J.J. Spaun wins US Open
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J.J. Spaun embraced the spotlight on Sunday evening. The California native entered the 2025 U.S. Open a relative unknown. Claiming just two PGA Tour victories across eight seasons, Spaun was a solid, if unspectacular talent who tended to stay quiet during golf's grandest competitions.
JJ Spaun triumphed at the U.S. Open at Oakmont after sinking an incredible putt on the 18th to beat Robert MacIntyre by two strokes.
Robert MacIntyre thought he had done it and it would have been oh so apt if he had won in conditions more suited to an Oban shinty match than a US Open finale. Yet despite a brilliant and nerveless 68,
Spaun’s defining moment came at the 18th where he found the green in two and faced a 65-foot putt to avoid a two-putt par.
On a day built for umbrellas, J.J. Spaun reversed his own free fall, took advantage of everyone else’s and hit two shots that turned him into a major champion.
His thrilling victory at Oakmont Country Club on Sunday was another example of the inspiring resilience of a San Dimas High graduate who never forgot his roots.