The second round of the 2025 U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club was a challenging test, with the course’s narrow fairways, thick rough, and fast greens living up to its reputation as one of golf’s toughest venues. J.J. Spaun led the field after Round 1, but Sam Burns shot a 65 to head into Saturday at a tournament-best -3. Some big names are lurking though. Viktor Hovland is currently in third, and Brooks Koepka isn’t too far off the lead. You also can’t count out Scottie Scheffler. The world No. 1 is currently +4, but he’s capable of getting hot in a hurry.

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VSiN’s golf experts offered their second-round observations and third-round predictions . . .

Kelley Bydlon

Another wild round at Oakmont is over, and several of the games big stars will be heading home early. While mostly everyone struggled on the course, Sam Burns posted a now very impressive five-under 65 and holds one shot lead. 

My odds of hitting an outright this week are looking slim to none, but I still have plenty of placement bets with good chances. With this course causing such havoc, there will be no outright or finishing position adds for me, but here’s one I’d consider:

Jon Rahm To Win (22-1): This is a bit of a long shot with how hard this course is playing, but I still think this is a decent number on Rahm. The Spaniard had an ugly round today, but the tee-to-green numbers have still been good.

Any third-round matchups I play will be added at VSiN.com later. However, I will be very picky there as well. 

Matt Brown

We have reached the halfway point of the US Open and three of the 156 golfers that played in the event have ended up under par. Fifty-five of them shot at least 6-over par in Round 2. I’m sure golf purists love it. As a golf bettor, I’m not so sure. Perhaps there’s a way to handicap a course that demolishes even the very best players in the world, and if there is, I missed on it this year. I’ll certainly lose money this event outside of a massive rally from Russell Henley, Thomas Detry, Keegan Bradley, or Jon Rahm. I am not confident. 

Sam Burns putted the lights out to go 5-under and take the outright lead headed into the weekend, but unlike most, his putting could be sustainable. He’s the best putter on tour this season and has been very good his entire career. 

No adds for me, but I will say Russell Henley has lost off the tee two rounds in a row, yet somehow figured out how to claw his way to T8. If he can gain even a little there, there might be some upside. 

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