JJ Spaun jokes that he owes Viktor Hovland a 'nice bottle of wine' for help on US Open-winning putt

J.J. Spaun is not acrophobic to admit that helium got a small spot of assistance connected his walk-off U.S. Open-winning putt.

Paired up with Viktor Hovland successful the last round, Spaun and Hovland landed their attack shots connected the par-five 18th wrong inches of 1 another.

At that point, Hovland was beauteous overmuch retired of the race, but Spaun needed 2 putts to triumph his archetypal major.

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J.J. Spaun shakes hands with Viktor Hovland of Norway connected the archetypal tee container during the last circular of  125th U.S. Open Championship astatine Oakmont Country Club connected June 15, 2025 successful Oakmont, Pennsylvania.  (Ben Jared/PGA TOUR via Getty Images)

Hovland was distant and narrowly missed his putt. Spaun had practically an identical line, and helium drained it from 64 feet out.

Sure, Spaun's likelihood of winning the tourney connected that greenish was comparatively high, and possibly helium didn't request Hovland's assistance astatine all. But Spaun admitted his plans to springiness immoderate payback to Hovland.

"I’ve gotta springiness him a bully vessel of vino oregon something, immoderate helium wants," Spaun told "The Dan Patrick Show." 

"That was a bully teach, and I deliberation that is conscionable 1 of the things that has to spell your mode to triumph not lone a title but a large championship, and I’m conscionable blessed to person capitalized connected that small advantage."

Spaun changeable 66-72-69-72 to decorativeness his week arsenic the only subordinate nether par astatine Oakmont.

J. J. Spaun of the United States celebrates winning connected the 18th greenish during the last circular of the 125th U.S. OPEN astatine Oakmont Country Club connected June 15, 2025 successful Oakmont, Pennsylvania. (Andrew Redington/Getty Images)

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Oakmont was arsenic advertised this week, with immoderate of the game’s champion similar Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry and more, struggling to find answers for its pugnacious greens, heavy roughs, and the pouring rainfall that came down connected Sunday surely didn’t assistance matters for those vying for the championship. 

Golf’s toughest trial this year, though, was tamed by Spaun connected Thursday erstwhile helium near arsenic the field’s person aft 18 holes, shooting a 4-under 66. He returned connected Friday and didn’t spot the aforesaid results, going 2-over, but helium surely wasn’t retired of it. 

After posting a 1-under connected Saturday, Spaun knew helium was successful presumption to marque a tally astatine his first-ever major, but Sunday’s commencement wasn’t astatine each what helium had successful mind. 

Spaun had 5 bogeys successful his archetypal six holes, arsenic helium started to tumble down the leaderboard. In the past, Spaun has said helium would beryllium discouraged with this benignant of performance, but arsenic helium was righting his Sunday ship, a upwind hold enactment a halt connected play. 

When helium returned to the course, a antithetic Spaun emerged. The backmost 9 was genuinely his, shooting par connected the archetypal 2 holes earlier birdying Hole 12 and past Hole 14 to get his circular to 3-over connected the day. 

At this point, aggregate players were successful the hunt, separated by a shot, if not tied connected the leaderboard. Spaun gave 1 backmost with a bogey connected 15, but helium was wealth connected Hole 17 and 18 with back-to-back birdies to seal the win. 

J. J. Spaun of the United States celebrates with the trophy aft winning during the last circular of the 125th U.S. OPEN astatine Oakmont Country Club connected June 15, 2025 successful Oakmont, Pennsylvania. (Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

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While his putt connected 18 was thing abbreviated of incredible, Spaun’s thrust connected 17 landed perfectly abbreviated of the green, and it rolled up for a accidental astatine eagle. While helium missed that putt, helium would hide his adjacent 1 conscionable implicit 3 feet with a accidental to triumph connected 18. 

Spaun besides completed his Father's Day with his daughters Emerson and Violet, arsenic good arsenic woman Melody, with a solemnisation astatine the 18th green. 

Fox News' Scott Thompson contributed to this report.

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