Sam Burns has issued his response to being denied a drop for relief during the final round of the US Open. The American was unable to move his ball from standing water on the 15th fairway at

Moving Day holds a different meaning at an Oakmont-hosted U.S. Open as scores could only go so low despite golfers doing their damndest to progress up the leaderboard during Saturday's third round. Instead,

Burns, statistically the world's best putter, hooped a clutch par save to shoot 65 Friday at Oakmont and enter this U.S. Open weekend at 3 under.

JJ SPAUN could be seen fighting back tears after winning the first Major of his career with an incredible performance at Oakmont! The “hardest course in the world” has fully lived up

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As we all know, the takeaway is a critically important element of the swing. Burns does this pre-shot rehearsal to check his own takeaway and make sure he’s starting his swing on the right track.

Oakmont's challenging course at the US Open humbled many top golfers, with high scores and shattered hopes defining the early rounds. Thriston Lawrence initially surged but faltered, while Sam Burns delivered a remarkable performance.

OAKMONT, Pa. — Now this is why we watch the U.S. Open: carnage, high scores, seething players. We watch the world’s greatest hack their way around a course, missing fairways, missing greens, missing putts, throwing ugly numbers up on the board, and we think, Now you know how we feel.

The U.S. Open leaderboard might feel random, but it makes perfect sense. Oakmont Country Club thrives on weird results.

Apparently nobody told Sam Burns that Oakmont was supposed to be the hardest test of the year.The 28-year-old made the iconic layout look like a regular PGA TOUR stop Friday with six birdies against one bogey to post a sizzling 5-under 65.