Whenever the U.S. Open rolls into Oakmont Country Club, scores tend to be higher than in most other majors.
The Henry Fownes-, Tom Fazio- and Gil Hanse-crafted course presents a series of challenges to golf’s grandest talents. With rolling hills, fast greens, bunkers pockmarking the course’s landscape and mutinous Poa annua grass, there’s plenty of reason to believe this year’s tourney will be one of the more difficult competitions in recent memory.
Perhaps that’s a good thing. Majors have been defined largely by low scores as of late — we’re one year removed from Xander Schauffele and Bryson DeChambeau posting 21-under-par and 20-under-par, respectively, at the PGA Championship in Valhalla.
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Tournaments are often hard to predict. But it seems unlikely that this year’s U.S. Open will produce a similar outcome.
Regardless, the first round of action should give viewers insight into just how the pasture will play during the weekend. Spectators are more than grateful for such an opportunity.
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U.S. Open leaderboard 2025
| Rank | Player | Score (Thru) |
| 1. | J.J Spaun | -4 (F) |
| T-2. | Sungjae Im | -3 (16) |
| T-2. | Thriston Lawrence | -3 (F) |
| T-2. | Rasmus Neergaard-Peterson | -3 (12) |
| T-5. | Si Woo Kim | -2 (F) |
| T-5. | Brooks Koepka | -2 (F) |
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U.S. Open live updates, results, highlights from Thursday’s Round 1
(All times Eastern)
6:25 p.m. — Koepka birdies his last hole of the day to cap off a -2 performance, putting him at tied for fifth.
6:07 p.m. — The top of the leaderboard is starting to go backwards as Burns, Rahm and Cam Young have all dropped out of the top five.
5:45 p.m. — Sam Burns’ putter is hot as he has made his way up the leaderboard, now just one back of Spaun for the lead.
The No. 1 putter on Tour so far this season? Sam Burns.
Another 🐥 roll has him within 1 of the lead. pic.twitter.com/ipaxEVUkNZ
— U.S. Open (@usopengolf) June 12, 2025
5:28 p.m. — Jon Rahm is making his way up the board as he completes a birdie and an eagle on back-to-back holes to get to -2.
RAHM STRIKES FOR EAGLE! 🦅
Our 2021 U.S. Open champion is now -2 and just two off the lead. pic.twitter.com/ud3EYl8rhl
— U.S. Open (@usopengolf) June 12, 2025
5:19 p.m. — Im immediately bogeys his next hole, falling back into a tie for first with J.J. Spaun.
4:56 p.m. — Im drains a second-straight birdie putt and he is now in solo lead at the U.S. Open.
THE FIRST TO FIVE!
Sungjae Im 🇰🇷 is the new solo leader at Oakmont.
Watch the rest of his final round LIVE now on @peacock. pic.twitter.com/7SY9ipnhiR
— U.S. Open (@usopengolf) June 12, 2025
4:39 p.m. — Sungjae Im makes a birdie on his tenth hole to get him into a tie for the lead, joining Spaun at the top of the leaderboard.
Take me to your (co) leader!
Sungjae Im drains a 🐥 on No. 1 to tie Spaun at -4. pic.twitter.com/Ei4UA6pGS0
— U.S. Open (@usopengolf) June 12, 2025
4:27 p.m. — Patrick Reed has some trouble getting out of the rough at nine, which leads to a bogey that drops him a shot down to -1.
More proof that golf is indeed a game of inches. pic.twitter.com/ubKscalpe8
— U.S. Open (@usopengolf) June 12, 2025
4:05 p.m. — Jordan Spieth now has two birdies in a row to get back to under par for the day.
Hard to believe Jordan Spieth’s U.S. Open victory was a decade ago! 🤯
Two birdies in a row put him into red figures and the top 10. pic.twitter.com/R6roAqYNae
— U.S. Open (@usopengolf) June 12, 2025
3:35 p.m. — Rasmus Neergaard-Peterson eagles the fourth hole to get to -3 and into an early tie for second place.
Over the ridge and in!
Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen 🇩🇰 now T-2 after this chip-in EAGLE on 4. pic.twitter.com/8ktJIa23SQ
— U.S. Open (@usopengolf) June 12, 2025
3:00 p.m. — Sam Burns is percolating. He’s at 3-under through five, placing him one stroke from the lead. Three birdies will do that for you.
Burn, baby, burn!
A birdie, his third of the day, on the par-4 5th hole vaults Sam Burns to one shot off the lead. pic.twitter.com/UWNgPmuzJp
— U.S. Open (@usopengolf) June 12, 2025
2:45 p.m. — Patrick Reed makes history on the green, recording the fourth albatross in tournament history. For those keeping track, an albatross refers to a golfer finding their target on the second stroke of a par-5.
