I hope we lose by 100

We got a tour of Oakmont's clubhouse ahead of next week's U.S. Open, and there are some pretty cool nuggets in here, along with the story of how pros nearly boycotted an Oakmont U.S. Open (golf.com/news/why-playe…) Full video: youtube.com/watch?v=FBnwC8…

Did a (crazy?) thing last month: Played Erin Hills and then drove across the Rust Belt to play Oakmont. Learned a lot about Golf in America along the way: golf.com/lifestyle/driv…

From the archives.... The last time the U.S. Open was at Oakmont, in 2016, it was the site of Dustin Johnson's major breakthrough — and a bizarre rules controversy that loomed over Sunday's final round. An oral history of that crazy day. golf.com/news/us-open-2…

Matt Vogt is a dentist in Indiana but he qualified for the U.S. Open and is now warming up next to Scottie Scheffler.

Hello from Oakmont — I wrote about Ben Griffin, who quit golf a few years ago but is now one of the best stories of 2025. Today he plays his first U.S. Open. golf.com/news/ben-griff…

Justin Rose's third shot on 2 hit a tree and came back down the cart path, forcing fans to scramble out of the way. It was only stopped by..... a motorized scooter.

Shane Lowry has reached the exhausted and hallucination stage of the U.S. Open. He just accidentally picked up his ball on the green without marking it.

My favorite part is the reaction of his caddie, Darren Reynolds

Andddddd here is Rory McIlroy shattering a tee marker after driving it into a bunker

The U.S. Open, in one photo (📷 Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

Friday at the U.S. Open was a club-tossing, tee-marker-smashing good time. Oakmont was tough but fair, and this thing is about to get even better. golf.com/news/us-open-e…

Tyrrell Hatton at last year's U.S. Open: "It sort of brings [other players] to my level because I just lose my head every week. They can kind of experience what it’s like in my head for a week." He's now -3 on the day and 3 off the lead.

I tagged along with J.J. Spaun (basically until they told me I had to leave) following his U.S. Open victory. Here's what that looked like. golf.com/news/jj-spaun-…

Nine years ago, an NFL exec gave the advice that changed Kevin Clark’s life: “Any job can be the best job in the world.” Today, that exec, Brian Rolapp, followed his own advice and became PGA Tour CEO. On Rolapp’s path to golf, and what’s next golf.com/news/brian-rol…

"The conditions were really challenging out there today. ... By the time I got to the first tee, it was blowing 20 miles an hour and it was sustained at that for most of our round." Scottie Scheffler, after he shot......... an 8-under 62.