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U.S. Open Champion Rory McIlroy said on Tuesday (16th June) that he believes the Chambers Bay Golf Course "sets up well for my game", ahead of the 115th U.S. Open Championship.

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SOUNDBITE (English) Rory McIlroy, 2011 U.S. Open Champion (on his impressions of the 115th U.S. Open):

"Yeah, as I think with a lot of people, I really didn't know what to expect when I got here. I got to the course on Saturday morning, and I mean it's a pure links golf course. Every part of this golf course is fescue. You get fescue in the United States just on sort of the surrounding areas of the golf course, but here fairways, greens, aprons, everything, everything is fescue. So it's really like playing an Open Championship in the United States, that's what it's going to be like this week, apart from the fact that it's about 20 degrees warmer. I really like the golf course, I think it sets up well for my game. You've got to be aggressive off the tee. You've got to hit driver. I think it's a course where you're going to see a lot of guys hit fairways and hit greens, but when you hit greens, you can still be 50, 60 feet away from the pin. So if you can drive the ball well and your pace putting and long putting is sharp, I think they're going to be two really key things this week to be successful."