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The fourth and final round of the 2025 U.S. Open has been suspended due to bad weather conditions, with the players being evacuated from the course.
Sam Burns, who is attempting to win his first major, is leading the tournament at -2. Adam Scott, the 2013 Masters champion, is one shot behind.
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The top contenders were already struggling enough — Sam Burns, Adam Scott and Viktor Hovland have all lost two strokes, and J.J. Spaun five — and now the conditions are going to add another element to the equation once play does resume. Who can be a mudder?
Even if the rain holds up enough to allow them to get back on the course, it’s probably not done falling. So who can manage their equipment and just stay present enough to focus on the next shot over everything else?
If I had to guess, it’s Tyrrell Hatton, who is tied-third at 1-over-par, three shots behind Burns. Hatton is, he’ll admit, almost always miserable anyways. What’s being wet on top of that?
The good news is that, according to AccuWeather, the current downpour at Oakmont should stop within a matter of minutes. Then it will be a matter of ensuring there are no lightning strikes in the area and determining when the greens will be safe to play.
The bad news is that rainy conditions are expected to continue throughout the afternoon and worsen in the evening, when thunderstorms and a 64 percent chance of rain are forecast for the 8 p.m. hour.
It may come down to the wire to see whether the U.S. Open can complete its final round on schedule today before the worst of the storm hits around sundown.
Sky Sports in the UK are reporting the weather delay is currently expected to last for somewhere around 45 minutes.
Despite drifting down the leaderboard early in the round, both Viktor Hovland and J.J. Spaun are within arms reach of the lead here at Oakmont.
Spaun earned a par on the 8th, remaining +2 overall and +5 on the day. He bogeyed five of his first six holes. Hovland will be coming off a bogey on the 8th, his third of the round. He sits at +2 for the round and +1 overall.
These two will resume play on the 467-yard, par-4 9th, featuring a relatively straight fairway proteced by various bunkers.
Adam Scott and Sam Burns were standing on the eighth tee as the rain began pelting down at Oakmont. They didn't even tee off at the lengthy par-3 before the horn blew, stopping play due to a weather delay.
When the round resumes, the final group has a 301-yard par-3 to come back to. A tough restart, isn't it?
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We are officially in a weather delay.
This is not just about the rain. There is electricity in the area. The players are going to be evacuated.
There’s a lot of standing water on the course…
Moments before play was suspended, the right bunker welcomed Viktor Hovland to the par-3 8th.
He recovered with a nice shot out, which landed within 10 feet for par. The par putt drifted left and he tapped in for bogey, dropping to +1 overall.
J.J Spaun's tee shot found the green but he was left looking at 61 feet for birdie. He left it a couple feet right of the hole but cleaned up for a par to remain at +2.
Bad news, folks.
Play has been suspended at the 2025 U.S. Open due to adverse weather conditions.
There’s already standing water on the greens, and the heavy stuff might not come down for a while…
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Those are two solid pars for Sam Burns and Adam Scott. The Aussie nearly sank a mammoth 52-foot birdie putt, leaving it inches short of the pin.
The American missed the 35 footer for birdie before making par. Burns leads by one over Scott heading to the lengthy par-3 eighth.
Rainfall is picking up by the minute here at Oakmont. From a sprinkle to a drizzle to now a heavy patter atop the media center roof, which is next to 18 fairway.
The only bright spot to this development is it's forced Viktor Hovland into a rain jacket and we're longer having to watch him walk around in three different shades of blue between pants, belt and polo.
A tidy two-putt from Tyrrell Hatton on eight to remain within three strokes of the leader, Sam Burns. The Englishman is scrapping hard.
Hatton has improved both his score (73, 70, 68) and greens in regulation (12, 14, 15) each day so far this week. He’s very much in this thing.
A birdie would have been big for J.J. Spaun there, instead he has to settle for a par. After a nice approach shot, he had a 28-foot look for birdie but couldn't convert despite a great roll.
Viktor Hovland met a similar fate, leaving a 27-foot birdie putt within two feet and tapping in a par.
That's a sloppy bogey for Adam Scott on the par-3 sixth. He three putted from 37 feet on the green, recording his third bogey of the final round.
With Sam Burns' par, the American retains his solo lead at 2 under. The Aussie falls to 1 under.
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Tyrrell Hatton has struggled on the long par-three eighth all week, making two bogeys and a par. But he’s safely on board today, smashing a 3 wood to the front of the green.
It will be a challenging two putt, however, given that he’s over 60ft back.
And the rain is really starting to fall down now…
Another solid shot off the tee by Viktor Hovland on the 196-yard 6th, though he would've liked to have taken a bit of juice off that one. He leaves it 30 feet behind the hole for birdie. Hovland's putt looks perfect but it lips out at the last moment as he settles for par to remain even.
J.J. Spaun continues to struggle as his first shot finds the short bunker. He flops out of the sand, leaving an 11-foot par putt.
More frustration for Spaun though. His putt dances around the left edge and he has now bogeyed five of the six holes he's played today, now sitting at +2.
Robert MacIntyre bogies the sixth to slide back to +4.
There’s a bit of a gap opening up on the leaderboard now, with MacIntyre and six others (including the clubhouse leader Jon Rahm) six shots back of Sam Burns and Adam Scott, the joint leaders. It would take something truly special for one of that group to thrust themselves into contention, which leaves only Burns and Scott out in front on -2, followed by Viktor Hovland (E), Tyrrell Hatton (+1), J.J. Spaun (+2) and Carlos Ortiz (+2).
