Precision and patience will be at a premium at Oakmont, where dense and menacing rough will challenge the world’s best golfers at the 116th US Open.

England’s Ian Poulter won the Australian Masters, spoiling Geoff Ogilvy’s bid for a victory on his boyhood course at the Victoria Golf Club.

World number one Tiger Woods fired a three-under 69 to capture the Buick Open by three strokes, claiming his 69th PGA Tour title on Sunday.