The third major of the 2025 season is about to kick off, the 125th playing of the U.S. Open (dating back to 1895). Australian Adam Scott is scheduled to make his 96th consecutive major championship appearance, dating to the 2001 Open Championship. Only Jack Nicklaus (146) has played in more than 100 straight majors.

Five other Aussies in the field include Cameron Smith, Min Woo Lee, Jason Day, Cam Davis and Marc Leishman.

Oakmont Country Club (Oakmont, Pennsylvania) will host the U.S. Open for the record-extending 10th time (1927/Tommy Armour; 1935/Sam Parks Jr.; 1953/Ben Hogan; 1962/Jack Nicklaus; 1973/Johnny Miller; 1983/Larry Nelson; 1994/Ernie Els; 2007/Angel Cabrera; 2016/Dustin Johnson)

Oakmont Country Club was opened in 1903; designed by Henry Fownes and underwent a bunker restoration by Gil Hanse in 2023.

Australian Adam Scott is scheduled to make his 96th consecutive major championship appearance, dating to the 2001 Open Championship. Only Jack Nicklaus (146) has played in more than 100 straight majors.

Five other Aussies in the field include Cameron Smith, Min Woo Lee, Jason Day, Cam Davis and Marc Leishman.

A record number of 10,202 entries for qualifying were accepted for the 2025 U.S. Open with qualifying open to any professional or amateur with a Handicap Index® that does not exceed 0.4. It also marks the 25th anniversary of Tiger Woods’ major championship-record 15-stroke victory at the U.S. Open (Pebble Beach Golf Links).

Johnny Miller’s final-round 63 at Oakmont Country Club en route to victory at the 1973 U.S. Open remains the lowest 18-hole score in a U.S. Open played at Oakmont. Tommy Fleetwood tied the lowest final-round score 2018 and 2023 but didn’t win the event.

The lowest round in Open history is a 62, shared between Rickie Fowler and Xander Schauffele (both during opening round of 2023 U.S. Open at Los Angeles Country Club.

World No. 32 Ryan Fox won last week’s RBC Canadian Open on the fourth hole of a sudden-death playoff over Sam Burns, moving him inside the top 60 in the Official World Golf Ranking to qualify for the U.S. Open; it marked Fox’s second title of the PGA TOUR season (ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic)

Defending champion Bryson DeChambeau is one of two players to finish in the top five in each of the first two majors of the year (T5/Masters Tournament, T2/PGA Championship). The other player is World #1 Scottie Scheffler (4th/Masters Tournament, 1st/PGA Championship). DeChambeau looks to become the seventh player to win three U.S. Open titles (Jack Nicklaus/4; Ben Hogan/4; Bobby Jones/4; Willie Anderson/4; Tiger Woods/3; Hale Irwin/3) and first to go back-to-back since Brooks Koepka (2017-2018).

32 players in the field competed in the 2016 U.S. Open when it was last played at Oakmont Country Club, including three who finished inside the top 10: (Dustin Johnson/1st, Shane Lowry/T2, Jason Day/T8)

The winners of the last 10 U.S. Opens are in the field (2024/2020/Bryson DeChambeau; 2023/Wyndham Clark; 2022/Matt Fitzpatrick; 2021/Jon Rahm; 2019/Gary Woodland; 2018/2017/Brooks Koepka; 2016/Dustin Johnson;2015/Jordan Spieth)

The strong field is headlined by 49 of the top 50 players in the Official World Golf Ranking (excl. No. 26 Billy Horschel)

Let’s hope one of the six Australian chances can bring home the title.