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June 23rd, 2026

9 things I learned from pros at the 2026 US Open

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June 19th, 2026

What’s it like to have the very first tee-time in the US Open? Early alarms, cold plunges and breakfast at sunrise

Between 3:30am alarms, cold plunges, no traffic and smaller crowds, the opening tee-time at a US Open comes with advantages and disadvantages.

June 17th, 2025

US Open 2025: Pro breaks down costs/profit of playing, making cut at Oakmont in fascinating video

A fascinating insight into the costs/profit for a player competing in the US Open was given by Korn Ferry Tour pro James Nicholas.

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3M Open - 2026

Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	Jackson Koivun	-20	F	3
T2	Emiliano Grillo	-17	F	3
T2	Ben Kohles	-17	F	3
T4	Michael Brennan	-16	F	3
T4	Chandler Phillips	-16	F	3
T6	Denny McCarthy	-15	F	3
T6	Billy Horschel	-15	F	3
T6	Michael Kim	-15	F	3
T9	Davis Thompson	-14	F	3
T9	Seamus Power	-14	F	3
T9	Scottie Scheffler	-14	F	3
T9	Brian Harman	-14	F	3
T13	Hideki Matsuyama	-13	F	3
T13	Lee Hodges	-13	F	3
T15	Davis Chatfield	-12	F	3
T15	Kevin Yu	-12	F	3
T15	Zac Blair	-12	F	3
T15	Troy Merritt	-12	F	3
T19	Chandler Blanchet	-11	F	3
T19	Gary Woodland	-11	F	3
T21	Chris Kirk	-10	F	3
T21	Hank Lebioda	-10	F	3
T21	Casey Jarvis	-10	F	3
T21	Kurt Kitayama	-10	F	3
T21	Zecheng Dou	-10	F	3
T21	Kevin Roy	-10	F	3
T21	Austin Smotherman	-10	F	3
T28	Mark Hubbard	-9	F	3
T28	Ricky Castillo	-9	F	3
T28	John VanDerLaan	-9	F	3
T28	Patrick Fishburn	-9	F	3
T28	Kristoffer Ventura	-9	F	3
T28	Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen	-9	F	3
T28	Beau Hossler	-9	F	3
T28	Keith Mitchell	-9	F	3
T28	Tom Kim	-9	F	3
T28	Vince Whaley	-9	F	3
T28	Kevin Streelman	-9	F	3
T28	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	-9	F	3
T28	Jesper Svensson	-9	F	3
T41	Zach Bauchou	-8	F	3
T41	Corey Conners	-8	F	3
T41	Neal Shipley	-8	F	3
T41	Joel Dahmen	-8	F	3
T45	Jordan Smith	-7	F	3
T45	Jimmy Stanger	-7	F	3
T45	Jake Knapp	-7	F	3
T45	Mackenzie Hughes	-7	F	3
T49	Trace Crowe	-6	F	3
T49	Camilo Villegas	-6	F	3
T49	John Parry	-6	F	3
T49	Austin Eckroat	-6	F	3
T49	Lucas Glover	-6	F	3
T54	Max Greyserman	-5	F	3
T54	Matti Schmid	-5	F	3
T54	A.J. Ewart	-5	F	3
T54	Pontus Nyholm	-5	F	3
T54	Haotong Li	-5	F	3
T59	Lanto Griffin	-4	F	3
T59	Jeffrey Kang	-4	F	3
T59	Maverick McNealy	-4	F	3
T59	Muzzy Donohue	-4	F	3
T63	Rico Hoey	-3	F	3
T63	Will Gordon	-3	F	3
T63	Fabián Gómez	-3	F	3
T63	Sam Stevens	-3	F	3
CUT	Ben Silverman	-2	F	2
CUT	Brian Campbell	-2	F	2
CUT	Adam Schenk	-2	F	2
CUT	Max McGreevy	-2	F	2
CUT	Gordon Sargent	-2	F	2
CUT	Luke Clanton	-2	F	2
CUT	Keita Nakajima	-2	F	2
CUT	Preston Stout	-2	F	2
CUT	Rasmus Højgaard	-2	F	2
CUT	Harry Higgs	-2	F	2
CUT	Tyler Duncan	-2	F	2
CUT	Mac Meissner	-2	F	2
CUT	Ryan Brehm	-2	F	2
CUT	William Mouw	-2	F	2
CUT	Stephan Jaeger	-2	F	2
CUT	Adrien Dumont de Chassart	-2	F	2
CUT	Marcelo Rozo	-2	F	2
CUT	Hayden Springer	-2	F	2
CUT	Doug Ghim	-1	F	2
CUT	Taylor Moore	-1	F	2
CUT	Sungjae Im	-1	F	2
CUT	Steven Fisk	-1	F	2
CUT	Matthieu Pavon	-1	F	2
CUT	Luke List	-1	F	2
CUT	Ben James	-1	F	2
CUT	Ryder Cowan	-1	F	2
CUT	Adam Svensson	E	F	2
CUT	Takumi Kanaya	E	F	2
CUT	Aldrich Potgieter	E	F	2
CUT	Charley Hoffman	E	F	2
CUT	Johnny Keefer	E	F	2
CUT	Griffin Wood	E	F	2
CUT	Sihan Sandhu	E	F	2
CUT	Dylan Wu	E	F	2
CUT	Erik van Rooyen	E	F	2
CUT	Joe Highsmith	E	F	2
CUT	Adam Hadwin	E	F	2
CUT	Chad Ramey	E	F	2
CUT	Cameron Champ	+1	F	2
CUT	Brice Garnett	+1	F	2
CUT	Nick Dunlap	+1	F	2
CUT	Tony Finau	+1	F	2
CUT	Ben Martin	+1	F	2
CUT	Justin Lower	+1	F	2
CUT	David Lipsky	+1	F	2
CUT	Jackson Suber	+1	F	2
CUT	Christo Lamprecht	+1	F	2
CUT	Sudarshan Yellamaraju	+1	F	2
CUT	Garrick Higgo	+1	F	2
CUT	Andrew Putnam	+1	F	2
CUT	Tom Hoge	+2	F	2
CUT	Stefano Mazzoli	+2	F	2
CUT	Paul Peterson	+2	F	2
CUT	Thorbjørn Olesen	+2	F	2
CUT	Davis Riley	+2	F	2
CUT	Taylor Pendrith	+2	F	2
CUT	Karl Vilips	+2	F	2
CUT	Cam Davis	+2	F	2
CUT	Nick Hardy	+2	F	2
CUT	Jeremy Paul	+3	F	2
CUT	David Skinns	+3	F	2
CUT	Rafael Campos	+3	F	2
CUT	Danny Walker	+3	F	2
CUT	Alejandro Tosti	+3	F	2
CUT	Max Homa	+4	F	2
CUT	Patrick Rodgers	+4	F	2
CUT	Brannon Fahrny	+4	F	2
CUT	Matt Kuchar	+5	F	2
CUT	Cooper Schultz	+5	F	2
CUT	Pi Coody	+6	F	2
CUT	Thomas Campbell	+6	F	2
CUT	Jeevan Sihota	+6	F	2
CUT	Peter Malnati	+7	F	2
CUT	Aaron Wise	+7	F	2
CUT	Kensei Hirata	+8	F	2
CUT	Brandt Snedeker	+8	F	2
CUT	Nicholas Lindheim	+10	F	2
WD	Patton Kizzire	-	-

