J.J. Spaun turned a sloppy messiness of a U.S. Open astatine bedewed and nasty Oakmont into a happening of quality astatine the extremity Sunday with 2 stunning shots that carried him to his archetypal large championship.
First came his operator connected the 314-yard 17th spread onto the greenish for a birdie that gave him the lead. Needing 2 putts from 65 feet connected the 18th to win, helium finished this storybook week by holing the longest putt each week for birdie and a 2-over 72.
That made him the lone subordinate to decorativeness nether par astatine 1-under 279. It gave him a two-shot triumph implicit Robert MacIntyre of Scotland.
And it made Spaun, the 36-year-old Californian who resembles the precocious Pittsburgh Steelers large Franco Harris, a large champion successful lone his 2nd U.S. Open.
J.J. Spaun celebrates with the trophy aft winning the U.S. Open play tourney astatine Oakmont Country Club Sunday, June 15, 2025, successful Oakmont, Pa.
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The rainfall that enactment Oakmont connected the borderline of being unplayable mightiness person saved Spaun. One changeable down astatine the commencement of the day, helium opened with 5 bogeys successful six holes. And past came a rainfall hold of 1 hour, 37 minutes.
Spaun recovered arsenic truthful galore others fell apart.
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