It's all big for champion J.J. Spaun, particularly the last one as Spaun was only recently worried about losing his livelihood. That's no longer a concern. Spaun, also The Players runner-up, has earned over $9.

J.J. Spaun rallied back from a no good, very bad start to win the U.S. Open by two shots — which he partly credits to long-ago advice given by fellow golfer Tiger Woods. The 34-year-old Los Angeles native sealed the deal to win his first major at Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania on Sunday,

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J.J. Spaun managed the rain and a tough Oakmont course to win the 2025 U.S. Open, the first major victory for the California-native.

Bogey, bogey, bogey, par, bogey, bogey. It’s a helluva way to start the most important round of your life.

OAKMONT, Pa. – J.J. Spaun’s closing pursuit of major glory began at 3 a.m. Sunday in, of all places, a CVS in downtown Pittsburgh. Spaun’s almost 2-year-old daughter, Violet, had woken up with a stomach bug, and mere hours into Father’s Day, dad duty called.

He told me, ‘You got to give them a hug or you put the boot right up their butt and nothing in between. Sometimes it calls for tough love and it’s not always as obvious as you think.’ ” So,

Oakmont was almost unplayable Sunday afternoon in the rain. But in the end, it was exactly what Spaun needed to become one of the unlikeliest U.S. Open champions.

Spaun could never have known his entire professional career prepared him for this moment in Western Pennsylvania

After his sensational comeback win at the 2025 U.S. Open, J.J. Spaun boosted his career earnings to $22.281 million.

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