JORDAN Spieth was captured on film holing an amazing flop shot in near darkness after a practice round at the famed course this week.

DEFENDING US Open champion Jordan Spieth went viral with this hole out in near darkness at Oakmont yesterday but he was all business when he fronted the media after touring the course proper.

Spieth played nine holes of practise in fading light on Tuesday afternoon and was filmed by an Oakmont Country Club member holing an amazing flop shot at his last hole.

The video was sent to Golf Channel correspondent Tim Rosaforte who tweeted it to the world and it was picked up globally.

But despite the short game brilliance, Spieth was wary about the scoring opportunities Oakmont would present next month and suggested even par would be a good effort.

“I'd sign for even par right now for 72 holes in June,” Spieth said.

Spieth said the course was unusual in that it played quite short yet still presented a difficult challenge for scoring despite players having wedges for their approaches on several holes.

“Even though it's a shorter golf course by yardage, it doesn't play short,” he said.

“You do have those wedges and on those holes, I'm not going to say it's challenging with a wedge, because we're professionals, with a wedge, we should be able to carve it into any kind of position from the fairway.

“But here's just so many other tough holes that par is going to be a fantastic score.”

Spieth used a local caddie for his tour around the course and said he felt the penal fairway bunkering would be a factor come next month.

“I have different impressions from what I already knew (about the course),” said Spieth, who had never played Oakmont previously.

“These bunkers here may as well be bunkers in the U.K. They may as well be pot bunkers. You just kind of have to hit sideways out of them for the most part. It's mainly just a chunked sand wedge out and play the hole in with a stroke penalty.

“It will be interesting to see the firmness of the fairways. I think that if the fairways firm up a little but not too much and the greens are really firm, it will be a fantastic U.S. Open.”

Spieth was asked again about how he was dealing with what happened at Augusta National last month and he remained philosophical, saying support from family and friends helped as did messages from others he respected.

“Messages I get from mentors, pretty much saying, hey, you've been in contention six out of the last eight majors, won a couple of them,” he said.

“The wrong miss at the wrong time is bound to happen at some point. Whether you still win that major not.

“I had the same exact miss at the U.S. Open last year. On 17 I made double-bogey and kind of squeaked it out at the end, but that was potentially the same kind of experience as the Masters.

“If you're in it enough, you're going to be on the good end and bad end of those situations, so keep putting ourselves in contention, and when we're on the good end again, I'll be able to enjoy it even more having experienced the other side of it.”

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