STAMFORD, Conn. – June 9, 2025 – NBC Sports’ comprehensive coverage of the 125th U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pa., begins today on GOLF Channel with 5 Clubs with Gary Williams at 1 p.m. ET, followed by Golf Central Live from the U.S. Open at 3 p.m. ET and 7 p.m. ET.
Guests on today’s special edition of 5 Clubs with Gary Williams on GOLF Channel include NBC Sports on-course reporter John Wood and architect Gil Hanse, who oversaw the recent renovations to Oakmont. Rich Lerner anchors tonight’s primetime edition of Golf Central Live from the U.S. Open with analysts Brandel Chamblee and Paul McGinley and on-course segments with Johnson Wagner.
In total, NBC Sports will provide nearly 300 hours of championship coverage surrounding the 125th U.S. Open, including traditional Thursday-Sunday coverage, as well as Peacock’s Multiview, U.S. Open All Access, featured groups coverage, and week-long Golf Central Live From coverage on GOLF Channel. Sunday’s final round coverage will feature The Rolex Hour – Uninterrupted Coverage, in partnership with Rolex, for the final hour of golf on NBC and Peacock as a champion is crowned at Oakmont.
Last week, NBC Sports’ golf play-by-play commentator Dan Hicks and analysts/on-course reporters Kevin Kisner, Smylie Kaufman, and Notah Begay III previewed this week’s U.S. Open at Oakmont on a media conference call. Below are excerpts from the call. Click here for the full transcript.
Kisner on Oakmont: “I think it’s number one. I think it’s exactly what the USGA is trying to capture in hosting a U.S. Open. I think it’s a perfect venue that will have a lot of different opportunities for guys to compete...there are a lot of different ways to play Oakmont, and I think you’ll see a lot of variety of games near the top of the leaderboard come Sunday.”
Kaufman on the toughness of the U.S. Open: “I was on the range yesterday hitting a couple of balls late in the evening. This gentleman came up to me and said how excited he was for the U.S. Open, and he said the reason why was that ‘I love watching these players suffer.’ And I laughed. I said, ‘I guess, me too now that I’m on the broadcast.’ But based on some of the reports I’ve heard, it sounds like it’s going to be crazy, crazy hard. I heard that Adam Scott hit every fairway on his opening nine (of a practice round) and shot 3-over.”
Hicks on working alongside Kevin Kisner for the first time at a major championship: “I’m really excited to do a first major sitting next to Kevin Kisner. I really think he’s a natural at this. I think you either kind of get TV or you don’t – and sure, you get better with more reps, and Kiz is just starting out. But I think he’s a really smart guy who comes across -- I’ll say it -- he’s kind of a no-BS guy. I think the audience has picked up on that. And I think he’s really going to be great at this year’s U.S. Open, an event that really tests your guts.”
Kisner on defending champion Bryson DeChambeau: “He’s done a heck of a job using social media channels to connect with viewers, connect with golfers and show his true personality because I think he probably didn’t do a great job of that early on in his career. I think the transformation is amazing. I commend him for realizing that he needed to probably change that. And a lot of guys don’t take the time or the effort to do it.”
Hicks on DeChambeau: “I think he’s the game’s ultimate marketer right now. I think he’s been incredibly smart with his transformation. I think he’s the same guy, but he’s just used the showmanship routine to really take his stardom to a whole new level.”
Begay III on DeChambeau: “Bryson will completely evaluate what a certain golf course is going to demand, and he will do it analytically, and then he will go and exactly practice for that. And he’s a physicist. He’s a mental giant. And I think it gives him more time to focus on these specific events and try and quantitatively deduce what exactly he’s going to have to do and the shots he’s going to have to hit.”
Kaufman on Scottie Scheffler: “He’s the best player that I’ve ever seen with my own eyes. I, of course, have watched Tiger on TV as a kid growing up... I think the best comparison that I can make with him and Tiger Woods is what Scottie does an incredible job of doing is that on his bad days, he shoots 70. And Tiger Woods used to do the exact same thing... how many times have you seen Rory McIlroy or Xander Schauffele or Justin Thomas shoot rounds of 76 or higher on major championship Thursday rounds and all of a sudden they’re out of it?”