What a one-handicap amateur golfer shot around Oakmont just one month before The US Open begins

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The US Open will be held at Oakmont up in Pennsylvania next month.

The early chatter is that Oakmont will be playing incredibly difficult, and The US Open in 2025 could go down as one of the most challenging major championships of all time.

Dustin Johnson won The US Open last time it was held at Oakmont, with a score of 276 – four-under-par.

The course will be over 7,500 yards long and is a par 70.

Interestingly, Scottie Scheffler held the clubhouse lead at The US Open in 2016 when he was a teenage amateur.

The 28-year-old won the PGA Championship on Sunday, and he will be the red-hot favourite in Pennsylvania next month.

Oakmont can be an incredibly tough course to navigate, even for the best players in the world.

So just imagine how much amateur golfers would struggle around the beastly layout.

What amateur golfer Chris Solomon shot around Oakmont one month before The US Open begins

Chris Solomon is the co-founder of golf website and podcast No Laying Up.

He is a one-handicap golfer, so he obviously knows his way around the links.

Solomon had the chance to play Oakmont during a media day ahead of the start of The US Open in 23 days’ time.

The No Laying Up co-founder struggled around the championship course in Pennsylvania, unsurprisingly, and ended up posting an 18-over par score of 88.

There’s no shame in that though.

Back in 2016, pro golfer Zachary Edmondson shot an 89 at Oakmont on day one of The US Open.

Can you pay to play Oakmont?

Unfortunately the answer to that question is no.

Oakmont is a strictly private golf course, and the only way to play it is to do so alongside a member.

Established in 1903, the course was designed by Henry Fownes and renovated by Tom Fazio in 2015.

Oakmont has held numerous championships in both professional and amateur golf, including nine US Opens (this year will be the 10th).

The course record currently stands at 63 – set by Johnny Miller way back in 1973.

The fairways are Bentgrass, while the greens are Poa annua.

Hopefully The US Open this year at Oakmont will go down in history as an unforgettable championship.

And Chris Solomon’s round of 88 this week was yet another reminder of just how difficult the golf course is.