US Open 2025: Field, layout, ones to observe, prize cash, TV occasions and the whole lot you wish to have to understand forward of Oakmont

The greatest names in males’s golfing are in Pennsylvania this week for the USA Open, however why is the development so essential and the way tough will avid gamers in finding Oakmont? Here’s all you wish to have to understand forward of the 2025 contest, live to tell the tale Sky Sports…

What is the USA Open?

The US Open is likely one of the greatest occasions within the {golfing} calendar and is the 3rd of 4 males’s majors yearly, following on from The Masters in April and PGA Championship in May and forward of The Open in July.

It is staged in the United States via the United States Golf Association (USGA) and historically finishes at the 3rd Sunday in June, with the venue used converting for every version.

Where is it going down?

This yr’s US Open, the 125th version, might be held at Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania. The venue has in the past been described as having the ‘scariest’ vegetables in golfing and the ‘final exam’, with thick tough and the longest par-three in main historical past amongst its demanding situations.

The path hosts the USA Open for a 10th time – greater than some other venue – and for the primary instance since Dustin Johnson’s 2016 victory. It has additionally hosted two US Women’s Opens, 3 PGA Championships and more than one editions of the USA Amateur.

Ben Hogan (1953), Jack Nicklaus (1962), Johnny Miller (1973) and Ernie Els (1994) are a number of the different former US Open winners at Oakmont, which is being arrange for this yr’s version as a par-70 and measuring up at 7,382 yards.

Who will get to play in it?

Any skilled or newbie with a 0.4 handicap index or decrease can signal as much as function, leading to a record-breaking 10,202 entries for qualifying and the danger to enroll in avid gamers already totally exempt.

Local qualifying happened in 110 websites around the United States, Canada and Mexico, with the main avid gamers in the ones 18-hole occasions then progressing to the general qualifying degree.

A chain of 36-hole qualifying occasions had been performed in May and June to finalise the sector, with 10 websites used within the United States along one in every of Canada, England and Japan.

How robust is the sector and who’s prone to contend?

All the arena’s most sensible 60 are eligible to tee it up at the USA Open, together with all more than one winners at the PGA Tour over the last 12 months and all main champions over the former 5 years.

Bryson DeChambeau will go back as protecting champion after closing yr’s one-shot victory over Rory McIlroy, who gained The Masters in April to finish the profession Grand Slam, whilst global No 1 Scottie Scheffler is favorite after his PGA Championship good fortune closing month.

Xander Schauffele and Scheffler each may just transfer three-quarters of the best way against the profession Grand Slam with a victory, whilst Shane Lowry – who held a four-shot lead after 54 holes within the 2016 US Open – is likely one of the Europeans chasing main glory.

What is the reduce and play-off layout?

The beginning box of 156 golfers play two rounds of golfing on Thursday June 12 and Friday June 13, with the highest 60 and ties making the reduce and progressing via to the weekend.

The main scorer after 72 holes will win the trophy, whilst a two-hole combination play-off will happen if ratings are tied after the general spherical. The event in the past used an 18-hole play-off the next day to come, with Tiger Woods the closing to win underneath that gadget in 2008.

How a lot prize cash is to be had?

The USGA has but to announce the prize handbag or the winner’s proportion for the 2025 contest, having had a record-breaking quantity on be offering closing yr.

The $21.5 million prize fund in 2024 used to be the biggest in all majors, whilst the $4.3m to the winner used to be the largest cheque for a one-off match out of doors of the PGA Tour’s season-ending Tour Championship.

What does the winner get?

The US Open champion receives the Jack Nicklaus Medal, a duplicate model of the trophy and an inventory of exemptions, together with an invitation to the event for the following 10 years.

The winner additionally secures invitations to the following 5 editions of The Masters, PGA Championship, Open Championship and The Players, together with a five-year exemption at the PGA Tour.

What else is up for grabs?

The most sensible 10 finishers – and ties – might be exempt into the next yr’s US Open, whilst the highest 4 finishers and ties might be invited to The Masters at Augusta National the next April.

There’s extra FedExCup issues on be offering than common PGA Tour occasions, with 750 going to the winner, whilst avid gamers from Europe and the United States can earn qualification issues within the race to qualify for this September’s Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black.

How did DeChambeau win closing yr?

DeChambeau capitalised on a overdue cave in from McIlroy to win the USA Open for a 2d time with a dramatic one-shot victory at Pinehurst No 2.

The American took a three-shot lead into the general day however discovered himself two at the back of when McIlroy – taking part in within the penultimate staff – made 4 birdies in a five-hole stretch across the flip.

McIlroy remained one forward till he adopted back-to-back bogeys from the 15th with some other on the par-four closing, lacking two putts from within 4 toes over that last stretch, as DeChambeau produced a sensational up and down on the closing to safe his 2d main identify.

Who else has inspired prior to?

2011 champion McIlroy has completed runner-up on the closing two US Opens and has posted most sensible 10 finishes in every of the closing six years, whilst Schauffele has been no not up to 14th in his earlier 8 US Open appearances.

Scheffler used to be one of the vital runners-up when Matt Fitzpatrick gained the USA Open at Brookline in 2022, with Wyndham Clark (2023), Jon Rahm (2021), DeChambeau (2020), Gary Woodland (2019) and Brooks Koepka (2017 and 2018) the opposite fresh winners.

Will Tiger Woods be concerned?

Woods is now not exempt to routinely be incorporated in the USA Open box, having closing gained the development in 2008, now not added to his main tally since 2019 and considerably dropped down the arena scores lately.

The 49-year-old used to be passed a different exemption via the USGA to tee it up in closing yr’s contest, the place he overlooked the reduce, however might be lacking from the sector for the fourth time in 5 years.

Woods underwent surgical operation on an Achilles damage in March and has already overlooked the primary two majors of the yr, with the previous global No 1 taking part in a restricted time table since a automobile crash in February 2021 that left him with career-threatening accidents.

How can I watch live to tell the tale Sky Sports?

“Live from the US Open” will carry 8 hours of build-up, interviews, research and observe motion on Tuesday and Wednesday of event week, with protection getting underneath means from 2pm on a daily basis, prior to round the clock protection from all 4 rounds.

Coverage from the primary two rounds starts from 12.30pm on Thursday and Friday, with round 12 hours are living from each days, with the motion beginning at 4pm over the weekend.

Daily one-hour highlights might be to be had on Sky Sports Golf, whilst the Women’s Amateur Championship and the LPGA Tour’s Meijer LPGA Classic may also be live to tell the tale Sky Sports throughout the week.

Who will win the USA Open? Watch prolonged protection during the week live to tell the tale Sky Sports, with the hole spherical live to tell the tale Thursday from 12.30pm on Sky Sports Golf. Get Sky Sports or circulation no contract on NOW.