Oakmont Country Club president: 125th U.S. Open an ‘outrageous success’ | Golf Today | Golf Channel

John Lynch, the president of Oakmont Country Club, joins Golf Today to discuss why the 125th U.S. Open was an “outrageous success” and explain why J.J. Spaun’s 64-foot walk-off putt was “virtually impossible to make.” #GolfChannel #GolfToday #USOpen #Golf #Oakmont
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Oakmont Country Club president: 125th U.S. Open an ‘outrageous success’ | Golf Today | Golf Channel
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LOOK AT THAT 1855 OVER. DOUBLE BOGEYS WORSE. 367. TOTAL PLAYER AT PAR BETTER 1. >> WE ARE JOINED BY THE PRESIDENT OF OAKMONT JOHN LYNCH ON THIS MONDAY. GREAT TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH YOU, JOHN. HOW DOES THE PRESIDENT OF THE CLUB KIND OF JUDGE HOW THE WEEK WENT? >> WELL, WE HAVE AN OUTRAGEOUS SUCCESS. GLAD IT ENDED ON SUNDAY. LEADING UP THE COURSE WAS IN EMACULATE CONDITION. WE WERE WORRIED ABOUT THE RAIN BUT MIKE MCCORMICK AND THE CREW DID AN AWESOME JOB OF DOING IT WHERE IT NEED TO BE IN TOURNAMENT SHAPE. WE COULDN’T HAVE BEEN MORE PLEASED. >> HOW HAPPY YOU ARE THE GOLF COURSE NOT IN TERMS OF CONDITIONS UNDER TOUGH WEATHER BUT IN TERMS OF DEFENDING AGAINST THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE WORLD. >> IT’S QUESTION, RIGHT, WE DON’T HAVE THE LENGTH A LOT OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP GOLF COURSES HAVE. AND SO IT’S A CONCERN. WE PERSONALLY FELT, THOUGH, WITH THE ROUGH WHAT IT WAS AND SO FORTH AND THE GROANS, IT WOULD HOLD UP WELL. OUR PREDICTION WAS IF IT GOT WET IT COULD GO AS HIGH AS OR AS LOW AS MINUS 5 WITH DRY CONDITIONS, PLUS MINUS 1 IN THE SWEET SPOT. SO, WE WERE REALLY, REALLY PLEASED TO SEE THE SCORES BEING DONE. >> MEMBERSHIP SURROUNDED THE COUNTRY’S MEMBERS WANTING THE GOLF COURSE TO PLAY EASIER. I AM GETTING OLDER. GET RID OF THAT BUNKER MOVE THAT MOVE THIS TEE BOX HERE. WHY IS IT HARDER, HARDER AND HARDER? >> YEAH, I THINK IT’S BEEN IN THE DNA AS A CLUB FROM DAY ONE. YOU KNOW IT WAS BUILT IN 1903 AND HE WAS A CRAZY GUY AND WE WANT HARD. AND HIS SON CONTINUED AND WE WANT HARD AND THIS MEMBERSHIP IS PART OF THE DNA. THEY ENJOY IT HARD. I LIKE TO SAY THAT YOU KNOW WE PLAY OUR GAME SQUAT AND SO FORTH WHEN EVERYBODY IS FINISHED. NOBODY TALKS ABOUT THE GOOD HOLES THEY HAD. HE AT THAT TALKED ABOUT THE BAD HOLES WE HAD. YOU BELIEVE THIS, CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT THE THAT A CAN YOU BELIEVE THE BREAK. HE THEY LOVE GOLF AND LOVE TO SEE THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE WORLD HAVE A HARD TIME WITH IT AS WELL, WE WERE PLEASED. >> THE SPIRIT AT HOME. ON THE 18th GREEN ON OTHER SIDE OF THE CLUBHOUSE HAVE YOU BEEN OUT THERE THIS MORNING TO RECREATE THE J.J. SPAUN PUTT OR DO YOU THINK THAT’S A THING FOR ARE MEMBERS. >> POSITIVE — I HAVE NOT. I JUST ARRIVED ON PROPERTY, BUT, I AM POSITIVE THAT WILL BECOME — YOU KNOW, SOMETHING FOR ALL MEMBERS TO TRY. IT — WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT HOW LONG THE PUTT WAS, VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE. >> WHAT ARE THE ODDS YOU WOULD HAVE GIVEN J.J. SPAUN. >> I WOULDN’T GIVE HIM 1 IN A 100. 64 FEET, IT IS THAT HARD OF A PUTT. AND HE DID GET A NICE READ OFF VIKTOR THAT HELPED, BUT FOR IT TO GO IN THE HOLE IT WAS HIS DAY. >> NOT EVERY CLUB WANTS TO LOSE THEIR GOLF CLUB TO A MAJOR CHAMP. OAKMONT ONE OF THREE ANCHORS SITES FOR THE U.S. OPEN. 42, 49, WHY IS SOMETHING THE MEMBERSHIP WANTS TO CONTINUE TO HOST THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AND OTHER BIG USGA EVENTS. >> GREAT POINT WITH THIS. THAT WAS THE 10TH U.S. OPEN. THREE MORE COMING. IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE VERY PROUD OF USGA DECIDE WE ARE AN ANCHOR SITE. WE HAVE CONTRACTS HERE THROUGH 2049, AND IT IS JUST SOMETHING WE LIVE FOR. IT’S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE OPENS HERE. JOHN