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Moving Day holds a different meaning at an Oakmont-hosted U.S. Open as scores could only go so low despite golfers doing their damndest to progress up the leaderboard during Saturday's third round. Instead,
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Burns, statistically the world's best putter, hooped a clutch par save to shoot 65 Friday at Oakmont and enter this U.S. Open weekend at 3 under.
JJ SPAUN could be seen fighting back tears after winning the first Major of his career with an incredible performance at Oakmont! The “hardest course in the world” has fully lived up
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Golf Digest on MSNU.S. Open 2025: Sam Burns' 65 gives him the 36-hole lead and gives Johnny Miller a rival for Oakmont's best round everSam Burns played one of the finest rounds of golf in a U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club in the early stages of Friday’s second round. Burns’ five-under 65, statistically speaking, came close to the best ever at Oakmont—the mythic final-round 63 Johnny Miller shot to win in 1973.
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GOLF.com on MSNSam Burns’ pre-shot swing rehearsal serves an important purposeAs we all know, the takeaway is a critically important element of the swing. Burns does this pre-shot rehearsal to check his own takeaway and make sure he’s starting his swing on the right track.
Sam Burns, a 28-year-old, five-time winner on the PGA Tour, will take a one shot lead into Sunday after a third round score of 69. Burns has never previously held a 54-hole lead in a major championship. Here are the top numbers and notes to know from Round 3 of the 125th United States Open.
Golfer Sam Burns has the help of his caddie, Travis Perkins. Here are some key facts about the veteran caddie.
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GOLF.com on MSNThe U.S. Open leaderboard feels random. Oakmont does thatThe U.S. Open leaderboard might feel random, but it makes perfect sense. Oakmont Country Club thrives on weird results.
Oakmont's challenging course at the US Open humbled many top golfers, with high scores and shattered hopes defining the early rounds. Thriston Lawrence initially surged but faltered, while Sam Burns delivered a remarkable performance.
OAKMONT, Pa. — Now this is why we watch the U.S. Open: carnage, high scores, seething players. We watch the world’s greatest hack their way around a course, missing fairways, missing greens, missing putts, throwing ugly numbers up on the board, and we think, Now you know how we feel.
Apparently nobody told Sam Burns that Oakmont was supposed to be the hardest test of the year.The 28-year-old made the iconic layout look like a regular PGA TOUR stop Friday with six birdies against one bogey to post a sizzling 5-under 65.