Scottie Scheffler doesn’t go off-script. Those 15-20 seconds before he approaches the ball are always the same. He fiddles with his grip, until the club settles properly into the grooves of his hands.

After dominating the 2024 season, Scottie Scheffler got off to a slow start relative to expectations in 2025. A ravioli-making incident around Christmas cost him a few months, and he didn't pick up his first win of the year until May, watching as Rory McIlroy surged to three wins and the career grand slam to become the talk of the golf world.

OAKMONT, Pennsylvania - The U.S. Open began under partly cloudy skies on Thursday at challenging Oakmont Country Club where Bryson DeChambeau hopes to make a fast start to his title defence while tournament favourite Scottie Scheffler was hours from teeing off.

Despite struggling form after a $3.6 million win at RBC Heritage, Justin Thomas sets his sights on chasing Scottie Scheffler at the US Open.

The clear betting favorite to win the tournament, Scheffler has won three of the past four tournaments he's entered - finishing fourth in the other. His latest win came at the Memorial Tournament put on by legendary golfer Jack Nicklaus where he won by four strokes.

Breaking down top bets for the 2025 U.S. Open at Oakmont, including value on Schauffele, Cantlay, and why fading Justin Thomas might be the sharpest play.

When Scottie Scheffler stood on the 18th green at Augusta National and helped Rory McIlroy into his first green jacket at the 2025 Masters, it appeared as though McIlroy had fully closed the gap on Scheffler at the top of the golf world -- with Bryson DeChambeau right alongside the duo.

Even world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler knows he'll be at the mercy of Oakmont Country Club at the U.S. Open, a course he called "probably the hardest golf course that we'll play."