The closest Sam Burns has come to a major championship is sharing a house with a close friend who already has three of them. He has been inspired by Scottie Scheffler the last few years. The next step is to join him as a major champion.

Shane Lowry also had a memorable weekend for all the wrong reasons. Lowry was caught on camera not having the best day, and may have let his emotions get the best of him with the slip of a special choice word.

Golf expert Ben Coley has his eye on six players in their respective three-balls ahead of the first round of the US Open.

“Overall definitely not out of the tournament. Today was I think with the way I was hitting it, was easily a day I could have been going home and battled pretty hard to stay in there,” Scheffler said. “I’m 4 over. We’ll see what the lead is after today, but around this golf course I don’t think by any means I’m out of the tournament.”

The US Open's $800 million makeover includes a reinvented Arthur Ashe Stadium, center, its primary venue. Renderings courtesy the United

The 125th US Open takes place this weekend at Oakmont Country Club. Our expert breaks down where to bet on the US Open, different types of US Open bets, and offers some US Open betting tips and best bets.

The last time the U.S. Open was held at Oakmont Country Club, it was Dustin Johnson who silenced the critics. Winning the national championship one year after booting it away on the 72nd hole at Chambers Bay,