US Open Golf 2016: Odds, Favorites and Tournament Preview

At this year's U.S. Open, expect the course to get just as much attention as the golfers themselves.

Golf's second major of the year will take place at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania, near the city of Pittsburgh. This will be the eighth time Oakmont has played host to the U.S. Open, and it has routinely turned a simple par into a luxury score.

Jordan Spieth, who won last year's U.S. Open at Chambers Bay in Washington, has deep and abiding respect for the challenges Oakmont presents.

"This is arguably the hardest course in America. It’s normally the hardest U.S. Open, at least what history shows," said Spieth, per the Kansas City Star's Tom Smith.

The 2016 U.S. Open begins bright…