 Even Woods struggled at this year's Masters at Augusta |
Tiger Woods expects the Oakmont course being used for this year's US Open to prove a tougher challenge than the recent Masters at the Augusta National. Woods said tying for second at Augusta earlier this month was "one of the most draining weeks I've ever had in a major as the conditions were so difficult".
But after playing Oakmont for the first time on Sunday, he said: "Overall, I'd say it's a lot harder than Augusta."
The US Open takes place at the Pennsylvania course from 14-17 June.
"It's a great test, but has a lot of blind tee and second shots," Woods noted of the Oakmont course.
It will be staging the US Open for the first time since Ernie Els triumphed there in 1994 after a play-off with Scot Colin Montgomerie and American Loren Roberts.
Zach Johnson won a gruelling Masters with a one-over-par total, the joint-highest score in the tournament's history.
Woods was one of three players who finished on three over.
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