Second round of West Penn Open suspended due to rain

June 17, 2025
By Josh Rowntree, Director of Communications

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SEWICKLEY — The wet Western Pennsylvania spring continued Tuesday, as heavy rains fell on Sewickley Heights Golf Club, resulting in the suspension of the 122nd WPGA Open Championship.

Play was initially halted at 11:38 a.m. due unplayable course conditions. When the course dried enough for play to resume at 1:11 p.m., players made their way back to the course. But the resumption of play did not last long, with most groups finishing one or two holes before a second band of rainstorms ended the round for the day.

The second round will resume Wednesday, with play to begin at 7:30 a.m.

Jordan shows resiliency in opening round of West Penn Open

June 12, 2025
By Josh Rowntree, Director of Communications

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>SEWICKLEY — Following a week in which Western Pennsylvania watched golfers do all they could to avoid the rough at Oakmont Country Club, Scott Jordan did his best to hit into the rough in another Open championship.

Jordan, an amateur who just wrapped up his senior season at Longwood University, carded a 5-under score of 66 in the opening round of the 122nd WPGA Open Championship Monday at Sewickley Heights Golf Club.

“I was trying to miss fairways on purpose because I can control the spin in the rough more,” said Jordan, an Upper St. Clair native. “I’m comfortable swinging hard out of the rough. I just open up the wedge and swing out hard. I know what it’s going to do, it will go high and land soft.”

Using that strategy, Jordan got off to a relatively strong start, with a birdie on his second hole. He sat at 3-under through six holes and, despite a bogey on the 8th, answered with birdies on his next two holes to take a lead over the rest of the field.

Spaun's putt delivers all-time U.S. Open finish, classic Oakmont moment

June 15, 2025
By Josh Rowntree, Director of Communications

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It was no secret coming into the 125th U.S. Open that Oakmont Country Club’s membership and leadership preferred to see no players finish the championship under par.

After a course defined by its church pews had the heavens open above it, an answered prayer ended up being all that stood in the way of that happening.

With a dramatic, 64-foot putt on the 72nd hole of the record tenth U.S. Open to be played at Oakmont, J.J. Spaun claimed his first major championship in front of a soggy but elated gallery.

“It's definitely like a storybook, fairytale ending,” said Spaun, the Los Angeles native. “(It was) kind of an underdog fighting back, not giving up, never quitting. With the rain and everything and then the putt, I mean, you couldn't write a better story. I'm just so fortunate to be on the receiving end of that.”

Nicklaus, Miller reflect on iconic Oakmont wins, Palmer's legacy

June 15, 2025
By Josh Rowntree, Director of Communications

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On Saturday at Oakmont Country Club, many of the game’s current greats battled the multitude of challenges presented by golf’s most difficult test at the U.S. Open.

In the media’s interview room, however, two of golf’s most prolific figures leisurely relived their iconic winning moments at Oakmont decades prior.

Jack Nicklaus and Johnny Miller, who each won their first major championship at Oakmont, shared memories of their memorable triumphs over the field and, perhaps more impressively, the course.

For Nicklaus, one of the game’s preeminent figures, a win at Oakmont in the 1962 U.S. Open meant more because of who he had to conquer along the way.

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