PGA Stars Rip U.S. Open Setup After Oakmont Rain Chaos | Sam Burns Controversy Explained

🌧️ “Unplayable?” PGA Stars Rip U.S. Open Setup After Oakmont Rain Chaos | Sam Burns Controversy Explained ⛳

The 2025 U.S. Open is in the books—but the controversy is far from over. Heavy rain turned Oakmont into a swamp on Sunday, leaving players like Sam Burns forced to hit from puddles. The fallout? A heated debate over the USGA’s refusal to allow preferred lies, with golf stars like Kevin Kisner, Adam Scott, Tyrrell Hatton, and Lee Westwood all speaking out.

In this video, we break down:
• What went wrong at Oakmont 🏌️
• Why Sam Burns’ chances were drenched 💧
• Kevin Kisner’s bold comments on The Smylie Show 🎙️
• Lee Westwood’s brutal truth about “unfair” U.S. Open conditions ⚠️

Was this a failure of tradition over fairness? Did the USGA drop the ball? Watch and decide for yourself.

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the 2025 US Open may be over but controversy continues to swirl in the aftermath particularly over how the course conditions were handled after Sunday’s downpour at Oakmont Country Club torrential rains soaked the already brutal layout leaving large patches of standing water and transforming sections of the course into virtual puddles one of the biggest casualties was Sam Burns who found himself forced to hit from a waterlog lie an incident many believe cost him a real shot at the title adam Scott was among those left scratching their heads at the decision not to implement preferred lies and the debate has only intensified since the tournament concluded with the US Golf Association USGAA in charge of all rulings during the US Open rather than the usual PGA tour officials the choice not to allow players to lift clean and place their balls came under heavy scrutiny american golfer Kevin Kner didn’t hold back when addressing the issue on the Smiley Show podcast when asked about the Oakmont conditions and how they’d have been handled on a typical PGA tour weekend Kner said the USGA completely misjudged the situation “pretty sure we have played the ball up on the PGA tour on Sunday,” Kner said with the forecast and conditions the PGA Tour is great at making sure the tournament finishes on time it’s way easier to play in those conditions when you’re not worried about standing water like Sam was on the 15th fairway he continued “Just move the ball problem solved.” But the USGA had to stick to tradition i get it they want to preserve the spirit of the game but is it really golf if the best players in the world are belating wedges because they’re afraid to brush the grass or chunking irons and missing by 30 yards because of soggy ground kner added “I don’t mind when conditions cause tough shots that’s part of the game but when something totally out of your control like waterlog fairways changes everything that’s just wrong.” And Kner wasn’t the only one frustrated by Oakmont soaking setup trl Hatton grew visibly irritated when asked about the wet conditions by reporters while fellow veteran Lee Westwood went as far as labeling the setup borderline unfair it’s the toughest test in golf no question Westwood said but when the USGA sets it up for the US Open with the greens rolling at 16 on the stint meter and the rough thick enough to lose your shoes it crosses a line that course was never designed for this kind of setup especially in the rain westwood added that in today’s power-driven game organizers sometimes feel forced to trick up the course to make it more challenging the only way to reward accuracy now is by punishing the misses with thick rough it’s the only lever they feel they can pull though the damage is already done and the trophy has been handed out the criticism isn’t likely to fade anytime soon with players openly questioning the USGAA’s handling of wet weather rulings all eyes will be on future championships to see if adjustments are made point one thing is certain oakmont 2025 will be remembered for more than just its winner it’s now a case study in how quickly weather and rulings can reshape a major