Tale Of Two Oakmont Approaches: Rickie Bombing, Rory Plodding

I'm not sure what this means about the golf course, but it's interesting to see the different approaches to Oakmont for the 2016 U.S. Open.

Rickie...first saying you have to play carefully, then saying he will be aggressive with the big stick.

Q. So you see taking a risk off the tee as being worthwhile, ultimately?

RICKIE FOWLER: To a certain extent. You can't try and be very aggressive on this golf course. You kind of have to take what it gives you. You can't try and push it too much. There's some holes where it's just as wide with driver as it is with a driving iron or a 3 wood, and I feel like I hit my driver just about as straight as any of those.

So I'd rather take my chances of having the shorter iron in and having a chance to possibly play aggressive and get a shot close, versus just trying to get one on the green.

Rory McIlroy, on the other hand, plans to hit very few drivers this week.

I don't think there's going to be many drivers out there this week. Maybe the two par 5s you'll hit driver. 7th hole. I think, if the 2nd hole is downwind, you can hit driver there and try to hit it up on the green. But, yeah, I don't think there's going to be many drivers this week, to be fair. I'll hit 2 iron off the tee much more than I'll hit driver.