For the third major in a row, Tiger Woods will not be part of the field at the 2025 U.S. Open as he continues his rehab from a torn Achilles earlier this year. However, while the legend isn't teeing it up at Oakmont Country Club, he knows a thing or two about competing in U.S. Opens at the venue.

Tiger Woods had a warning to those competing at this year’s U.S. Open. “There is no faking about Oakmont,” Woods said in a video he posted on Instagram. “The golf course is big, yes, but it’s just, there’s no way around it. You just have to hit the golf ball well, and it favors longer hitters, just because of the degrees, the complexes.”