U.S. Open heads for the weekend on Saturday morning at Oakmont Country Club, and there are some surprising names atop the leaderboard. Americans Sam Burns and J.J. Spaun lead the way at 3 under and 2 under,

Sam Burns has the lead in the U.S. Open on a rain-soaked Oakmont course and faces his biggest test. The 28-year-old from Louisiana has never contended in 20 previous majors.

The 18-hole layout is nearly 7,500 yards long and hilly, with three par-3 holes longer than 200 yards alongside one par-5 that exceeds 600. Then there are the especially sandy bunkers and the New York crowd that can be, well...a New York crowd.

Calls Mount for Wyndham Clark's Suspension After Alleged U.S. Open Incident originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The 2025 U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club has put the best golfers in the world to the toughest test this week. It presents next-to-impossible scoring conditions and golf rounds that last well over five hours.

U.S. Open at Oakmont is testing the world's best golfers like few tournaments do. Here's how the cut line works at golf's toughest major.

There's no such thing as a quick 18 holes at the U.S. Open, particularly when it's at Oakmont. Players needed more than 5 1/2 hours or more to get through each of the opening two rounds, much slower than what they might find at a regular tour stop.

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Wyndham Clark is a U.S. Open champion, but he certainly didn't behave like one — or even like a respectable golf pro — after he failed to make the cut at vaunte

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