The U.S. Open is happening this week and doing so at Oakmont in Pennyslvania.
Oakmont has a wealthy historical past for the nationwide championship and has seen some unimaginable names on the earth of golf dance their means via the problem it presents. The final time we noticed this observe in U.S. Open play got here nearly a decade in the past in 2016 when Dustin Johnson lastly broke via for his first main championship.
GOLF.com’s Claire Rogers rewound issues a bit on social over the weekend and shared the Official World Golf Rating from the second in time that the 2016 U.S. Open was happening. DJ was quantity 3 on the earth with buddy of this system Jason Day holding the highest spot.
Jordan Spieth was the defending U.S. Open winner on the time and held the quantity two spot in teh world. Rory McIlroy was at quantity 4 whereas Bubba Watson, contemporary off of a few current Masters wins, was quantity six. Ricie Fowler was at seven, Danny Willett, the reigning Masters Champion, was at quantity 9… the listing is sort of the blast from the previous.
Willett was certainly the holder of the inexperienced jacket on the time and clearly DJ would go on to win this event. Henrik Stenson, quantity 5 on this listing, would win the Open Championship whereas Jimmy Walker, down at quantity 44, would take residence the PGA and outlast Jason Day by a stroke to take action.
My how a lot has modified.
