Notable golfers who missed the cut at the 2025 U.S. Open include the defending champion

Oakmont gives no quarter, challenging every facet of a players game with undulating fairways that are lined with 5-inch rough, deep bunkers, and lightning fast greens. Yes, this is the course where Johnny Miller shot a Sunday 63 to win his U.S. Open back in 1973, but no player's winning score at Oakmont has ever been better than 5 under for 72 holes.

At the end of play on Friday, just three players were under par, and several well-known golfers who arrived at Oakmont with aspirations of winning the 125th U.S. Open failed to make the cut, which wound up being at 7 over (147).

Phil Mickelson, 8 over (74-74, 148)

Phil Mickelson knows all about heartbreak at the U.S. Open, coming in second a record six times at the event, but this one still has to hurt. Micklelson was safely inside the cut line before he made a double-bogey on 15 and another on 17 to push his score to 8 over. Playing late Friday evening, he knew he needed a birdie to make the cut, but missed a 15-footer that would have given him a three on the 498-yard par 4. Ouch.

Ludvig Aberg, 8 over (72-76, 148)

Playing his second U.S. Open, the Swede arrived at Oakmont ranked sixth on the Official World Golf Ranking, and his opening-round 72 left him in good position, but the former Texas Tech star failed to make a single birdie in the second round.

Wyndham Clark, 8 over (74-74, 148)

The winner of the 2023 U.S. Open at Los Angeles Country Club, Clark arrived at the ninth hole (his 18th of the day) needing a par to remain at 7 over, which would end up being the cut line. He found the right rough off the tee and was only able to advance the ball about 100 yards before his approach shot left him 25 feet from the hole. He missed the putt, made bogey and ended up missing the cut by a shot.

Dustin Johnson, 10 over (75-75, 150)

The winner of the previous U.S. Open held at Oakmont in 2016, Johnson made three birdies in a row on Thursday (on four, five, and six), but was undone by eight bogeys. He then went birdieless on Friday and carded another 75, which included a double on the par-4 15th after his approach shot from the fairway found nasty rough and his 15-foot par putt raced 6 feet past the hole, leading to a three-putt.

Bryson DeChambeau, 10 over (73-77, 150 )

The winner of the 2020 U.S. Open at Winged Foot and last season's U.S. Open at Pinehurst, DeChambeau was in good shape after round one, and even after an first-nine 37, he was looking good to make the cut, but the wheels came off as he went double bogey-bogey-bogey on five, six and seven to lift his overall score to 10 over. Bryson's irons let him down on Friday and he never figured out how to putt Oakmont's greens well.

Sepp Straka, 11 over (78-73, 151)

A two-time winner this season on the PGA Tour, Straka went birdie-free on Thursday and struggled with Oakmont's greens, finishing the opening round ranked 144th in Strokes Gained: Putting (out of 156 players). His iron game improved in the second round, but his 8-over-par Thursday score was too much to overcome.

Justin Thomas, 12 over (76-76, 152)

An opening-round 76 put Thomas on the hot seat Friday, but if the two-time PGA Championship winner didn't feel the pressure, he must have after making bogey at 11 (his second hole of the day) and double-bogey on the par-5 12th after his par putt and bogey putts both horseshoes around the cup and zipped out. Thomas' 41 for his first nine holes was too much to overcome.

Justin Rose, 14 over (77-77, 154)

Two months ago, it was Rose, who won the 2013 U.S. Open at Merion Golf Club, who nearly came from behind on the back-nine at Augusta to win the 2025 Masters, but the Englishman failed to make a birdie during his opening-round 77. On Friday, he carded two double-bogeys and a triple-bogey en route to a second "hockey sticks."

Shane Lowry, 17 over (79-78, 157)

Lowry has a great putting stroke and great touch with his wedges, skills that come in handy at Oakmont, but on Thursday, he ranked 155th in Strokes Gained: Putting, which contributed to his 79. Any hopes the Irishman had of making the weekend at Oakmont were dashed by starting bogey, double-bogey, bogey over his first three holes Friday afternoon. Things got so bad for Lowry that he forgot to mark his ball before picking it up on the 14th green, incurring a one-shot penalty.