U.S. OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP 2025

June 13, 2025

Denny McCarthy

Oakmont Country Club

Quick Quotes

Q. Course conditions?

DENNY McCARTHY: Gettable if you hit it in the fairway. Not gettable if you don't hit it in the fairway.

Q. If you don't get it in the fairway, what's going through your head when you're walking to your ball?

DENNY McCARTHY: You're half expecting to totally chip out and half expecting to maybe have a line to hit it up somewhere near the green. You've got to be really sharp tee to green. It's a pretty demanding course. The course I feel like can play way more difficult than it has, and you still see -- it doesn't take that much. If you're not on tee to green, you're going to struggle regardless. But they can firm these greens up, and I think they can speed them up a little bit more if they want to.

Q. What kind of conversations have you had with other players here about this course and the challenges?

DENNY McCARTHY: Not a ton. Obviously they're really slopey undulated greens, but there hasn't been a ton of talk. It's just kind of the common theme; everyone seems like they're exhausted when they come in off the course just because it's a punch in the face. Even if you've played okay and grind it out and shoot a couple under to a couple over, it's still just a grind. It just takes a lot out of you.