Shane Lowry hilariously reveals why he walked off 2025 US Open host venue Oakmont after just five holes
PGA Tour star Shane Lowry has given some insight into this year's host course for the 2025 US Open.
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Shane Lowry of Ireland finished T2 at the 2016 US Open at Oakmont - the host venue of this year's championship
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Shane Lowry was sepaking after his opening round at the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village
This year will mark the 10th time the course has hosted the USGA premier tournament.
And Lowry knows the course all too well, the 2019 Open champion finished T2 after a heartbreaking +6 final round in 2016 after blowing a four-stroke overnight lead.
But leading up to that week, Lowry reflected on how difficult the course was before admitting that he actually walked off the course due to its difficulty.
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The Offaly native was asked about the upcoming championship after his opening round at the
He said: 'I've got a good story about that.
'The first time I played Oakmont was the Sunday before the U.S. Open 2016, and I went out to play with - my coach was with me and we teed off on 10.
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"We got around to 14, which is up beside the clubhouse, and I walked in. And I sat there in the locker room going, I have no idea how I'm going to play golf around this place.
'And then six days later, I had a four-shot lead going into the final round.
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'But, obviously, we got a bit of rain - that was before the rain. It was firm and fast when I played it that Sunday, and it was windy.
"We got a bit of rain that week. Which helped us. But, yeah, Oakmont, I'm looking forward to it. I'm looking forward to seeing what it's going to play like, and I'm looking forward to the challenge of it.'
He added: 'It wasn't that I felt like I couldn't play it, but I was just like, This is too hard, I'm going in - You know what I mean?
"It was like it was one of those and, honestly, if it didn't rain - I remember it rained on Wednesday and Thursday that week. If it didn't rain that week.
"God knows what the winning score would have been.'
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