🚨 ALBATROSS ALERT 🚨@PReedGolf with a 2 on a par 5, just the 4th in U.S. Open history! pic.twitter.com/FNDFzWwlzT
— U.S. Open (@usopengolf) June 12, 2025
2:05 p.m. — Thriston Lawrence sits one stroke off Spaun’s lead after sinking his third birdie of the back-nine.
Late-round surge!
Thriston Lawrence 🇿🇦 makes his 3rd birdie on the inward nine to climb to one stroke off the lead. pic.twitter.com/V31MTpI12p
— U.S. Open (@usopengolf) June 12, 2025
1:35 p.m. — The afternoon session is underway. And birdies have started to flourish — Bud Cauley, Scottie Scheffler and J.T. Poston all fired off successful efforts to kick off their days.
One of the best shots of the day at the first! 🏌️♂️
Bud Cauley went on to make the tap-in birdie. pic.twitter.com/0EYfdtMH4w
— U.S. Open (@usopengolf) June 12, 2025
Surprise, surprise.
Scottie sinks the 🐥 to move to 1 under through 2 holes. pic.twitter.com/oAxkEFCdje
— U.S. Open (@usopengolf) June 12, 2025
That’s tracking… it’s in! 📮
J.T. Poston with a special delivery birdie on 1. pic.twitter.com/LDHaii9P20
— U.S. Open (@usopengolf) June 12, 2025
1:15 p.m. — A tough finish for McIlroy, who saw his impressive score turn to ashes amid a flurry of back-nine bogeys. He sits at 4-over with one hole remaining in the round.
1:00 p.m. — Trailing Spaun in the rankings — only slightly — is Korean star Si Woo Kim. He’s not quite faultless; he rattled a bogey home at No. 14. But at 3-under with two holes remaining, Kim has looked better than most atop Oakmont’s serpent-like surface.
12:50 p.m. — Spaun ends his day with yet another par, his ninth in as many back-nine holes. What a showing for the Los Angeles native, who well walk into the clubhouse with sole possession of the lead. He also tied Andrew Landry with the best opening round score in U.S. Open history at Oakmont.
Flawless.
J.J. Spaun’s bogey-free 66 matches the record for the lowest Round 1 score in U.S. Open history at Oakmont. pic.twitter.com/2T6Hi947ZL
— U.S. Open (@usopengolf) June 12, 2025
12:45 p.m. — Just seven players are sitting at even or better so far. The sorceress is hexing the vast majority of those who have trotted onto its wicked surface.
12:30 p.m. — To contextualize Spaun’s display thus far, here’s a look at the greatest first-round showings in Oakmont’s U.S. Open history.
Low opening rounds in a U.S. Open at Oakmont CC
66
Andrew Landry, 201667
Ben Hogan, 1953
Gary Player, 1973
Lee Westwood, Dustin Johnson, 2016— Justin Ray (@JustinRayGolf) June 12, 2025
12:10 p.m. — Amateurs past and present are finding a rhythm on the daunting course; Spaniard Jose Luis Ballester put home a delicate putt form 87 yards out to record a birdie. Evan Beck followed him up with a canary of his own, dropping an inch-perfect chip to collect his first-ever U.S. Open birdie.
First U.S. Open, first U.S. Open birdie!
Our reigning U.S. Mid-Amateur champion Evan Beck with a highlight to remember on the par-3 16th. pic.twitter.com/KcrGPf9nTY
— U.S. Open (@usopengolf) June 12, 2025
He made that one from Altoona!
Reigning U.S. Amateur champion Josele Ballester with a heat-seeker 🐥 from nearly 87 feet. pic.twitter.com/6phUbmGGWf
— U.S. Open (@usopengolf) June 12, 2025
11:50 a.m. — Spaun’s scorecard might be unspectacular in the back nine. But he’s been efficient; he has seven straight pars, keeping his tally level at 4-under.
J.J. Spaun… still bogey-free!
Impressive par save from our leader on a big bender from 16 feet. pic.twitter.com/IClg1Z35ex
— U.S. Open (@usopengolf) June 12, 2025
11:30 a.m. — The par-5s are causing a bit of trouble to some of the tournament’s big-name performers. Defending U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau had to save a bogey on No. 12 while McIlroy whipped an effort in from distance to prevent too crooked of a number on No. 4
11:15 a.m. — Lowry is having quite the interesting day. He continues his volatile streak by sinking an eagle 2 on No. 3. He becomes the first golfer to ever accomplish such a feat.
