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JJ Spaun is not afraid to admit he got some help with his walk-off US Open-winning putt.
The couple with Viktor Hovland in the final round, Spaun and Hovland landed their approach shot on par-five 18. Within inches of each other.
At that time, Hovland was pretty much out of the race, but Spaun needed two putts to win his first major.
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JJ Spaun shakes his hands with Viktor Hovland from Norway on the first tee box during the final round of 125. US Open Championship at Oakmont Country Club on June 15, 2025 in Oakmont, Pennsylvania. (Ben Jared/PGA Tour via Getty Images)
Hovland was gone and missed his putt. Spaun had practically an identical line and he drained it from 64 meters out.
Of course, Spaun’s likelihood of winning the tournament on the green was relatively high, and maybe he didn’t need Hovland’s help at all. But Spaun admitted his plans to give some repayments to Hovland.
“I have to give him a nice bottle of wine or something, no matter what he wants,” Spaun told the “Dan Patrick show.”
“It was a wonderful teaching and I think it’s just one of the things that has to go your way to not only win a championship but a great championship, and I’m just happy to have capitalized the little advantage.”
Spaun shot 66-72-69-72 to end his week as the only player under par on Oakmont.
JJ Spaun from the United States celebrates winning the 18th green during the final round of the 125th US Open at Oakmont Country Club on June 15, 2025 in Oakmont, Pennsylvania. (Andrew Redington/Getty Images)
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Oakmont was as announced this week, with some of the game’s best like Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry and more struggling to find answers to its hard greens, thick rough and the inclined rain that came down on Sunday, certainly did not help anything for those who fought for the championship.
However, the toughest test of the golf this year, however, was temporarily by Spaun on Thursday when he left as the field’s leader for 18 holes and shoots a 4-under 66. He returned on Friday and did not see the same results, go 2-over, but he certainly wasn’t out of it.
After sending a 1-under Saturday, Spaun knew he was able to run on his first ever major, but Sunday’s start was not at all what he had in mind.
Spaun had five bogeys in his first six holes as he began to tumble down the leaderboard. Previously, Spaun said he would be discouraged with this type of performance, but when he was right in his Sunday ship, a weather delay stopped on the game.
When he returned to the course, another spaun appeared. The rear nine were really his, shooting pairs on the first two holes before bird hole 12 and then hole 14 to get his round to 3-over on the day.
At this point, several players were hunting, separated by a shot, if not tied on the leaderboard. Spaun gave one back with a bogey of 15, but he was money on hole 17 and 18 with back-to-back birdies to seal the victory.
JJ Spaun from the United States celebrates with the trophy after winning during the final round of the 125th US Open at Oakmont Country Club on June 15, 2025 in Oakmont, Pennsylvania. (Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
While his putt at 18 was nothing short of incredible, Spaun’s driving at 17 landed perfectly shortly after the green, and it rolled up for a chance for Eagle. As he missed it, he would bury his next just over three meters with a chance to win 18.
Spaun also finished his father’s day with his daughters Emerson and Violet, as well as wife Melody, with a party on the 18th green.
