Here are the live updates of the third round of the 2025 United States Open from the Oakmont Country Club near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The course is playing very tough which is prototypical to most U.S. Opens from years past.
3:14 PM ET–Current leaderboard…1) Sam Burns–USA -3, 2) J.J. Spaun–USA -2, 3) Victor Hovland–NOR -1, 4) Adam Scott-AUS, and Ben Griffin–USA–Even Par…
3:17 PM ET–Of the golfers in contention, there is only one major champion…that is Scott, who won the Masters in 2013….
3:41 PM ET–Hovland bogeys the first to drop to even..
3:41 PM ET–Griffin bogeys the second to drop to +1…
3:42 PM ET–Scott bogeys the first to drop to +1…
3:49 PM ET–Spaun birdies the first and is tied with Burns for the lead at -3…
3:50 PM ET–Keep in mind, yesterday in round two, holes one, two and three were the most difficult holes on the golf course….
3:55 PM ET–only two golfers right now under par (Spaun and Burns at -3), and one golfer at even par (Hovland)…
4:02 PM ET–Burns bogeys the second and drops to -2…
4:03 PM ET–South Africa’s Thriston Lawrence birdies the fourth and improves to even par…three strokes back of Spaun….
4:05 PM ET–Current leaderboard: 1) Spaun -3, 2) Burns -2, 3) Hovland and Lawrence E…
4:09 PM ET–Hovland bogeys the third and drops to +1…
4:10 PM ET–Heavy rain at Oakmont…
4:22 PM ET–Spaun bogeys the third and drops to -2…
4:23 PM ET–Griffin birdies the fourth and improves to even…
4:28 PM ET–Lawrence birdies the sixth hole and improves to -1…
4:29 PM ET–Scott birdies the fourth hole and improves to even…
4:31 PM ET–With the bogey by Spaun, it puts Hovland and Mexico’s Carlos Ortiz into contention at +1…
4:35 PM ET–Griffin bogeys the fifth and falls to +1…
4:40 PM ET–Spaun birdies the fourth and is the sole leader at -3…Burns is second at -2, Lawrence is third at -1 and Scott is fourth at even par…
4:47 PM ET–Lawrence bogeys the seventh and falls to even par…
4:50 PM ET–Ortiz birdies the 12th and improves to even par…
4:52 PM ET–Impressive stretch of golf for Ortiz, who is -6 in his last 21 holes…
4:53 PM ET–Burns birdies the fifth hole and improves to -3…
4:56 PM ET–Lawrence bogeys the eighth and falls to +1…
4:56 PM ET–Leaderboard: 1) Burns & Spaun -3 3) Scott & Ortiz–Even
5:09 PM ET–Ortiz birdies the 14th hole and improves to -1…and two back of Burns and Spaun…
5:18 PM ET–Tyrrell Hatton of England birdies the 13th hole…at even par now…has three birdies in the last four holes…
5:30 PM ET–Hovland birdies the ninth hole…improves to even par…
5:44 PM ET–Hovland birdies the 10th hole and improves to -1…
5:51 PM ET–Hatton double bogeys the 15th hole and drops to +2…
5:59 PM ET–Lawrence birdies the 12th and improves to even par…
6:10 PM ET–Ortiz bogeys the 18th hole and falls to even par…
6:09 PM ET–Leaderboard: 1) Spaun & Burns -3 3) Hovland -1, 4) Scott, Ortiz & Lawrence–even par…
6:20 PM ET–Ben Griffin birdies the 13th hole and improves to even par…
6:28 PM ET–Scott birdies the 13th hole and improves to -1…
6:35 PM ET–Griffin bogeys the 14th hole and falls to +1…
6:37 PM ET–Burns birdies the 13th hole to improve to -4…one up on Spaun, three up on Hovland and Scott..
6:41 PM ET–Scott birdies the 14th and improves to -2…two back of Burns…
6:58 PM ET–Hovland makes long par putt on the 15th…
7:19 PM ET–Burns bogeys the 16th hole and drops to -3…tied for the lead with Spaun…Scott in third at -2, Hovland in fourth at -1…Ortiz and Lawrence tied for fifth at even par…
7:21 PM ET–Lawrence bogeys the 18th and falls to +1…
7:26 PM ET–Scott birdies the 17th hole and is now tied for the lead with Spaun and Burns…Hovland is one back and Ortiz is three back…
7:26 PM ET–Hovland makes a short birdie putt on the 17th hole and is now at -2…
7:33 PM ET–Tap in birdie for Burns after great approach shot on the 17th…now at -4…
7:36 PM ET–Spaun birdies the 17th and is at -4 and tied with Burns at -4…
7:41 PM ET–Hovland bogeys the 18th hole and drops to -1…three back of Spaun and Burns and and two back of Scott…
7:53 PM ET–Spaun bogeys the 18th and is -3…Burns pars the 18th and finishes at -4…round three leaderboard…1) Sam Burns -4 2) J.J. Spaun -3 2) Adam Scott -3 4) Viktor Hovland -1