SAYS IT’S IMPORTANT WHERE THE CHAMPIONS WIN THEIR OPENS AND THEY WANT TO WIN THE OPENS AT PLACES LIKE OAKMONT. SO, WE ARE INCREDIBLY PLEASED THEY WANT TO COME BACK AND WE LOVE IT. THE USGA WE DON’T LOSE THE GOLF COURSE FOR THAT LONG OF A PERIOD OF A TIME. ABOUT 11 DAYS. THAT’S ALL DOABLE. SO, WE ARE VERY, VERY HAPPY TO BE AN ANCHOR SITE. AND TO BE HOSTING AS OFTEN AS WE DO. >> CURIOUS ABOUT THE IMPACT ON THE MEMBERS IT’S 11 DAYS. IT’S A ENORMOUS INFRASTRUCTURE THAT GOES AROUND THE GOLF CLUB. WHEN DOES THAT PROCESS START AND WHEN DO YOU THINK YOU GET BACK TO NORMAL HERE? >> GREAT QUESTION. SO IT STARTED MONTHS AGO. AND IT WILL PROBABLY BE THE END OF JULY IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, AND WEATHER DICTATES THAT TOO. SO LIKE FOR TODAY, IT’S NOT GOING TO BE A GREAT DAY TO START HAVING A CONSTRUCTION TEAMS OUT THERE, YOU KNOW RIPPING THINGS DOWN. BUT, THERE IS INCONVENIENCES FOR PROBABLY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF SIX MONTHS. BUT, AGAIN, IT’S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE AWARE OF. WE KNOW, WE LIKE. AND WE ARE WILLING TO DO THIS THROUGH 24049. >> A HANDFUL OF MEMBERS HERE AT OAKMONT MY GOOD BUDDY MIKE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A LITTLE BIT, I FOUND THIS CLUB VERY WELCOME. THE MILLION ARE FANTASTIC BY IN LARGE. SPEAK TO THAT. >> SURE. >> THAT OF THE TYPE OF MEMBERS THAT YOU WANT TO WALK THROUGH THE DOORS EVERY DAY. >> YOU KNOW, EVEN WHEN WE BRING IN NEW MEMBERS TODAY, WE KIND OF BELIEVE IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF GOOD TO GREAT. BOOK BY JIM COLLINS WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN GOOD. WE HAVE BEEN GOOD FOR 100 YEARS. WE WANT TO GET TO GREAT. YOU KEEP REACHING FOR THAT. WE ARE DOING TRAINING FROM OUR PRO STAFF DOWN THERE, TO THE WAIT STAFF AND EVERYBODY IS IN A PROGRAM TO TRY TO GET BETTER EVERY DAY OF THEIR LIVES. WE WANT YOU IT BE A MEMBER FOR A DAY WHEN YOU ARE A GUEST. WE WANT YOU TO FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE, AND THINK WE PULLED THAT OFF. AND WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THAT. >> IS IT ACTUALLY FUN TO PLAY A GOLF COURSE THIS DIFFICULT? EVERY DAY? >> I KNOW WE ARE ALL MASS KIT KITS. >> IT IS TOUGH IF YOU SINGING THE DRIVE IN THE ROUGH THERE’S ZERO FUN. AND CAN YOU GET THE BALL DOWN THE FAIRWAYS AND PLAY THE HOLES? WE ENJOY THAT CHALLENGE OF TRYING. AND THAT’S A REALLY AS THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE WORLD SHOWED IT’S HART TO HIT THE FAIRWAY EVERY SINGLE HOLE. THAT’S THE GOAL. CAN YOU GET IT TO THE FAIRWAY. CAN YOU GET IT ON THE GREEN? IT’S A VERY TOUGH PLACE TO BE YOUR ONLY CLUB I WOULD SAY. YOU CAN PROBABLY GO CRAZY. >> QUICK HOW ABOUT THE HEAD PROS, BOB WHO WAS THE FIRST TO STARTER HOW SPECIAL TO HAVE THAT DNA IN THE CLUB AS WELL. >> SO, YOU KNOW, BOB 40 YEARS BASICALLY AT OAKMONT. WONDERFUL MAN. REAL AMBASSADOR. NONBY EVERYBODY. DEVIN STEPS INTO HIS SHOES AND IS JUST LITERALLY TAKEN OVER RIGHT WHERE BOB LEFT OFF. AND HE’S A SUPER PERSON THAT DOES THE SAME THING OF THE GOOD TO GREAT CONCEPT. HE IS ALWAYS WORKING WITH THE STAFF AND MAKING SURE EVERYBODY IS HAVE HAVING A VERY, VERY SPECIAL EXPERIENCE. SO TWO SUPERSTAR GUYS. AND WE ARE SO LUCKY TO HAVE THEM BOTH. >> LAST QUESTION, JOHN, DO YOU SEND TO REPAIR THE WYNDHAM CLARK OR THAT A USGA MATTER. >> BOTH. THIS IS– IT’S DISTURBING TO SAY THE LEAST. IT’S AN ONGOING ISSUE. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE USGA OF WHERE THIS GOES AND VERY UNFORTUNATE. I WISH IT DIDN’T — HADN’T HAPPENED AT OAKMONT BUT WE DON’T KNOW WHAT THE OUTCOME OF THIS IS GOING TO BE BUT WE ARE WORKING WITH THE USGA AND WE WANT A JOINT DECISION WHAT WE DO THERE. >> UNFORTUNATE MOMENT BUT HOPEFULLY A TEACHABLE MOMENT. >> AGREE. >> WONDERFUL WEEK AT OAKMONT. THANKS FOR HAVING US. >> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND THANKS FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE WITH Y