Reigning US Open Champion, and No. 2 in the World, Jordan Spieth prepared on Monday (13th June) ahead of the 116th US Open at Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, Pennsylvania.

SOUNDBITE (English): Jordan Spieth

"Yeah. As I said, each week, it's just kind of weird how much can happen in a year. It was a fantastic rest of the season, springboarded by Chambers Bay and the Masters last year. And into this season, it's been a nice start to this season as well. This is where it really gets ramped up. My next five events, pending scheduling changes, are all very, very -- either Majors, the Olympics, World Golf Championship. I mean, it just feels like the first half of the year is done. This is kind of how we can start to finish off the year strong into the Ryder Cup. U.S. Open has been -- wearing the U.S. Open champion kind of flag, I guess, is the easiest way to put it has been a tremendous honour for me. I was fortunate enough to win a couple of USGA championships as a junior, and to win ultimate one, the highest honour in the USGA has been fantastic. I reflected on it as we conquered the hardest test in golf. That takes place once a year, and it's at one of the hardest venues this year."

SOUNDBITE (English): Jordan Spieth

"Winning a U.S. Open is a different experience than winning at any other venue. You learn that literally anything can happen, especially out here where the way the course is set up right now, the way the rough and the bunkers, with the amount of sand that's in the bunkers, the fact that it's very rare to be able to hit a green in regulation from a fairway bunker. If you don't hit fairways on the last five holes, you could lose a four- or five-shot lead like that. Just not even doing anything wrong. You can hit decent shots that just barely miss the fairway. And all of a sudden, you have to do well to have ten feet for par."