J.J. Spaun calls it his best putting day of the year
J.J. Spaun navigated Oakmont’s tough setup with sharp putting and gritty play in round one of the U.S. Open.
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The 2025 U.S. Open enters its final chapter on Sunday at Oakmont Country Club. The scores so far highlight just how arduous this journey has been for golf’s best players.
American Sam Burns began Sunday as the leader at 4-under for the tournament, followed closely by Adam Scott and J.J. Spaun, who were both tied for second at 3-under entering the final round.
Absent from the top of the leaderboard is world No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler (+4), who was tied for 11th as play began Sunday. Bryson DeChambeau, the 2024 champion, failed to make the cut after posting a seven-over par 77 on Friday. Oakmont’s treacherous course will offer no favors to the field as weather has been an issue on the final day.
The leaders are back on the course in the final round of the 2025 U.S. Open at Oakmont. Follow USA TODAY Sports for highlights and scores.
- T1. J.J. Spaun +1 (15)
- T1. Robert MacIntyre +1 (18)
- T1. Tyrrell Hatton +1 (15)
- T1. Sam Burns +1 (14)
- T5. Viktor Hovland +2 (14)
- T5. Adam Scott +2 (14)
- T7. Cameron Young +3 (17)
- T7. Carlos Ortiz +3 (15)
- T9. Scottie Scheffler +4 (F)
- T9. Jon Rahm +4 (F)
➤ Complete U.S. Open leaderboard
There’s a new golfer on top of the leaderboard, the same man that led after the first round.
J.J. Spaun is now in front with an even par score, as birdies on the 12th and 14th holes have propelled him into first. Even though he’s 3-over-par on the day, Spaun has been better than most of the field as the struggles at Oakmont are apparent. Sam Burns was 4-under-par for the tournament entering the day, but he’s +5 on the day and now in the tie for second at +1.
Oakmont is proving how tough it is as the the final group of golfers are on the back nine, and no one is under par. Sam Burns has held onto his lead, but a double bogey on the par-4 11th hole has pushed him back to even, one shot ahead of second place Adam Scott and Carlos Ortiz.
After more than 90 minutes of stoppage due to weather, golfers are back on the course to continue the final round.
Play resumed at 5:38 p.m. ET, and the hope is there will be enough daylight to finish the last round on schedule, and not have to play on Monday, June 16.
Play is expected to resume at 5:40 p.m. ET, the United States Golf Association announced. The delay is expected to last just over 90 minutes.
The threat of showers and thunderstorms was always looming in the forecast for Sunday’s final round at Oakmont.
Play was suspended just after 4 p.m. ET as rain came pouring down onto the course, and puddles began to form on greens. Spectators were pulling out umbrellas as golfers were playing through the initial start of the rainfall, but it became heavier, and officials ultimately decided to blow the horn. Golfers began to leave the course once play stopped.
The timeline for stoppage of play has not been determined.
Two bogeys in his first five holes dropped third-round leader Sam Burns into a tie for the lead with Australian Adam Scott.
Burns drove into a left-side bunker on the 422-yard, par-4 fifth hole and had to pitch out into the fairway. From there, he hit an approach from 107 yards onto the green and two-putted for bogey.
Scott, playing in his 96th consecutive major tournament, had a pair of bogeys in his first three holes. But he righted the ship with a birdie at the par-5 fourth to get back to 2-under.
Two-time major champion Jon Rahm gave the rest of the field a number to shoot for, carding a 3-under-par 67 to finish the tournament at +4. The 2012 U.S. Open winner at Torrey Pines birdied his final three holes to get into the clubhouse in a tie for ninth place — seven shots behind leader Sam Burns.
The world’s No. 1 player begins Sunday’s final round at Oakmont looking to make history. At 4 over par, Scottie Scheffler sits eight shots behind 54-hole leader Sam Burns.
No one in history has come from that far back on the final day to win the U.S. Open. But if anyone has a chance to break a legend’s record, Scheffler would be a great choice.
Arnold Palmer came back from seven shots behind leader Mike Souchak in the final round to win at Cherry Hills in 1960. He shot a final-round 65 to overcome a star-studded field that also included 20-year-old amateur Jack Nicklaus, 47-year-old Ben Hogan and 48-year-old Sam Snead.
The biggest comeback at Oakmont in the nine previous U.S. Opens there – and the second largest comeback ever in this championship – came in 1973 when Johnny Miller rallied from six back to win.
Scheffler’s biggest comeback in his pro career was from five strokes behind at the 2024 Players Championship. He also won the Olympic gold medal in Paris that year, rallying from four shots back with a final-round 62.
However, the U.S. Open is a different animal. Scheffler hasn’t broken par in any of his last eight rounds in the tournament.
The winner of the 2025 U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club will pocket $4.3 million as the U.S. Golf Association announced this week that the total purse will be $21.5 million.
Both the prize money and the purse amounts are the highest of the four major golf tournaments.
- 1st: $4,300,000
- 2nd: $2,322,000
- 3rd: $1,459,284
- 4th: $1,023,014
- 5th: $852,073
— Scooby Axson
Where to watch the US Open: TV channel, streaming Sunday
The 2025 U.S. Open is being broadcast by NBC and USA Network, with the two networks splitting coverage for the final round. All rounds of the U.S. Open will be live streamed on Peacock, usopen.com, the USGA app and Fubo, which offers a free trial. Peacock will also broadcast U.S. Open All-Access, its whip-around style offering, for every round.
