History Maker ⛳
I never thought I would be here holding this trophy… – J.J. Spaun
J.J. Spaun was just another guy entering the 2025 US Open, but he quickly dispelled those nasty golf rumors that he didn’t belong after losing his PGA card in 2021. However, he regained his privileges shortly thereafter and claimed his first PGA Tour win at the Valero Texas Open in April 2022, after 147 PGA Tour starts. Now he has made golf news and is your 2025 US Open champion.
Rainy Sunday Doesn’t Get Spaun Down
The golf majors are a treat for those who don’t mind spending an entire weekend in front of the TV and cracking open several cold ones. The rest of us couldn’t care less, but this year at the US Open was special.
You see, a guy who’s had only one victory since he entered the Tour back in 2017 and fell out of the top 500 of the Official World Golf Rankings, causing him to lose his PGA Tour card, has now won one of golf’s crown jewels and made the rest of us feel like we won it too.
WHAT A PUTT!!!!
J.J. SPAUN WINS THE U.S. OPEN!!!! pic.twitter.com/EWdYQeDAzF
— U.S. Open (@usopengolf) June 16, 2025
The hell with Scottie Scheffler, Jon Rahm, or Rory McIlroy and their sugary sweet swings and devastating drives. There’s never a bunker they can’t get out of or a chip shot that vexes them, so they overshoot the green and lose their ball forever. Or how about them whiffing on the tee box? We’ve all done that, but not them.
Okay, so J.J. Spaun isn’t one of us, as he has no problem getting off the tee box with lines of people to his immediate left and right. But he’s a 5’8”, 34-year-old dude who looks like the guy at the local muni who was forced to join our threesome as he had no one to golf with.
But at Oakmont, one of the toughest courses on the Tour, he ruled for four days, and Sunday proved to be a rain-soaked slog that saw him birdie the 17th and 18th holes to make him only the fifth player in the past 100 years to win the US Open after never previously making a US Open cut. He ended with a four-day score of 279, one under par, but good enough to do it better than everyone else and become the People’s Champion at the 2025 US Open!
The Mark of a Fighter @JJSpaun pic.twitter.com/P0kOShGS71
— Brentley Romine (@BrentleyGC) June 16, 2025
Long Shot Wins a Major
According to some of the best sports betting sites like BetUS, Spaun was a long shot to say the least at +12,000. In other words, a C-note on Spaun would have returned enough for you to put a nice down payment on that nifty little sports car you’ve been eyeballing.
After shooting his best round on Thursday, J.J. Spaun’s stats revealed he scored a bogey-free 66, and his odds immediately tumbled. Yet he had fast starts before, but could never hold onto the lead. Spaun had been in this position before, leading six PGA Tour events after the opening round, but it was always someone else hoisting the hardware when the tourney ended.
“I never thought I would be here holding this trophy,” Spaun said. “I mean, I’ve always had aspirations and dreams.
JJ Spaun lost 40 pounds from 2017 to 2021, dropping to 584 in the world golf ranking.
Doctors told him he had Type 2 diabetes, but he kept losing weight, only to find out two years later he had Type 1 diabetes.
Now, he’s a top 25 player and U.S. Open champion. What a comeback.
— Joe Pompliano (@JoePompliano) June 16, 2025
“But a few months ago, I never knew what my ceiling was. I never knew how good I could be, but I’m just proud that I’ve been resilient in my career and pushed through a lot of things, and just trying to be the best golfer I can be.
“And, you know, I’m happy to display that today at Oakmont,” he added.
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