It's a foggy, gloomy and humind morning on Friday at the 125th U.S. Open, but that's hardly making the course play any easier. In fact, based on some of the lowlights from early in the second round, Oakmont seems to be playing even harder than it did on Thursday.

The 2025 US Open is set to begin on Friday at Oakmont Country Club, near Pittsburgh. The US Open is golf's third major of 2025. Round 2: Friday, June 13 4:30 a.m.-11 a.m. MT: Peacock11 a.m.-5 p.m. MT: NBC/Peacock5-6 p.m. MT: Peacock

All three were between seven and eight shots behind the leader, and all were in danger of being cut Friday. The U.S. Open remains golf’s cruelest test.

There’s a long road ahead at the 125th U.S. Open with more potholes than the Pennsylvania turnpike that dissects this storied venue outside Pittsburgh.

All across Oakmont, there were plenty of tales from the rough. The U.S. Open came to what might be its toughest venue and players faced difficult lies in the 5-inch rough and lots of chances to hack and pray.

The second round of the 2025 U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club is off and running on Friday as golf's most grueling test nears the halfway point.

Hogan won the 1953 U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club. Nasse was 15 years old at the time and had been caddying for five years. Two weeks before the U.S. Open, his father died, and it was agreed that Nasse would benefit the most from caddying for the golf legend.

To show how slick the greens are at Oakmont Country Club, Spaun attempted to miss a putt for a segment on ESPN’s SportsCenter on Wednesday and the putts kept going in. That carried over to the opening round of the 125th U.S. Open, where Spaun drained six par putts of seven feet or longer.