The 2025 US Open is set to begin on Friday at Oakmont Country Club, near Pittsburgh.
The US Open is golf’s third major of 2025.
US open golf TV schedule
How many players make the cut?
After round two is finished on Friday, the top 60 players and ties make the 36-hole cut and will play through the weekend. There are 156 players competing in the tournament.
The 2025 US Open leaderboard
1. J.J. Spaun, 70 (-4)
2. Thriston Lawrence, 73 (-3)
T3. Brooks Koepka, 72 (-2)
T3.Si Woo Kim, 72 (-2)
T3. Sungjae Im, 72 (-2)
T6. Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, 71 (-1)
T6. James Nicholas, 71 (-1)
T6. Ben Griffin, 71 (-1)
T6. Thomas Detry, 71 (-1)
T7. John Rahm, 71 (-1)
What is an albatross in golf?
An albatross is achieved when a golfer completes a hole in three strokes fewer than the designated par. For example:
Patrick Reed made only the fourth albatross in US Open history in Thursday’s first round, holing out from the fourth fairway from 286 yards.
The 34-year-old Reed fired his tee shot at the par-five fourth hole some 332 yards to the left side of the fairway.
Reed then blasted his second shot onto the green and into the hole for the first albatross in a major since Nick Watney made one in the first round of the 2012 US Open on the 17th hole at Olympic Club.
The other two times an albatross was made in US Open history were by Taiwan’s T.C. Chen on the second hole of the first round of the 1985 event at Oakland Hills and by American Shaun Micheel in the final round of the 2010 US Open at Pebble Beach on the sixth hole.
Felix F. Chavez can be reached at fchavez@elpasotimes.com; @Fchavezeptimes on X
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Reporting by Felix F. Chavez, El Paso Times / El Paso Times
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