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U.S. Open: Spaun Leads After 18

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OAKMONT, (Pennsylvania) – J.J. Spaun (1st/-4) carded his low 18-hole score in a major with the previous low: (67) coming at the 2018 PGA Championship/R4). Spaun’s previous low in a U.S. Open was (75) at (2021/Torrey Pines/R2).

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Thursday marked Spaun’s first career bogey-free round in a major and he was the lone player in the field without a bogey (or worse).

This is Spaun’s seventh time leading/co-leading after the first round on TOUR but he’s 0-for-6 in such instances.

South Korea’s Sungjae Im (T3) and Si Woo Kim (T3) each opened with 2-under (68) and each look to become the first Korean player since Y.E. Yang(2009 PGA Championship) to win a major.

Two-time U.S. Open champion (2017, 2018) Brooks Koepka (T3) eagled No. 4 on his way to 2-under (68). He looks to become the seventh player to win three U.S. Open titles (Jack Nicklaus/4; Ben Hogan/4; Bobby Jones/4; Willie Anderson/4; Tiger Woods/3; Hale Irwin/3).

Now seeking his third win in seven starts, Ben Griffin (T6) opened with 1-under (69) as he won the Zurich Classic of New Orleans (with partner Andrew Novak) and Charles Schwab Challenge. Griffin finished 2nd in his most recent start (the MemorialTournament presented by Workday).

Making his 96th consecutive major appearance (the longest active streak), Adam Scott (T11) posts even-par 70.

World No. 1 and FedEx Cup leader Scottie Scheffler (T49) shoots 3-over 73; seeks his fourth win in five starts (THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson; PGA Championship; the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday).

125th U.S. Open | Leaderboard After 18 Holes

J.J. Spaun 66 (-4)

2 Thriston Lawrence 67 (-3)

T3 Si Woo Kim 68 (-2)

T3 Brooks Koepka 68 (-2)

T3 Sungjae Im 68 (-2)

Full Leaderboard: (PGATourCom)

PGA Tour: It’s U.S. Open Time

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OAKMONT, (Pennsylvania) – The United States Open is the 27th of 36 events on the PGA Tour schedule. It is the third of four majors in pro golf with only The Open in Britain remaining.

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Defending champion Bryson DeChambeau will attempt to be the first back-to-back U.S. Open champion since Brooks Koepka (2017, ‘18) and dating back before then to Curtis Strange in 1988 and ‘89. Both Koepka and DeChambeau are on the LIV Golf Tour.

The 2025 field includes:

  • The winners of the last 10 U.S. Open tournaments are in the field (2024/2020/Bryson DeChambeau; 2023/Wyndham Clark; 2022/Matt Fitzpatrick; 2021/Jon Rahm; 2019/Gary Woodland;2018/2017/Brooks Koepka; 2016/Dustin Johnson; 2015/Jordan Spieth).
  • A full house of 49 of the top 50 players in the Official World Golf Ranking (Only No. 26 Billy Horschel is missing as he is recovering from hip surgery).
  • 32 players in the field competed in the 2016 U.S. Open when it was last played at Oakmont Country Club, including three who finished inside the top 10: (Dustin Johnson/1st, Shane Lowry/T2, Jason Day/T8).

World No. 32 Ryan Fox won last week’s RBC Canadian Open on the fourth hole of a sudden-death playoff over Sam Burns. That win moved Fox inside the Top 60 in the Official World Golf Ranking to qualify for the U.S. Open. It marked Fox’s second title of the PGA TOUR season (ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic),

A record number of 10,202 entries for qualifying were accepted for the 2025 U.S. Open; qualifying is open to any professional or amateur whose Handicap Index® does not exceed 0.4.

This year marks the 25th anniversary of Tiger Woods’ major championship-record 15-stroke victory at the U.S. Open (Pebble Beach Golf Links).

Oakmont Country Club (Oakmont, Pennsylvania) will host the U.S. Open for the record-extending 10th time (1927/Tommy Armour; 1935/Sam Parks Jr.; 1953/Ben Hogan; 1962/Jack Nicklaus; 1973/Johnny Miller; 1983/Larry Nelson; 1994/Ernie Els; 2007/Angel Cabrera; 2016/Dustin Johnson).

Oakmont opened in 1903 when it was designed by Henry Fownes. The course underwent a bunker restoration by Gil Hanse in 2023.

Adam Scott is making his 96th consecutive major championship appearance, dating to the 2001 Open Championship. Only Jack Nicklaus (146) has played in more than 100 straight majors

Johnny Miller’s final-round 63 at Oakmont Country Club en route to victory at the 1973 U.S. Open remains the lowest 18-hole score in a U.S. Open played at Oakmont and Miller is tied for the lowest final-round score in U.S. Open history (Tommy Fleetwood/2018, 2023).

U.S. Open | Tournament Facts

COURSE: Oakmont Country Club (Pennsylvania)

YARDS/PAR: 7,372 yards/Par 70

ARCHITECT/DESIGN: Henry Fownes

PRIZE Money – Purse/Winner’s Share: Apron. $21m/$4 million

DEFENDING CHAMPION: Bryson DeChambeau

PAST RESULTS: (link)

OVERVIEW: (PGATourCom)

FEDEx CUP Points to Winner: 750

SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup #USOpengolf

U.S. Open | The Basics

The Tee Times at Oakmont start at 6:45am (ET) and go to 2:42pm (ET).

Weather: Thursday’s forecast in PA calls for cloudy skies but temperatures reaching a daytime high of 83-degrees. Winds 2-5 mph with gusts to 12 mph. Some showers expected Friday.