Entering Thursday, just six golfers across PGA history have achieved the elusive career Grand Slam. By Sunday, there could be a seventh.Scottie Scheffler gets a chance to conquer his lone outstanding major as the PGA Tour sojourns to the Hamptons shore. After punching two of the four tournaments off his card in 2025, Scheffler would clinch a Grand Slam on his first available attempt with a U.S. Open victory this weekend.Wilder still, he can do it on the day that he turns 30 years old. Scheffler aims to join the lauded status of Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy.It was just last year when McIlroy pulled off this tremendous feat. The back-to-back Masters champion is a viable winner at any course on the planet. And other competitors abound, from rising star Cameron Young to two-time U.S. Open champ Bryson DeChambeau. There’s much to anticipate over the next four days.All times listed below are ET.How to watch the 2026 U.S. Open
Venue: Shinnecock Hills Country Club — Southampton, N.Y.
Dates: June 18-21
DayTimeTVStreamThursday (R1)6:30 a.m.USAPeacockThursday (R1)5 p.m.NBCSNPeacockFriday (R2)6:30 a.m.NBCSNPeacockFriday (R2)1:30 p.m.NBCPeacockSaturday (R3)10 a.m.USAPeacockSaturday (R3)NoonNBCPeacockSunday (R4)9 a.m.USAPeacockSunday (R4)NoonNBCPeacockNBC is free over the air. A live stream for featured groups will also be available each morning on Peacock and usopen.com. More details about the TV coverageMajor season opened with the Masters split between CBS, ESPN and Prime Video. CBS and ESPN also handled PGA Championship coverage last month. But this weekend’s U.S. Open lands on NBC Sports. Telecasts are spread around the main NBC channel, NBCSN, Peacock and USA Network. Cumulatively, about 90 different cameras are being used to capture everything.Ever-present Mike Tirico is the overarching host. He’s also one of six different play-by-play voices on the television coverage. Other calls come from Tom Abbott, Terry Gannon, Dan Hicks, Rich Lerner and Steve Sands. The TV analysts include Notah Begay III, Jim Furyk and Kevin Kisner.Among a slew of on-course reporters are Curt Byrum, Jim “Bones” Mackay and “enduring grandpa” Roger Maltbie. Interviews are conducted by Kira K. Dixon and Todd Lewis.Peacock provides whip-around coverage of featured groups. “U.S. Open All Access” is anchored by Jordan Cornette and Jay Croucher. The streamer also offers its multiview function with a trio of morning and afternoon groups.Golf Channel has a daily supplement called “Live From the U.S. Open.” The two-hour program wraps up the action Thursday night at 8 p.m. and Friday night at 7:30. It then becomes a bumper show for the weekend rounds — 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. start times on Saturday, 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. on Sunday.Why this U.S. Open course is diabolicalGabby Herzig, Lia Griffin and morePlayers to know in this year’s U.S. OpenAs is often the case, Scheffler opens as the clubhouse favorite. All eyes will fall upon the world’s No. 1 golfer as he tries to seal his career Grand Slam bid on his birthday.Scheffler checked off the Masters in 2022, then claimed a second title in 2024. He won both the PGA Championship and the Open Championship last season, which now has him closing in on eternal glory. Scheffler touts two top-five finishes at this tournament (tied for second in 2022, third in 2023) and was knotted at seventh place in last year’s event. He has yet to play a PGA round at Shinnecock Hills.Regardless of the result, Scheffler is amid another dominant year. He leads the field in scoring average, birdie or better percentage, tee-to-green strokes gained and consecutive cuts made.McIlroy, ranked No. 2, notched his U.S. Open triumph back in 2011. Since his win at Augusta in April, he has tied for 19th at the Truist Championship, seventh at the PGA Championship and 12th at the Memorial Tournament. McIlroy struggled in his lone Shinnecock showing at the 2018 U.S. Open. He matched the worst major-round score of his tour tenure with an opening 80.The third-ranked Young arrives with a pair of PGA wins during his impressive campaign: the Players Championship in March and the Cadillac Championship in May. Young also tied for third at both the Masters and the Arnold Palmer Invitational.It’s been a remarkable 2026 for Matt Fitzpatrick, who has ascended to No. 4 off the strength of three PGA victories and two second-place finishes. He was the runner-up at last weekend’s Canadian Open after he posted a 15-under mark. The current FedEx Cup points leader won the 2022 U.S. Open for his first career major.Rounding out the world’s top five is Russell Henley. He was brilliant at 12 under to take the Charles Schwab Challenge three weeks ago. Henley enters the tourney with the PGA’s highest driving accuracy percentage.Elsewhere, DeChambeau and Jon Rahm pace the LIV Golf contingent as their league’s future hangs in the balance. DeChambeau won in 2020 and 2024, while Rahm prevailed at the 2021 U.S. Open.The incumbent champ is J.J. Spaun, who hits Southampton with a No. 9 ranking and the 21st spot in the FedEx Cup points race. His one first-place finish this year came in April’s Texas Open. Spaun rocked the U.S. Open last year with a clutch 64-foot birdie putt in the pouring rain.Marquee group tee times, Rounds 1-2Brooks Koepka, Cameron Young, Chris Gotterup
