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J.J. Spaun won the U.S. Open on Sunday at Oakmont with his wife, Melody, in attendance, but the pair appeared to share an awkward moment in the immediate aftermath of his victory.
OAKMONT, Pa. — As Phil Mickelson, aka Lefty, aka Phil the Thrill, aka FIGJAM, aka one of the two most famous golfers of the ...
Rory McIlroy is among many to find Oakmont Country Club a bruising challenge as JJ Spaun sets the early pace on day one at the US Open.
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Spaun wouldn’t know that from experience. This is only his second U.S. Open, and his ninth major since his first one in 2018. He didn’t have to qualify, moving to No. 25 in the world on the strength ...
Spaun, 34, has five career victories and held the 54-hole lead at the Sony Open and Players Championship earlier this year. He found the water on the island hole, No. 17, at TPC Sawgrass and lost a ...
“I just felt like you keep putting yourself in these positions, like eventually you’re going to tick one off,” said Spaun, whose loss in a playoff to Rory McIlroy three months ago at The Players ...
Oakmont Country Club beat up the world's elite for four days, and the golfer who handled adversity the best was someone accustomed to it.
Spaun, whose only prior PGA Tour win was the 2022 Texas Open, was a runner-up at the Cognizant Classic and Players Championship this year, losing a playoff to second-ranked Rory McIlroy at the latter.
J.J. Spaun's victory at the U.S. Open and a hefty winner's check vaulted him into the top three on the PGA Tour money list.
But he had a close call at the Sony Open in January and was one turn of the golf ball away from winning The Players Championship, instead losing in a playoff to Rory McIlroy. More than being on the ...
We discuss J.J. Spaun's U.S. Open win, Rory McIlroy's new challenge and what we learned from a week at Oakmont. The post Tour Confidential: J.J. Spaun's U.S. Open win, Rory's challenge, Oakmont ...