Carlos Ortiz Fights for History After Shaky Start at 2025 U.S. Open Final Round
Alright, here we are—final round of the 2025 U.S. Open at the ever-daunting Oakmont, and one name that has everyone talking right now is Carlos Ortiz. The Mexican star, playing some of the best golf of his career, came into Sunday in prime position to chase down a maiden major championship. But things didn’t quite start the way he would’ve drawn it up.
Ortiz began his final round with a frustrating bogey, a disappointing slip on what was otherwise a hopeful tee-off. He had a solid 60-foot look at birdie—nothing easy, but certainly makeable on a hot streak. Unfortunately, the green at Oakmont had other ideas. His putt trickled off to the fringe and he couldn’t recover. The par attempt came up short, and just like that, he had to settle for a bogey to kick off his round.
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Now, while that’s not ideal, it doesn’t erase the brilliant form that brought Ortiz into contention in the first place. On Saturday, he carded a bogey-free 67, showing a level of poise and precision that’s been building all season long. The stats tell the story: 80% of greens hit in regulation—first in the field. And he made it look efficient, too. Simple, clean birdies on the par fives, a couple inside six feet, and almost nothing left to chance.
Ortiz came into this U.S. Open having to qualify the hard way. He wasn’t a lock to play this week, and yet here he is, walking the final fairways of one of the world’s toughest golf courses, even par through 54 holes and just a few shots back. That bogey at the start? It's a hiccup, not a derailment. Because if history tells us anything, it's that players have come from four strokes back to win at Oakmont—three times in the last five editions, in fact.
This isn’t just about a trophy. It’s about legacy. If Carlos Ortiz can hold it together and find another gear today, he could become the first male golfer from Mexico to ever win a major championship. That’s history in the making. And while Sunday at Oakmont is golf’s ultimate pressure cooker, Ortiz has been cool-headed all week. He even said it himself: “I’m just going to do my best, and hopefully that’s enough.”
Ortiz is a different player now than he was a few years back. He’s not just swinging better—he’s managing his game, his emotions, and the moment. Three wins over the past 18 months, a LIV Golf title in Houston, and four top 10s this season have all built toward this. He’s No. 7 in LIV’s season-long points race and eager to get back into the majors consistently. With a top-four finish today, he’s looking at a return to Augusta next spring. That’s real motivation.
So yeah, a bogey on the first hole isn’t what he dreamed of waking up today. But Carlos Ortiz is still very much in this fight. And if the rest of his round matches the form he showed all week, Mexico might just have its first major champion by sunset. Let’s see how this one plays out—it’s going to be a wild finish.
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