Rory McIlroy, Portrush and U.S. Open
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Rory McIlroy is pretty much over this edition of US Open
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OAKMONT, Pa. — No one expected the final round of the U.S. Open to be easy. But sometimes when it rains, it pours. With the leaders through seven holes, play was suspended Sunday afternoon as a storm passed through the area northeast of Pittsburgh. Golfers were evacuated from the course, and fans were encouraged to take shelter.
I just need to get myself in the right frame of mind. I probably haven’t been there the last few weeks," said McIlroy, after breaking par for the first time in his last seven rounds.
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Golf Digest on MSNU.S. Open 2025: Sam Burns did something very clever that nobody else noticedIt just showed a clever bit of awareness and foresight. In the heat of the pressure and the pouring rain, Burns stopped himself from making a potentially very costly error. It was a small moment, but the kind of decision that wins U.S. Opens.
Tony Finau’s 10th U.S. Open is in the books. The Utah native shot a +1 in Sunday’s final round at Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania, finishing at +11 for the tournament to tie for 39th place. Finau recorded birdies on holes 5, 13, 14 and 17, while bogeying three times along with a double-bogey on the 12th hole.
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.
The last time there was a playoff at the U.S. Open, Tiger Woods outlasted Rocco Mediate in a Monday finish in 2008 at Torrey Pines in San Diego.
J.J. Spaun was dialed in on his approach shot on the second hole Sunday at Oakmont. Too dialed in. His wedge from 94 yards took one hop, hit the flagstick and ricocheted back, rolling off the green and 50 yards away.
The event will be back on schedule for the final day, after a weather delay suspended play in the second round on Friday and forced an early morning on Saturday to finish out the round. The third round was also pushed back from its originally scheduled start as a result, but finished on Saturday evening.