is the most powerful trump card in the Liv-Golf series and a title defender. Photo: Warren Little Getty Images Via AFP

Mcilroy still dizzy from the venture in Augusta

With uncertain feelings, Northern Irish Rory Mcilroy arrived in Pennsylvania, who, with a victory at the April Masters in Augusta, only came to the career big straw as sixth player in golf, so wins in all four majors. Since then, he has only played in three tournaments, and has been known to the lack of success, which made him one of the greatest players of world sport.

Rory Mcilroy is looking for real feelings after great success at April Masters in Augusta. Photo: Charles Leclaire Images Via Reuters Connect

“I have always been a player who had a hard time gathering for a game after a big event, after winning any tournament. You always have a hard time motivating next week because you have just achieved something big and you want to enjoy it and look forward to the fact that you have realized the goal. I think I deserve a little time to relax, as I have pursued this goal over a decade and a half. However, I certainly can’t afford to relax in the Oakmont this week, « is aware of the 36-year-old Mcilroy, who was Bled in the last two tournaments, and was 47th at the PGA Championship, and last weekend in Canada he did not even qualify for the final part of the competition.