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U.S. Open 2025: The Augusta trend that favors Adam Scott at Oakmont

Andy Lyons
OAKMONT, Pa. — There’s a clear sentimental favorite at Oakmont heading into Sunday’s final round of the 2025 U.S. Open. Exactly how many more opportunities Adam Scott will have to claim a second major title is unclear, the 44-year-old Australian appreciating as much as anyone how Father Time is playing a role in his career.
Trailing Sam Burns by one stroke and playing with him in the last pairing at 2:15 p.m., Scott has the chance to recast an already successful journey (14 PGA Tour wins, including the 2013 Masters) into a Hall of Fame worthy career.
“I have a nice … put together a nice career, but I think another major more would really go a long way in fulfilling my own self, when it's all said and done,” said Scott, who is playing in his 24th U.S. Open and 96th consecutive major. “This is all I'm really playing for are these big events. There's probably eight of them off the top of my mind a year that I really want to win.”
Scott’s sentiments are reminiscent of Justin Rose’s when he got into the hunt last year at the Open Championship at Royal Troon and two months ago at the Masters. In finishing second in both events, there was a bittersweet feeling among fans and spectators happy for Xander Schauffele and Rory McIlroy in victory, but disappointed in the same light that a popular aging veteran missed out on the chance to add to his legacy.
Of course Scott’s game gives fans reason to be optimistic about his chances on Sunday. He's driving the ball superby—he's second in strokes gained/off the tee. He also ranks seventh in strokes gained/approach. Suffice it to say, with the premium Oakmont places on hitting fairways and greens, Scott is following a winning gameplan at Oakmont.
Yet in looking for more reason to believe in Scott come Sunday, there’s an intriguing through line for many of the golfers who have prevailed at Oakmont. Of the previous nine winners of the U.S. Open at Oakmont, four of them also won at another famed golf course: Augusta National.
Ben Hogan, 1953 U.S. Open
Jack Nicklaus, 1962, U.S. Open
Angel Cabrera, 2007 U.S. Open
Dustin Johnson, 2016 U.S. Open
Additionally, Gene Sarazen and Sam Snead both won PGA Championships at Oakmont and were also Masters winners as well.
Oh, and then there’s Bobby Jones, won the 1925 U.S. Amateur at Oakmont … and then founded Augusta National.