Former Oakmont caddie Matt Vogt reveals ‘biggest change’ to the US Open venue

Former Oakmont caddie Matt Vogt has revealed a significant change to the US Open venue. Vogt, 34, is playing at the Oakmont Country Club this week. The dentist grew up in the Pittsburgh metro and caddied for six years there.

Before playing at the tournament, Vogt joined a press conference, where he was asked to share his thoughts on the difference he could see in the course over the years he caddied there. He replied:

“Well, the rough is about four inches higher, five inches higher. The rough's the biggest part. This course is so good all year long, and the rough is the biggest change or the biggest thing I've noticed. When you caddie here too, you're not really viewing the golf course in the lens of like Tour-level golf, so that's been interesting too.”

“I'm going around and thinking how I would play the golf course now at this point in my life, so that's been a bit of a change. Like I know everything that's going on, but not to the level of detail that you need to play in the U.S. Open. It's been a mentally exhausting few days just starting to get to learn the golf course a little bit,” he added.

Matt Vogt will play the US Open from Thursday, June 12, to Sunday, June 15.

How did Matt Vogt perform in the 2025 and 2024 seasons?

Matt Vogt has had four first-place finishes overall in the 2025 season, which came at the PGA Spring 4-Man Team Stableford Champ, PGA Spring Pro Am, PGA Indianapolis Open, and Indy Op. Am Bonus Pts. In 2024, his last first-place finish came at the IGA Four-Ball Championship.

Here's a list of Matt Vogt's 2024 and 2025 performances so far:

2025 season

PGA Spring 4-Man Team Stableford Champ- First-place finish overall, Total earnings- $1250
PGA Southern Open- Third-place finish overall, Total earnings- $350
IGA Tournament Series #1- 12th place net division and First-place gross division, Total earnings- $350
PGA Indianapolis Open- First-place overall, Total earnings- $400
IGA Tournament Series #2- 70th place finish net division and 16th place finish gross division, Total earnings- 0
Indy Op. Am Bonus Pts.- First-place overall
PGA Spring Pro Am- First-place overall, Total earnings- $2,400

2024 season

IGA Mid-Amateur Team Championship- Second-place finish, Total earnings- $450
PGA Spring 4-Man Team Stableford Champ- Second-place finish overall, Total earnings- $787.50
IGA Tournament Series #1- First-place gross division and first-place net division finishes, Total earnings- $350
PGA Southern Open- 51st place finish overall, Total earnings- $9.17
PGA Club Car Stroke Play Championship- 2nd place finish Amateur (POY), Total earnings- $250
PGA Indianapolis Open- 1st place finish overall, Total earnings- $400
PGA Spring Pro Am- 9th place finish overall, Total earnings- $510
124th Indiana Amateur Championship- 3rd-place finish, Total earnings- $400
PGA Monticello Open- Second-place finish overall, Total earnings- 0
PGA Indiana Open Champ.- Tenth-place finish overall, Total earnings-$400
Fortune's Fool Mid-Amateur Championship- Fifth-place finish, Total earnings- $225
PGA Fall Four-Man Team- First-place finish overall, Total earnings- $968.75
IGA Four-Ball Championship- First-place finish, Total earnings- $800