Coming into the 2025 U.S. Open, much of the conversation centered around the difficulty of Oakmont Country Club. On Thursday, despite some solid scoring early, we saw just how difficult Oakmont would be as the average score in the early wave was more than 5 over par despite the best conditions players will see all week.

IT took two mighty swings on a 621-yard hole at Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania for Patrick Reed to make history with just the fourth albatross on record at a US Open championship.

The U.S. Open is finally hereThe third major of the golf season heads to Oakmont Country Club in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for what should be the toughest test of the season for the golfers. This will be the 10th U.

Majors seem to be falling in favor of the world's best players now more than ever. The last six have gone to four of the best players in the world -- Scheffler (twice), Xander Schauffele, (twice), McIlroy and Bryson DeChambeau -- but a couple bounces here and there, and the stories being told are completely different.