As he stood on the ninth tee box in the pouring rain, it looked for all the world like J.J. Spaun had just played his way out of contention for the 125th US Open championship.

The poor weather conditions at Oakmont Country Club got the better of most of the competitors at the 2025 U.S. Open during Sunday's final round, but J.J. Spaun overcame the challenge with a late surge to win his first career major.

Former San Diego State standout J.J. Spaun turned a miserable day into an unforgettable finish in the U.S. Open

Filipino-American J.J. Spaun authored a storybook ending on one of golf’s most brutal stages, emerging from chaos, rain and relentless pressure to capture his first major title in a jaw-dropping finale at the US Open.

J.J. Spaun delivered a finish to remember on his way to winning the 2025 US Open. The 34-year-old holed a 64-foot putt on the 18th hole at Oakmont Country Club to win the season's third major with a one-under score.

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,

It’s not how you start, but how you finish for J.J. Spaun in an incredible comeback at the U.S. Open. The 34-year-old American bogeyed five of the first six holes to open his final round at Oakmont, but birdied four of the final nine to win his first major championship on Sunday.

J.J. Spaun convirtió un desordenado US Open en el húmedo y desagradable Oakmont en una obra de arte al final del domingo con dos impresionantes

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The Masters champion has had five birdies and three bogeys and looks poised to card his first under-par round at Oakmont at the sixth attempt (stretching back to the 2016 tournament). He's currently tied for 35th. Each of this quartet leads the field in at least one metric through three rounds.