The third hole at Oakmont has never given up an eagle 2 in U.S. Open history… until now! 🦅
Well played, @ShaneLowryGolf! pic.twitter.com/kk9VlmyevX
— U.S. Open (@usopengolf) June 12, 2025
10:45 a.m. — Spaun has continued his ascent up the leaderboard, although he’s relied on a steady approach in the back half thus far. He still sits at 4-under through 13, rattling four pars to kick off his back nine.
10:15 a.m. — Not ideal from Shane Lowry. The Irishman was unable to emerge from that harrowing Poa annua bluegrass.
Nearly drove the green on 17… then didn’t get it out! 😬 pic.twitter.com/pyX5Eb3xho
— U.S. Open (@usopengolf) June 12, 2025
Fortunately for him, Lowry found a way to overcome his early toils on No. 17 and save par.
An impressive par save nonetheless for Shane Lowry! pic.twitter.com/5Np6WDezYE
— U.S. Open (@usopengolf) June 12, 2025
9:45 a.m. — Strange day thus far for Adam Scott, who sits at 2-under despite rattling off three bogeys.
Five birdies 😄
Three Bogeys ☹️
One par 😐A rollercoaster 33 on Adam Scott’s opening nine. pic.twitter.com/sKbQ89esFf
— U.S. Open (@usopengolf) June 12, 2025
9:15 a.m. — So far, so good for Spaun, who is down to 4-under after canning a quartet of birdies in the front nine.
For the solo lead! 🙌
J.J. Spaun made this uphill birdie putt and is the first to get to 3 under. pic.twitter.com/bItFlGNbye
— U.S. Open (@usopengolf) June 12, 2025
8:44 a.m. — Make that two birdies in three holes for McIlroy. He and J.J. Spaun are the only players at 2-under early on, even with the conditions ideal so far.
8:35 a.m. — Rory McIlroy is off to a hot start…
RORY! BANG! 💥
Pours in a birdie from nearly 30 feet on 11. pic.twitter.com/mlUl4cjpfJ
— U.S. Open (@usopengolf) June 12, 2025
8:20 a.m. — Ludvig Aberg, among the pre-tournament favorites, started his day with back-to-back birdies before a bogey dropped him back to 1-over.
Strokes gained approach 📈 📈 📈
Ludvig Åberg is DIALED IN early at Oakmont. pic.twitter.com/fTZFbiLLw8
— U.S. Open (@usopengolf) June 12, 2025
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What channel is the U.S. Open on today?
The 2025 U.S. Open will air exclusively under the NBC banner. The first two rounds of action can be found on USA Network, while Rounds 3 and 4 will be broadcast largely on NBC, with a partial broadcast being offered on USA Network at the start of Round 4.
Cord-cutters can find the tourney on Peacock and Fubo, which provides new users with a free trial.
Mike Tirico will lead the proceedings as the event’s host and one of the program’s lead play-by-play announcers.. He’ll be joined by a host of on-air talent, including play-by-play stars Dan Hicks, Terry Gannon, Steve Sands, Rich Lerner and Tom Abbott and analysts Kevin Eisner, Brad Faxon, Notah Begay III, Gary Koch, Curt Byrum and Arron Oberholser.
