Matt Vogt was the first player to hold a press conference ahead of this year's third major at Oakmont Country Club outside Pittsburgh.
Not because he is expected to be in contention for the top.
But because he is not even one of the players in the starting lineup.
This is quite crazy, says Vogt.
You can say that with certainty. The amateur, who has been running a dental clinic in Indiana since 2018, managed to win one of last week's qualifying rounds. Two 68-rounds in Walla Walla, Washington, were enough to secure a place in the US Open.
With Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and Bryson DeChambeau among the competitors.
And to make matters worse, at Oakmont, a golf course where Matt Vogt previously worked as a caddie for five years.
I'm still trying to let it sink in, but I don't want to get too emotional about it just because it's so unbelievable, he says according to the AP news agency.
From the start, the plan was to go to Oakmont together with his wife Hilary and their almost one-year-old daughter Charlotte. But instead of being spectators, Vogt gets to tee off at his former workplace.
I have never played golf in front of more than 100 spectators, says Vogt.
The US Open begins on Thursday.