United Kingdom 2026 Leaderboard

PlayersTeams

Pos	Player	Tot	Rnd
1	Lucas Herbert	-20	4
2	Bryson DeChambeau	-17	4
3	Tyrrell Hatton	-15	4
4	Cameron Smith	-14	4
T5	Harold Varner III	-13	4
T5	Abraham Ancer	-13	4
7	Byeong Hun An	-11	4
T8	Marc Leishman	-9	4
T8	Caleb Surratt	-9	4
T8	Charles Howell III	-9	4
T11	Peter Uihlein	-8	4
T11	Scott Vincent	-8	4
T11	Adrian Meronk	-8	4
T14	Dean Burmester	-7	4
T14	Laurie Canter	-7	4
T14	Ian Poulter	-7	4
T17	Anthony Kim	-6	4
T17	Carlos Ortiz	-6	4
T19	Björn Hellgren	-5	4
T19	Thomas Pieters	-5	4
T21	David Puig	-4	4
T21	Anirban Lahiri	-4	4
T21	Charl Schwartzel	-4	4
T21	Branden Grace	-4	4
T25	Lee Westwood	-3	4
T25	Josele Ballester	-3	4
T25	Tom McKibbin	-3	4
T25	Joaquin Niemann	-3	4
T29	Luis Masaveu	-2	4
T29	Richard T. Lee	-2	4
T29	Jon Rahm	-2	4
T29	Paul Casey	-2	4
33	Matthew Wolff	-1	4
T34	Martin Vorster	E	4
T34	Victor Perez	E	4
T36	Dustin Johnson	+1	4
T36	Cameron Tringale	+1	4
T38	Thomas Detry	+2	4
T38	Richard Bland	+2	4
T38	Travis Smyth	+2	4
T41	Ben Campbell	+3	4
T41	Danny Lee	+3	4
T41	Sam Horsfield	+3	4
T41	Martin Kaymer	+3	4
T41	Minkyu Kim	+3	4
T41	Talor Gooch	+3	4
T41	Bubba Watson	+3	4
T41	Younghan Song	+3	4
T41	Graeme McDowell	+3	4
T41	Yosuke Asaji	+3	4
T41	Sebastian Muñoz	+3	4
T52	Sergio Garcia	+4	4
T52	Miguel Tabuena	+4	4
T54	Do-Yeob Mun	+5	4
T54	Michael La Sasso	+5	4
T54	Brendan Steele	+5	4
57	Jason Kokrak	+9	4

Pos	Team	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	RIPPER GC	-41	18	4
2	CRUSHERS GC	-32	18	4
3	LEGION XIII	-29	18	4
4	TORQUE GC	-19	18	4
5	SOUTHERN GUARDS GC	-15	18	4
6	MAJESTICKS GC	-14	18	4
7	4ACES GC	-8	18	4
8	FIREBALLS GC	-5	18	4
T9	RANGEGOATS GC	-3	18	4
T9	CLEEKS GOLF CLUB	-3	18	4
11	KOREAN GOLF CLUB	E	18	4
12	OKGC	+2	18	4
13	HYFLYERS GC	+3	18	4

James nicholas

9 things I learned from pros at the 2026 US Open

What’s it like to have the very first tee-time in the US Open? Early alarms, cold plunges and breakfast at sunrise

US Open 2025: Pro breaks down costs/profit of playing, making cut at Oakmont in fascinating video

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