Here’s a full look at the U.S. Open TV schedule in 2025 (all times Eastern):
| Date | Time (ET) | TV/Live stream |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, June 12 (Round 1) | 6 a.m.-5 p.m. | USA Network, Fubo |
| 5-8 p.m | Peacock | |
| Friday, June 13 (Round 2) | 6:30 a.m.-1 p.m | Peacock |
| 1-7 p.m. | NBC, Fubo | |
| 7-8 p.m. | Peacock | |
| Saturday, June 14 (Round 3) | 10 a.m.-12 p.m. | USA Network, Fubo |
| 12-8 p.m. | NBC, Fubo | |
| Sunday, June 15 (Final Round) | 9 a.m.-12 p.m. | USA Network, Fubo |
| 12-7 p.m. | NBC, Fubo |
U.S. Open tee times for Thursday’s Round 1
First tee
| Time (ET) | Group |
| 6:45 a.m. | Matt Vogt, Kevin Velo, Trent Phillips |
| 6:56 a.m. | Chandler Blanchet, Alvaro Ortiz, Doug Ghim |
| 7:07 a.m. | Evan Beck, Maxwell Moldovan, Justin Hicks |
| 7:18 a.m. | Harris English, Tommy Fleetwood, Keegan Bradley |
| 7:29 a.m. | Xander Shauffele, Jose Luis Ballester, Bryson DeChambeau |
| 7:40 a.m. | Matt Fitzpatrick, Wyndham Clark, Gary Woodland |
| 7:51 a.m. | Akshay Bhatia, Matt McCarty, Robert MacIntyre |
| 8:02 a.m. | Cam Davis, Davis Thompson, Thomas Detry |
| 8:13 a.m. | Richard Bland, Trevor Gutschewski, Lanto Griffin |
| 8:24 a.m. | Edoardo Molinari, Sam Stevens, Ryan Gerard |
| 8:35 a.m. | Thriston Lawrence, Noah Kent, Thorbjorn Olesen |
| 8:46 a.m. | Jinchiro Kozuma, Cameron Tankersley, Chase Johnson |
| 8:57 a.m. | Philip Barbaree Jr., Riley Lewis, Brady Calkins |
| 12:30 p.m. | Frederic Lacroix, Emiliano Grillo, Sam Bairstow |
| 12:41 p.m. | Byeong Hun An, Joe Highsmith, Ryan Fox |
| 12:52 p.m. | Victor Perez, Jacob Bridgeman, Adam Schenk |
| 1:03 p.m. | Min Woo Lee, Justin Thomas, Brooks Koepka |
| 1:14 p.m | Sam Burns, Nico Echavarri, Denny McCarthy |
| 1:25 p.m. | Viktor Holland, Collin Morikawa, Scottie Scheffler |
| 1:36 p.m. | Corey Conners, Jason Day, Patrick Reed |
| 1:47 p.m. | Joaquin Niemann, Bud Cauley, Daniel Berger |
| 1:58 p.m | Mackenzie Hughes, Tony Finau, Chris Kirk |
| 2:09 p.m. | Benjamin James, Rasmus Hojgaard, Stephan Jaeger |
| 2:20 p.m. | Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Justin Hastins, Laurie Canter |
| 2:31 p.m. | Frankie Harris, Emilio Gonzalez, Roberto Diaz |
| 2:42 p.m. | Grant Haefner, Joey Herrera, George Kneiser |
Tenth tee
| Time (ET) | Group |
| 6:45 a.m. | Zac Blair, Scott Vincent, Alistair Docherty |
| 6:56 a.m. | Jacques Kruiswijk, Jordan Smith, Eric Cole |
| 7:07 a.m. | Tom Kim, JJ Spaun, Taylor Pendrith |
| 7:18 a.m. | Ludvig Aberg, Adam Scott, Hideki Matsuyama |
| 7:29 a.m. | Ben Griffin, Andrew Novak, Maverick McNealy |
| 7:40 a.m. | Shane Lowry, Justin Rose, Rory McIlroy |
| 7:51 a.m. | Patrick Cantlay, Si Woo Kim, Lucas Glover |
| 8:02 a.m. | Cameron Smith, Brian Harman, Phil Mickelson |
| 8:13 a.m. | Niklas Norgaard, Brian Campbell, Justin Lower |
| 8:24 a.m. | Davis Riley, Jackson Koivun, Johnny Keefer |
| 8:35 a.m. | James Hahn, Mark Hubbard, Michael La Sasso |
| 8:46 a.m. | Joakim Lagergren, Mason Howell, Chris Gotterup |
| 8:57 a.m. | Zach Bauchou, Jackson Buchanan, Lance Simpson |
| 12:30 p.m. | Will Chandler, Andrea Pavan, Takumi Kanaya |
| 12:41 p.m. | Bryan Lee, Guido Migliozzi, Preston Summerhays |
| 12:52 p.m. | Erik van Rooyen, Max Greyserman, Matt Wallace |
| 1:03 p.m. | Russell Henley, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Nick Taylor |
| 1:14 p.m. | Jordan Spieth, Jon Rahm, Dustin Johnson |
| 1:25 p.m. | Tyrrell Hatton, Sungjae Im, Sepp Straka |
| 1:36 p.m. | Cameron Young, Tom Hoge, JT Poston |
| 1:47 p.m. | Jhonattan Vegas, Michael Kim, Matthieu Pavon |
| 1:58 p.m. | Marc Leishman, Aaron Rai, Nick Dunlap |
| 2:09 p.m. | Matthew Jordan, Yuta Sugiura, Carlos Ortiz |
| 2:20 p.m. | Ryan McCormick, Trevor Cone, Zach Pollo |
| 2:31 p.m. | James Nicholas, Tyler Weaver, Riki Kawamoto |
| 2:42 p.m. | Austen Truslow, Harrison Ott, George Duangmanee |
