Christopher Powers

1 week ago | golfdigest.com | Christopher Powers

Gil Hanse is, quite literally, everywhere. Last week, he stopped at Oakmont Country Club, which he and his team restored in 2023, to take in a few days at the U.S. Open. Then, Seminole Golf Club, where Hanse is working on another restoration project, came calling, filling up what he thought might be a free weekend.

1 week ago | golfdigest.com | Christopher Powers

As is often the case with this new PGA Tour schedule, there's no time to rest, not for the best players in the world nor for us gamblers. Straight from the U.S. Open to the final Signature Event of the year, the Travelers Championship. That means many of golf's elite, among them Scottie Scheffler, will be on hand in Cromwell, Conn. Scheffler is defending his title, while the likes of Viktor Hovland and Xander Schauffle will look to build off solid finishes at Oakmont.

1 week ago | golfdigest.com | Christopher Powers

Sprinting to the finish long before the final groups is probably not how Brooks Koepka envisioned his U.S. Open ending after he shot a two-under 68 on Thursday. But it turned out to be the prudent move. RELATED: The brilliant Tiger Woods advice J.J. Spaun leaned on at Oakmont No, seriously, Koepka quite literally sprinted down the 18th hole in order to complete his final round, the five-time major champion knowing full well a stoppage was coming due to dangerous weather in the area.

1 week ago | golfdigest.com | Christopher Powers

During the 90-plus minute rain delay on Sunday at the U.S. Open, NBC decided to trot out old faithful: Tiger Woods' epic finish in 2008 at Torrey Pines. Fitting that once the delay ended and J.J. Spaun resumed his quest for a career-defining major title, he channeled his inner-Woods down the stretch at Oakmont. Spaun trailed by four shots when play restarted, a product of some of the worst breaks a contender has endured in a major in recent history.

1 week ago | golfdigest.com | Christopher Powers

Justin Thomas missed the cut at the 125th U.S. Open, but he still made it out to the Oakmont range on Saturday to get some work in. On Sunday, though, he found himself in a similar position as the rest of us - tweeting from the couch. And like everybody else on Golf Twitter, JT had some takes. "After (kind of) playing it for two days, and watching over the weekend... it's hard to express how difficult/borderline impossible Oakmont would be if it was firm," Thomas wrote.