[1] Ángel Cabrera won his first major championship, one stroke ahead of runners-up Jim Furyk and Tiger Woods, who were unable to birdie the 72nd hole to force a Monday playoff.

Oakmont's prestige in the golf community was irrefutable as the list of champions includes Tommy Armour (1927), Sam Parks, Jr. (1935), Ben Hogan (1953), Jack Nicklaus (1962), Johnny Miller (1973), Larry Nelson (1983), and Ernie Els (1994).

Rob Zalzneck, the director of the 2007 Open for the USGA commented on the readiness of the course saying, "We're so far ahead with our plans and what we need to get done, Oakmont is just such an ideal situation for us.

In fact, Oakmont's greens were so fast that the USGA directed the club to slow them down for the Open, although they were still much faster than what would be found at a normal tour event.

[7] Other changes to the course since the last Open in 1994 included the addition of a bridge to connect to holes 2–8, which posed as a major problem causing player and pedestrian jams over the Pennsylvania Turnpike.

Jud Linville, president of American Express U.S. Consumer Card Services, addressed concern about the arrangement commercializing the USGA Championship, saying, “We’re not going to be slapping logos all over the place, we’re trying to broaden the appeal of the game.” Long-time American Express sponsorship recipient Tiger Woods told the media in response to the deal, “It’s a tremendous opportunity, this is two enormous brands coming together to help golf.”[10] About half the field each year consists of players who are fully exempt from qualifying for the U.S. Open.

Each player is classified according to the first category by which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses: Michael Campbell, Ernie Els (4,9,10,16), Jim Furyk (8,9,12,16), Retief Goosen (9,10,13,16), Lee Janzen, Geoff Ogilvy (8,9,16), Tiger Woods (3,4,5,9,11,12,16) John Kelly (a), Richie Ramsay (a) Zach Johnson (9,11,12,16), Phil Mickelson (5,6,8,9,11,12,16), Mike Weir (8,16) Ben Curtis (9), Todd Hamilton Rich Beem, Shaun Micheel, Vijay Singh (8,9,11,12,16) Allen Doyle Paul Casey (10,16), Luke Donald (9,10,11,16), Kenneth Ferrie, Pádraig Harrington (10,16), Ryuji Imada, Colin Montgomerie (10,16), Nick O'Hern (15,16), Ian Poulter (10,16), Jeff Sluman, Steve Stricker (16) Stephen Ames (16), Stuart Appleby (16), Chad Campbell (16), K. J. Choi (12,16), Stewart Cink (16), Joe Durant (16), Lucas Glover, J. J. Henry, Trevor Immelman (16), Davis Love III (16), Arron Oberholser (16), Rod Pampling (16), Tom Pernice Jr., Carl Pettersson (16), Brett Quigley, Rory Sabbatini (11,16), Adam Scott (11,12,16), David Toms (16), Brett Wetterich (16), Dean Wilson Thomas Bjørn, Johan Edfors, Niclas Fasth (16), Sergio García (11,16), Robert Karlsson (16), Henrik Stenson (13,16), Anthony Wall Charles Howell III (16), John Rollins (16) Shingo Katayama, Jeev Milkha Singh Robert Allenby, Aaron Baddeley, Ángel Cabrera, Tim Clark, Chris DiMarco, Anders Hansen, José María Olazábal, Justin Rose, Charl Schwartzel, Vaughn Taylor, Scott Verplank, Lee Westwood None Source:[4][11] The 9th hole was previously played as a par 5; before 1962, the 1st hole was also played as a par 5.

Lengths of the course for previous major championships: Thursday, June 14, 2007 In the difficult course conditions, only Nick Dougherty and Ángel Cabrera broke par during the first round.

[13] Source:[12] Friday, June 15, 2007 Ángel Cabrera birdied the 477-yard (436 m) 9th hole (his 18th) after hitting an approach with a sand wedge to within two feet (0.6 m) to take a one-shot lead at the halfway point.

Source:[14][17] Amateurs: Harrell (+11), Ramsay (+12), Kokrak (+16), Davies (+17), Kelly (+18), Kuehne (+19), Golden (+20), Condello (+22), Pettitt Jr (+23), Prugh (+23), Ureta (+23), Lee (WD).

[18] Tiger Woods hit the first 17 greens in regulation en route to a 1-under 69, barely needing to work to save par until his only bogey on the last hole, and finished in second place two shots behind Baddeley.