A day after a rather animated—and extremely frustrated—Scottie Scheffler pounded golf balls following his round, the World No. 1 was back at Oakmont’s practice range in great spirits. Scheffler had only taken one shot less on Saturday, but having a one-year-old in tow made all the difference. That toddler, of course, was Bennett Scheffler. And Read more…
We interrupt our U.S. Open coverage to bring you the story of an Indiana man who was arrested for hitting a golf ball at a police car. And with accuracy like that, maybe he should have a spot in the field at Oakmont. The weird occurrence happened on Thursday in Evansville, as reported by the Read more…
You may or may not heard, but Johnny Miller once played the greatest round in U.S. Open history. Yes, that’s a hint of sarcasm you’re picking up. Johnny Miller’s record-setting 63 during the final round of the 1973 U.S. Open at Oakmont is one of the most talked about feats in golf history. Heck, you Read more…
We have breaking news to report from the U.S. Open: There are still trees at Oakmont. The famed Pittsburgh course’s tree removal through the years has been one of the hot topics this week, not that it’s made the place play any easier. But if you look hard enough, there are still some around the Read more…
Victor Perez played the role of Jordan Spieth better than even Jordan Spieth on Friday at Oakmont. The 32-year-old Frenchman’s wild ride on Day 2 of the U.S. Open included a hole-in-one, a snowman, and a flying chest bump. Let’s start with the snowman, a triple-bogey 8 on the par-5 12th, Perez’s third hole of Read more…
OAKMONT, Pa. — It’s a foggy, gloomy and humind morning on Friday at the 125th U.S. Open, but that’s hardly making the course play any easier. In fact, based on some of the lowlights from early in the second round, Oakmont seems to be playing even harder than it did on Thursday. Look no further Read more…
No one summed up how difficult Oakmont can play than Si Woo Kim after Thursday’s first round of the 2025 U.S. Open. “Honestly, I don’t even know what I’m doing on the course,” Kim said. “Kind of hitting good but feel like this course is too hard for me.” And he had just shot 68 Read more…
One of the best stories from Thursday at the U.S. Open was James Nicholas. The first-time qualifier from Scarsdale, N.Y. via Yale University (NBD) shot a one-under-par 69 at Oakmont to get on the first page of the leaderboard after Day 1 and he got a lot of airtime during USA’s TV coverage. Actually, his Read more…
Phil Mickelson may be aging out. He might be riding the gravy train straight to YouTube, but make no mistake, he’s still a surgeon with a 60-degree in his hands. We got ample evidence of that at LIV Virginia last weekend, where Mickelson stopped the golf world in its tracks with one last (?) unforgettable Read more…
Even amongst elite pros, there are golfers and then there are students of the game. Dustin Johnson? Golfer. Rory McIlroy? Student of the game. And that’s not just a LIV vs. PGA Tour thing either, because a dude by the name Jon Rahm falls squarely in the latter camp. Don’t believe us? Heading into the Read more…
Six years is both a long time and a short time. Yes, 2031 may sound like a fake year, but it’ll be here before you know it. And Dustin Johnson is already planning ahead in a way that few would expect. While speaking to the AP’s Doug Ferguson, DJ admitted that he’s already thinking about Read more…
It’s a tale as old as time. Well, as old as the U.S. Open. Golf fans see the best players on the planet struggling at the national championship and people start wondering how normal golfers would fare on the course. There are different versions of the question that pops up, but essentially players get asked, Read more…
Golf fans have been inundated this week with videos from Oakmont showing off the famed course’s thick rough to its slick greens to the club’s special mowers that cut that thick rough in a way that makes it play even more difficult. At this rate, we’ll all be agronomy experts by the time the U.S. Read more…
In the build-up to the 125th U.S. Open at Oakmont, much of the conversation has focused on the rough. Not just it’s length, but the custom mowers the grounds crew have used to make the grass blades stand up straight, ensuring balls sit down in the thick stuff instead of stay on top. The results, Read more…
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