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.

Even world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler knows he'll be at the mercy of Oakmont Country Club at the U.S. Open, a course he called "probably the hardest golf course that we'll play."

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

Seventy-two holes of struggle await the eventual 2025 U.S. Open winner as Oakmont Country Club is prepared to bare its teeth for a 156-man field all seeking to claim the national championship. The par-70 course is hosting the USGA's signature tournament and the third major championship of the season for a record 10th time with golfers attempting to transverse its difficult landscape for the first time in nine years.

The U.S. Open returns to its favorite venue for its 2025 iteration - the ornate, if slightly misshapen, Oakmont Country Club in Plum, Penns. The site has seen its fair share of epics, hosting nine contests across its rolling hills.