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125th U.S. Open – Oakmont Country Club
- Fewest Players Under Par through 36 holes, US Open since 2000:
2007 0 (Oakmont CC)
2006 1 (Winged Foot GC)
2018 1 (Shinnecock Hills)
2013 2 (Merion GC)
2002 2 (Bethpage Black)
2012 3 (The Olympic Club)
2025 3 (Oakmont CC)
- The scoring on the Front 9 through 36 holes is 38.096 while the scoring on the Back 9 is 36.613.
The scoring average through 36 holes is 74.709 (+4.709), which is the highest average score relative to par at the U.S.Open since 2018 (+5.04 at Shinnecock Hills through 36 holes).
- Sam Burns and Viktor Hovland lead all players 11 birdies/eagles each. Consider that Dustin Johnson won the 2016 U.S. Open at Oakmont CC while making just 11 birdies/eagles for the entire championship!
- Sam Burns became the 12th player ever to shoot 65 or lower during one U.S. Open round at Oakmont.
Burns gained an incredible 9.782 strokes on the field in the second round. That is the highest single round gain at the U.S. Open since Mike Weir gained 9.81 strokes on the field in the first round at Bethpage Black in 2009 (shooting 64 when the field scoring average was 73.81).
- Victor Perez aced the sixth hole in the second round, becoming just the second player ever to make a hole-in-one during a U.S. Open at Oakmont CC. Scott Simpson hit one on #16 in 1983 (1st round). Two players made a hole-in-one at Pinehurst No. 2 last year (Francesco Molinari and Sepp Straka). Overall, Perez’s was the 54th hole in one in U.S. Open history.
- For the first time since 2021, no player among the top-5 and ties on the 36-hole leader board has a U.S.Open championship on his resume.
- Adam Scott (44 years, 332 days) is the fifth-oldest player since 2000 to be among the top-5 and ties on the 36-hole U.S. Open leader board, behind only Richard Bland (48-135 in 2021), Steve Stricker (46-111 in 2013), Rocco Mediate (45-180 in 2008) and David Toms (45-163 in 2012).
Adam Scott (T-4 after 36 holes) is among the top-10 after 36 holes of a U.S. Open for just the second time in 24 appearances…and the previous instance was 20 years ago! He was T-10 after 36 holes at the 2005 U.S. Open at Pinehurst #2 (and finished T-28).
Adam Scott is the only player to shoot even par or better in both rounds this week.
- Scottie Scheffler (73-71) has shot over par in each of his last six U.S. Open rounds, including all four rounds last year at Pinehurst No. 2
- Rory McIlroy played two-under par over his final seven holes on Friday to finish inside the cut line. Having missed the cut last week at the RBC Canadian Open, it would have been the first time that he missed the cut in each of back to back weeks since 2010.
- In 11 of the last 12 U.S. Opens, the eventual champion was among the top 5 on the 36-hole leaderboard. The exception is Matt Fitzpatrick who was T-13 after 36 holes at The Country Club in 2022.