OAKMONT, Pa. – The underdog story of the 116th U.S. Open ended abruptly, just like they all do in the game’s most unforgiving major.
By the end of the grueling final rounds, there are no warm, fuzzy feelings, no feel-good long-shots still beaming. It’s why “The Greatest Game Every Played,” the story of amateur Francis Ouimet’s stunning U.S. Open victory, was based on events from 1913 – or before there were claustrophobic fairways, shoe-swallowing rough and pool-table greens. The U.S. Open, and Oakmont in particular, is cruel that way.
Andrew Landry understands that now, of course.