If there's a major golf championship to be handed out in the United States, there's no place better to play for that title than at Pennsylvania's Oakmont Country Club. The course is the site of this week's 2016 U.S. Open, marking a record ninth time the tournament has come to this historic venue.

In the edition of 'Off The Tee', I talk with Joel Harrington from 4 Deep Golf Blog about what makes Oakmont so special, who to watch for this week, and about Joel's magical day playing Hazeltine National in the Twin Cities, three months before it plays host to the Ruder Cup.

In this discussion with Joel:

Here is my complete conversation with Joel:

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