Jack Nicklaus and Johnny Miller are back at Oakmont and filled with great memories. And they say one thing that hasn't ...

Padraig Harrington made four birdies, though it was the bogey he saved after losing a tee shot deep in a thicket of trees on ...

FILE - This is an overall photo of Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pa., Monday, Sept. 16, 2024, the course for the 2025 U.S. Open golf tournament.

Instead, Morikawa was staring down the longest par-3 ever witnessed in major championship history. For this week’s U.S. Open, No. 8 at Oakmont Country Club is officially listed at 289 yards.

But the U.S. Open is no typical test in golf. And Oakmont has a par-3 that is causing some controversy: it's No. 8, a par-3 that may play near 300 yards this week. Shouldn't it be a short par-4? Nope!

FILE - This is an overall photo of Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pa., Monday, Sept. 16, 2024, the course for the 2025 U.S. Open golf tournament. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File) ...

US Open Golf FILE - This is an overall photo of Oakmont Country ... who won the first of his 18 professional majors at Oakmont in the 1962 U.S. Open, was asked what he thought about the par-3 eighth.

US Open Golf FILE - This is an overall photo of Oakmont Country ... who won the first of his 18 professional majors at Oakmont in the 1962 U.S. Open, was asked what he thought about the par-3 eighth.

Maybe no one would complain about the eighth hole at Oakmont Country Club if the term “par” had never been created in championship golf. But there it sits in the middle of the this tough U.S.

FILE - This is an overall photo of Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pa., Monday, Sept. 16, 2024, the course for the 2025 U.S. Open golf tournament.