Lack of Oakmont experience may have aided bogey-free first round - Spaun - video Dailymotion

U.S. Open round 1 leader J.J. Spaun says his lack of experience around Oakmont helped him go four under

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00:00I kind of came out here with, you know, no prior history at Oakmont, not really knowing what to expect, even U.S. Open-wise.

00:08I mean, this is only my second one, and I don't know if that freed me up in any aspect,

00:16but I just tried to kind of take what the course gave me.

00:20I hit a lot of good shots and tried to capitalize on any birdie opportunities, which, you know, aren't very many out here,

00:26but I scrambled really well, too, which is a huge component to playing well at a U.S. Open, let alone shoot a bogey-free round.

00:34And, yeah, I'm just overly pleased with how I started the tournament.