Pro criticize ‘crazy’, ‘silly’ Oakmont par-3 before us open

We are just a few weeks away from 2025 US Open, and iconic but unfaithful Oakmont country club It is set to wait for the event. But now we are listening to the course complaints, the current benefits and the golf legends alike. A specific hole has attracted the anger of Victor Hovland and great winner 18 times Jack nicklaus: The 8th and 8th monstrous hole, which will play nearly 300 yards this year.

The terrible Oakmont Hole first first of the Oakmont

125 this year in US Open will be the 10th time that the tournament is held in Oakmont. The historical, ranked course No 8 in 100 best golf courses in world rankingsIt’s always been a scary test.

Much of the Pro Paint’s experience in Oakmont is from its devilish greens, inventive bunkers and, during the open US week, its hand.

But, as with all the old, iconic courses that the host, Oakmont is extended significantly in response to modern equipment helping players hit the ball far away.

Oakmont’s 8th has always been one of the long par-3 in Golf, but for the 2025 US step that is expected to play in or over 300 yards.

Hovland is not a Long Par-3s fan

If you think that 300 yards have begun to extend the boundaries of what can be considered a Par-3, you are in good company.

A professional who was asked about the 8’s Oakmont in his Memorial The press conference on Tuesday was Victor Hovland.

Although Hovland has never been to Oakmont, he has played many Par-3 long in his five years in the tournament. And when a reporter told him about the 8th-Obary, he shared a general critic of the long par-3s.

“Yes, I mean, just gets hard. I just don’t think when you have to make a hole so long, just doesn’t get so great,” Hovland explained. “Simply become like, okay, you have a certain target here and then you have to hit a blow there and make a time and get out of there instead of a shorter par-3 that attracts you to approach, but if you are a little away, you are either in a one-sided place or if it costs you, yes, you still have a small blow.”

He went on arguing that what he considers PAR-3 in Golf are all relatively short.

“I just think all the best Par-3s are under 200,” Hovland said Tuesday. “You may have a little more than 200, but as soon as you start getting your head coverings in the Par-3, I just think it gets a little silly.”

Nicklaus targets the goal in the ‘Crazy’ par-3 8 of Oakmont.

Memorial tournament host Jack Nicklaus also sat down with reporters for his annual press conference on Tuesday. When a reporter asked him about Oakmont’s long 8, Nicklaus first responded with some jokes.

“I didn’t play it after they stretched it to be a Par-5 short,” Nicklaus smiled. “I don’t know how long it is. It becomes about 275 yards or something like that.”

When a reporter discovered that the 8th would play at 299 Jard this year, Nicklaus shot again, “Well it’s crazy. But that’s what they do. But it’s up.”

Nicklaus continued to discover that he thinks it is difficult to make a long par-3 that is also a quality design.

“I think it’s hard to make a good, long, long. I think it’s a very hard thing to have a hole where you are standing behind striking a wood in a par-3.”

When asked if the golf “needs” for a long time, Nicklaus withdrew, then explained his philosophy after par-3 for courses.

“I don’t know. I don’t have any in my golf courses. But do you need them? Maybe no. I can’t answer your question because I don’t like them. How is this?” Said Nicklaus. “I always liked-I always liked to get-in a golf course I liked to have a par-3 in the 220 to 235 range. I liked to have two of the ‘right in the 190 to 210 range. And then one usually shorter, 170 or shorter. different conditions, so be different. “

It is important to note that Nicklaus has serious experience playing Oakmont. He won his first first there, the 1962 US Open.

Hovland and the rest of the benefits will first take the 8th long long hole in Oakmont when US Open 2025 begins on Thursday, June 12.

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