OAKMONT, Pa. — Never mind that Rory McIlroy is finally a Masters champion and the first player in 25 years to join the exclusive list of players with the career Grand Slam. Or that Scottie Scheffler won the PGA Championship and reasserted himself as golf's best player .

They are biggest stars in the game heading into the third major of the year. They might not be the main attraction. The one name that gets everyone's attention at this U.S. Open: Oakmont.

The course Henry Fownes built in 1903 is tough as Pittsburgh steel. Geoff Ogilvy, a former U.S. Open champion, once said playing Oakmont “was like the hardest hole you've ever played on every hole.”

The USGA doesn't have to do much to achieve what it always wants: the toughest test in golf.

Oakmont hosts the U.S. Open for the 10

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