The 2025 US Open gets underway Thursday at Oakmont, where DeChambeau wants to join a select group of back-to-back winners.

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Bryson DeChambeau looks to repeat: Who was the last player to win the US Open back-to-back?

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Update: Jun 11th, 2025 06:00 EDT

All eyes in the golfing world for the next four days will be glued to Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania where the biggest names in the sport will go up against the world’s hardest golf course, but with one leading tournament favourite in the shape of Scottie Scheffler.

The world number one Scheffler, with wins at the PGA Championship and Memorial Tournament this season, will look to keep his hot streak going. He has been the world No. 1 for 107 consecutive weeks now.

Your weekly insane Scottie Scheffler stat. 🤯 pic.twitter.com/sFnuw1gv6n
— Golf Digest (@GolfDigest) June 5, 2025

It’s not clear who can compete with Scheffler at Oakmont and the bookies feel the same way, making him their clear favorite. Rory McIlroy hasn’t played well since achieving his career grand slam at the Masters and currently it appears that LIV players DeChambeau and Rahm are the only ones who might have a chance against him.

Bryson DeChambeau looks to repeat: Who was the last player to win the US Open back-to-back? — Scottie Scheffler of the United States ALEX SLITZ

The challenge at Oakmont for the 156-player field this week will be brutal and there’s a very good chance that some not-so-well known players will break out and figure out how to get around the course without too many bogeys.

Deep rough brings carnage.

Expect more this week at Oakmont. pic.twitter.com/RRInABBNEs
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) June 10, 2025

Koepka, last man to make US Open history

Brooks Koepka wrote his name in the US Open golfing history books back in 2018 with his second win at the tournament. His first victory came in 2017 at Erin Hills in Wisconsin, where he finished four shots ahead of Brian Harman and Hideki Matsuyama. This win marked his first major title, and it was the beginning of a series of successes in golf’s biggest events.

Koepka then successfully defended his US Open crown at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in New York in 2018, edging out Tommy Fleetwood by a single shot in one of the most challenging tests in recent US Open history. He became the first player to accomplish this feat by achieving back-to-back victories in the US Open since Curtis Strange in 1989.

US Open: all-time back-to-back winners

Field is set for the 2025 US Open

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LIV golfers ready for Oakmont challenge

Only seven times in history has a US Open title been successfully defended

Players who have won back-to-back U.S. Open titles

2017-18: Brooks Koepka

1988-89: Curtis Strange

1950-51: Ben Hogan

1937-38: Ralph Guldahl

1929-30: Bobby Jones

1911-12: John McDermott

1903-05: Willie Anderson

If Scheffler can win at Oakmont, it will bring him just one major away from his career grand slam. He already has the Masters and the PGA Championship, now all he needs to do is win this week and then at Portrush in July at the Open Championshp. Not easy, but if anyone can do it, he can.