Final Round: Sunday, June 15
- 9 a.m.-12 p.m. on USA Network, Fubo
- 12-7 p.m. on NBC, Peacock, Fubo
Watch the U.S. Open on Fubo (free trial)
Dealing with a wrist injury, Canadian Corey Conners has withdrawn from Sunday’s final round at Oakmont. Scheduled to tee off at 10:20 and paired with Ryan Fox, Conners informed tournament officials he would not be able to play.
TSN golf analyst Bob Weeks reports Conners initially suffered the injury on Thursday when he struck a hidden cable while playing a bunker shot. He reinjured it Saturday swinging at a plugged ball in a bunker on hole No. 11. Conners was at +3 and inside the top 15 after the front nine on Saturday, but played the back nine in five over par to end the day +8 and tied for 40th place.
*All times listed are Eastern; (a) amateur
- 7:52 a.m.: Cam Davis
- 8:03 a.m.: Matthieu Pavon, Jordan Smith
- 8:14 a.m.: Hideki Matsuyama, Harris English
- 8:25 a.m.: Ryan McCormick, Taylor Pendrith
- 8:36 a.m.: Johnny Keefer, Michael Kim
- 8:47 a.m.: James Nicholas, Brian Harman
- 8:58 a.m.: Philip Barbaree Jr., Sungjae Im
- 9:14 a.m.: Niklas Norgaard, Denny McCarthy
- 9:25 a.m.: Daniel Berger, Tony Finau
- 9:36 a.m.: Rory McIlroy, Andrew Novak
- 9:47 a.m.: Adam Schenk, Mackenzie Hughes
- 9:58 a.m.: Justin Hastings (a), Matt Fitzpatrick
- 10:09 a.m.: Collin Morikawa, Rasmus Hojgaard
- 10:20 a.m.: Ryan Fox, Corey Conners
- 10:36 a.m.: Patrick Reed, Laurie Canter
- 10:47 a.m.: Jon Rahm, Tom Kim
- 10:58 a.m.: Maverick McNealy, Xander Schauffele
- 11:09 a.m.: Si Woo Kim, Jhonattan Vegas
- 11:20 a.m.: Aaron Rai, Trevor Cone
- 11:31 a.m.: Jordan Spieth, J.T. Poston
- 11:42 a.m.: Brooks Koepka, Thomas Detry
- 11:58 a.m.: Jason Day, Chris Kirk
- 12:09 p.m.: Keegan Bradley, Sam Stevens
- 12:20 p.m.: Matt Wallace, Ryan Gerard
- 12:31 p.m.: Ben Griffin, Victor Perez
- 12:42 p.m.: Russell Henley, Emiliano Grillo
- 12:53 p.m.: Max Greyserman, Christiaan Bezuidenhout
- 1:04 p.m.: Nick Taylor, Scottie Scheffler
- 1:20 p.m.: Chris Gotterup, Marc Leishman
- 1:31 p.m.: Cameron Young, Robert MacIntyre
- 1:42 p.m.: Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Thriston Lawrence
- 1:53 p.m.: Tyrrell Hatton, Carlos Ortiz
- 2:04 p.m.: Viktor Hovland, J.J. Spaun
- 2:15 p.m.: Adam Scott, Sam Burns
Final round hole locations for the 125th U.S. Open.
The National Weather Service reports that the weather in the Oakmont, Pennsylvania, area on Sunday is expected to be cloudy early, then have thunderstorms developing in the afternoon, with a high of around 78 degrees and winds out of the east at 5 to 10 mph.
Increasing as the day progresses, the chance of rain will pass the 50% mark around 2 p.m. when the leaders are scheduled to tee off. — Elizabeth Flores
All odds via BetMGM as of the start of play on Sunday, June 15
- Sam Burns: +175
- Adam Scott: +300
- J.J. Spaun: +333
- Viktor Hovland: +600
- Carlos Ortiz: +2000
- Tyrrell Hatton: +2500
- Scottie Scheffler: +5000
- Thirston Lawrence: +6600
A total of 14 LIV Golf players are competing at the 2025 U.S. Open. Their standing at the start of Round 4:
- Jose Luis “Josele” Ballester (MC)
- Richard Bland (MC)
- Bryson DeChambeau (MC)
- Tyrrell Hatton (T6, +1)
- Dustin Johnson (MC)
- Brooks Koepka (T21, +5)
- Jinichiro Kozuma MC)
- Marc Leishman (T11, +4)
- Phil Mickelson (MC)
- Joaquin Niemann (MC)
- Carlos Ortiz (5, E)
- Jon Rahm (T35, +7)
- Patrick Reed (T39, +8)
- Cameron Smith (MC)
Oakmont Country Club will host the 125th U.S. Open, which begins this week. It will be the 10th time that the venue has hosted the event, three times more than any other club.
It will also be the first time the event has returned to Oakmont since 2016. The U.S. Open is scheduled to be back at the venue in 2033, 2042 and 2049.
Henry Clay Fownes designed the course at Oakmont Country Club, intending to challenge the sport’s best. — James Williams
Here are the most recent winners at the U.S. Open. Read here for a complete list of winners.
- 2024: Bryson DeChambeau (Pinehurst)
- 2023: Wyndham Clark (L.A. Country Club)
- 2022: Matt Fitzpatrick (The Country Club)
- 2021: Jon Rahm (Torrey Pines)
- 2020: Bryson DeChambeau (Winged Foot)
- 2019: Gary Woodland (Pebble Beach)
- 2018: Brooks Koepka (Shinnecock Hills)
- 2017: Brooks Koepka (Erin Hills)
- 2016: Dustin Johnson (Oakmont)
- 2015: Jordan Spieth (Chambers Bay)
- 2014: Martin Kaymer (Pinehurst)
