Jonny Leighfield
Staff Writer at Golf Monthly
News writer for @GolfMonthly. All views my own, not those of my employer. Rubbish golfer, and only a little bit better at writing.
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golfmonthly.com | Matt Cradock |Michael A. Weston |Jonny Leighfield
The 125th US Open is underway as the brutally difficult Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania hosts for the 10th time. World No.1 Scottie Scheffler enters the week as heavy favorite ahead of the likes of defending champion Bryson DeChambeau and Masters winner Rory McIlroy. DeChambeau and McIlroy are out in the morning in two of the big US Open featured groups, with Scheffler starting his championship in the afternoon.
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golfmonthly.com | Jonny Leighfield
In April 2025, Rory McIlroy became just the second golfer ever to surpass the $100 million earnings mark on the PGA Tour behind a certain Tiger Woods. The Northern Irishman's extremely successful career has arrived at a time where purses are at record-high levels, and McIlroy is quite literally cashing in by maintaining his generational levels of consistency everywhere he goes.
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golfmonthly.com | Jonny Leighfield
For three of the best male golfers in the game right now, life is very good. Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and Joaquin Niemann are winning regularly and picking up large checks as they do so, propelling them to the top of golf's highest earner list. McIlroy might have missed the cut at the RBC Canadian Open, but his 2025 season otherwise has been incredible - topped off by completing the career Grand Slam at The Masters.
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golfmonthly.com | Mike Hall |Jonny Leighfield
In 2025, legendary Pennsylvania course Oakmont hosts the US Open for a record 10th time. Unlike the Major that comes before it in the calendar, the PGA Championship, one accusation that can't be levelled at the US Open is a lack of defined characteristics, with the tournament regularly striking fear into players based on its sheer brutality. There are few places where that has been more pronounced than at Oakmont editions of the US Open.
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golfmonthly.com | Jonny Leighfield
It's time for the 125th US Open Championship at Oakmont Country Club, with over 150 golfers vying for one of the most prestigious titles in the sport. As well as multiple high-quality amateurs going for their own place in the history books, nearly all of the best professionals on the planet have descended on Pennsylvania in the hopes of taking home this iconic trophy.
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