The game's stars have dominated the last six majors and most signature events. What will it take for a sleeper to emerge at Oakmont?

Count one former winner at Oakmont among the revelers. On Thursday, Ernie Els took to social media to offer his two cents on this week’s U.S. Open setup. Needless to say, the 1994 winner at Oakmont (as well as champion at Congressional in 1997) sounded pretty pleased with the difficult challenge that awaits.

Practice rounds for the 2025 U.S. Open began Monday morning at Oakmont Country Club. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to watch the tournament this week. As the sun rose on this practice round opening day, spectators were certainly ready to catch a glimpse of some of golf's best players.

The sport’s stars will face a tough test this weekend, but there are several value picks for your U.S. Open Championship pool. Here’s how it works: One player is selected from each tier of 10 inside the Official World Golf Ranking’s Top 50.

The U.S. Open began under partly cloudy skies on Thursday at challenging Oakmont Country Club where Bryson DeChambeau hopes to make a fast start to his title defence while tournament favourite Scottie Scheffler was hours from teeing off.

The US Open has built its brand on being ‘golf’s toughest test’, and in Oakmont Country Club, the site of this week’s tournament, it has a course that typifies that more than most. In recent years, the United States’ national championship has faced criticism for not producing courses with the requisite penal conditions that fans have come to