With three rounds of the U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club complete, Sam Burns holds a one shot lead and will look to close it out on Sunday and win his first major championship. Burns entered the weekend with the lead after finding ways to tame some of Oakmont's challenges, firing a 65 to move to -3 on the leaderboard.

Sam Burns and J.J. Spaun took turns trading the lead, sharing the lead and just being in the from the start to the finish of Round 3 of the U.S. Open. On a day when very few players went under par — just 12 of 66 — both Burns and Spaun not only avoided disaster, but held serve.

Burns, a 28-year-old from Louisiana, has five PGA Tour titles, the last one more than two years ago. Despite that, he leads the quartet under par through 54 holes.

The second round of the 2025 U.S. Open did not offer players a reprieve from the difficulties that Oakmont Country Club forces one to face as the average score of the morning wave was once again more than 4 over par.

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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.

Sam Burns, the 54-hole leader at the 2025 U.S. Open, talks about consistency and simplicity in his golf game

Burns has been playing some of his best golf of the year heading into the 2025 U.S. Open, after losing in a playoff to Ryan Fox at the RBC Canadian Open June 8. He hopes he can ride that momentum through Sunday. Here is a look at how Sam Burns has done at the four golf majors in his career.