U.S. Open preparations underway at Oakmont Country Club
Preparations for the upcoming U.S. Open are fully underway at Oakmont Country Club.
The club will be hosting the tournament for a record 10th time this coming June as the best golfers in the world will be descending on western Pennsylvania for what's typically regarded as golf's toughest test.
The KDKA Drone Team captured aerial views of the property at Oakmont on Monday where crews were working to put up scaffolding and bleachers as the tournament will be teeing off in just over 70 days.
Oakmont last hosted the U.S. Open in 2016 when Dustin Johnson won his first major championship, but this year, the course will look a lot different.
In the years since then, Oakmont has undergone extensive renovation projects aimed at taking the course back to some of its roots.
A majority of those renovations were focused on Oakmont's legendary and historic greens, which were expanded by a total of 24,000 square feet.
156 golfers will be in the field at Oakmont in June, aiming to take custody of the U.S. Open Trophy and etch their name into golf's history books.
Bryson DeChambeau won last year's tournament at Pinehurst in a showdown with Rory McIlroy, both titans in the game of golf right now.
Tickets are still available for this year's U.S. Open, with a number of options and packages available through the USGA. The opening round of the U.S. Open at Oakmont will get underway on Thursday, June 12.
