So you know how they say Oakmont’s greens are *pretty* fast?

They aren’t exaggerating.

Just check out this shot Monday at Oakmont, which will host this year’s U.S. Open, from a media member. From 118 yards out on the first hole, the man in question, Golf Course Industry magazine’s Guy Cipriano, chooses a putter. Odd selection, right? Well, at Oakmont, where even the fairways are unbelievably fast, it isn’t…

Why not? A 118-yard putt on the first hole at #Oakmont. pic.twitter.com/GRU0E29Zvu — Guy Cipriano (@GCIMagazineGuy) April 25, 2016

It’s fair to note that Oakmont’s first fairway slopes severely downhill as one reaches the green, but this is still quite telling. If a fairway can run that fast, then we can see why Oakmont has its reputation for enabling three-, four-, five-putts, etc. Remember, too, that Angel Cabrera’s winning score at Oakmont in the 2007 U.S. Open was 5 over.

We are already wishing the field that will assemble there in June a hardy, ‘Good Luck!’

Details surrounding the 118-yard putt at Oakmont featured in @GolfweekMag … Drove ball into second fairway bunker on left, 195 to pin. — Guy Cipriano (@GCIMagazineGuy) April 27, 2016

– Kevin Casey