Oakmont Country Club is nicknamed ‘The Beast’, but contenders at the 2025 US Open this week will try to find the beauty within it. The US Open always provides the toughest test in golf but at

Bryson DeChambeau played a practice round at 2025 U.S. Open host Oakmont, and the state of Oakmont's long, thick rough shocked him.

All three were between seven and eight shots behind the leader, and all were in danger of being cut Friday. The U.S. Open remains golf’s cruelest test.

DeChambeau followed what his fellow SMU alum, the late Payne Stewart, accomplished 25 years earlier by winning the U.S. Open at Pinehurst. He is looking for his third U.S. Open title. After going even on the front nine, DeChambeau went 3-over on the back.

The winner of the 2025 U.S. Open will take home a hefty paycheck of $4.3 million, the same amount as last year's winner Bryson DeChambeau.

Busted Bryson DeChambeau has been torched by a former US Open champion the King of Oakmont after flopping with his brute approach to the course.

Even for the defending U.S. Open champion, the rough at Oakmont Country Club is causing havoc early in the national championship.

The list of golf's all-time rules blunders is well-known to golf fans—and it almost got longer on Thursday at Oakmont. If you weren't paying close attention, you probably missed what exactly happened to Bryson DeChambeau on the fourth hole at Oakmont during his opening round.