Scottie Scheffler U.S. Open tracker, Round 1: Live updates and scores at Oakmont

All eyes have been on Scottie Scheffler for the past couple of years in golf, but that's perhaps even more so entering the 2025 U.S. Open. Not only is the World No. 1 coming off his third major victory at the PGA Championship but his first win in a major that wasn't The Masters. With that and the PGA triumph in the middle of a stretch of three victories in his last four starts, Scheffler came in as the heavy favorite to tackle the tremendously difficult tract at Oakmont.

Between his pedigree and the way that both the U.S. Open and Oakmont demand both ball-striking and strategy, Scheffler has been the talk of the town coming into the week. Of course, other stars like Rory McIlroy, Bryson DeChambeau and others can always have their say, but it really did feel like, entering the week, that it was everyone chasing Scottie.

Scottie Scheffler teed off at 1:25 p.m. ET in a group with Collin Morikawa and Viktor Hovland. The trio went off the first tee on Thursday for the first round as they tried to tackle Oakmont after the course yielded less than 10 under-par rounds in the early wave for the first round. So let's keep track of Scheffler throughout his first round.

Scottie Scheffler live updates and scores from the 2025 U.S. Open

We're going hole-by-hole with Scheffler through his first round at Oakmont with his score on the hole and where that leaves him for the round. We'll also provide live updates and highlights throughout his round as well.

Like clockwork, Scheffler hit a beautiful little fade right down the left-middle of the first fairway to start his round. In a go position, he fired a nice approach shot short of the hole, leaving him just a hair over 17 feet left for birdie to begin his round and the tournament. On a tricky, bending putt, he came up just a couple inches shy but notched a comfy par.

After a long drive on the short Par-4 second, though, Scheffler put a beautiful pitch close to the hole and then converted that attempt with ease to become one of the only a handful of players under par early. He gave it right back, unfortunately, on the third hole, putting his tee shot in the church pew bunker and then getting caught in the deep, thick rough around the greens. After finding the same bunker on the opposite side on the fourth hole, he three-putted from a long way to post another bogey.

In the middle of his front nine, things were arduous for Scheffler, but he found his footing on the seventh hole again. Finding the fairway was the first order of business before he delivered an approach shot to within 12 feet before sinking the birdie putt and climbing back to 1-over.

Scheffler continued to make some minor mistakes that caught him in the tough conditions that Oakmont presents, though. He did well to avoid a bogey on the long Par-3 eighth hole, but an errant tee shot on the ninth put him out of position and left him with a 60-footer to save par. He did well to lag it to just inside eight feet and only take a bogey. He played the 10th well too, but really got back into his groove on the 11th hole, with a nice tee shot with less than driver and then giving himself 21 feet for birdie. He sunk a big breaker to get back to plus-1.

The struggles this course can cause continued, though. Scheffler had to scrape and claw his way, including a sick little chip shot from the rough, to save par on the Par-5 12th hole, but then promptly made an ugly little bogey on the 13th hole. He had a solid par on the 14th hole, but followed it up with a short-ish missed putt on the 15th hole for par, which put him down with another bogey and at +3 for the tournament with three holes left in the round.

Scheffler was steady for the rest of the round, though, ultimately ending the day at +3. While that's tied for 54th after the first round, there is still plenty of room for the wOrld No. 1 to make his move.

How to watch Scottie Scheffler at the U.S. Open

Golf fans can tune in to watch Scottie Scheffler play the majority of his round on USA Network as that channel will have live coverage of the entire event and field until 5 p.m. ET. To catch the end of Scheffler's round, however, fans will then have to move over to Peacock, NBC's streaming service, to watch as they have the primetime coverage on Thursday from 5-8 p.m. ET to conclude the first round at Oakmont.

Scheffler will surely be a big part of the main coverage, but Peacock, USOpen.com and the USGA app will have featured group coverage of Scheffler and his group available as well.

Scottie Scheffler a heavy favorite entering Oakmont

How heavy of a favorite was Scheffler entering the U.S. Open at Oakmont? He closed as +280 to win the tournament. The second favorite this week was Bryson DeChambeau but at +700 for his best odds. For some sportsbooks, those were the only two players with better than +1000 odds in the field. So, for Scheffler to be at +280 is simply absurd.

Scottie Scheffler's U.S. Open history: Every finish in his career

Obviously, Scottie Scheffler hasn't won a U.S. Open with just two Green Jackets and this year's PGA Championship comprising his major victories to this point. However, that doesn't mean he hasn't come close. So let's take a look at his career at the U.S. Open with where he's finished, including back in 2016 at Oakmont when he was still an amateur.

The missed cut previously at Oakmont shouldn't be held against him this time around. He's obviously leveled up tremendously over the near-decade since, as evidenced by finishing T7 or better in three straight U.S. Opens from 2021-23. Pinehurst was not kind to Scheffler a year ago, however, as he struggled a bit to navigate the conditions in North Carolina.