US Open 2025 live: Day 4 leaderboard and latest updates from Oakmont
Good afternoon and welcome to live coverage of the fourth round of the US Open from Oakmont. Saturday ended with Sam Burns from Louisiana on four-under for the tournament leading from JJ Spaun, his third-round playing partner, and Australia's Adam Scott by one stroke with Viktor Hovland, the best European, two strokes further back and Tyrrell Hatton, the leading Briton, two shots behind Norway's finest on one-over.
Burns saved par at the final hole following Spaun's bogey after both had landed their drives at the 18th in the right rough, but Spaun's next shot found a greenside bunker and Burns flew his to the back part of the green. Spaun could not get up and down in two, while Burns managed a two-putt to stay at four-under. Burns, Spaun and Hovland are all vying for their first major championship having contended at relatively few majors before this week.
Oakmont received a dousing of rain overnight and another quick and heavy shower early in the leaders' round, adding to a historically rainy past month in the Pittsburgh area. The course played somewhat softer and easier as a result, with a scoring average of 72.66, more than two shots lower than Friday. 'We had a wind switch before we even teed off,' Spaun said. 'So given that and how soft and wet everything was, it played longer, but it kind of allowed for longer irons in to really stop. You were able to control your landing spot, just because of how soft they were.'
Unlike his peers on the leaderboard, Scott, whose 67 was matched only by Mexico's Carlos Ortíz (even par), has a major win under his belt (the 2013 Masters) and played at the past two US Opens at Oakmont. 'I would say I was less overwhelmed coming to Oakmont this time, and that's not a knock on the golf course, but maybe just a couple trips around the US Open here, I knew what to expect,' Scott said.
If Scott outlasts the younger competition, at 44, the 'Big Queenslander' would be the second-oldest winner in US Open history behind Hale Irwin in 1990. It would also mark the longest gap between a player's first and second major wins; it's been 12 years since he slipped on the Green Jacket at Augusta National. 'It would be super fulfilling,' Scott said. 'Everyone out here has got their journey, you know. Putting ourselves in these positions doesn't just happen by fluke. It's not easy to do it.'
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