J.J. Spaun sank an inconceivable 64 1/2-foot birdie putt on the 18th gap to cap his gorgeous first main victory, rising from the pack within the wild, waterlogged closing spherical of the U.S. Open on Sunday at Oakmont Nation Membership.
Spaun completed the spherical birdie-birdie to card a 2-over 72 and end 1-under-par 279 for the week, two higher than Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre (final-round 68).
Spaun, 34, had only one prior victory on the PGA Tour. He held the first-round lead, hung round by means of Friday and Saturday after which gained a warfare of attrition in horrid climate situations.
At one level down the ultimate stretch, 5 gamers had been tied for the lead at 1 over, and the group didn’t even embrace eventual runner-up MacIntyre.
On the 314-yard, par-4 seventeenth gap, Spaun pumped a drive uphill that settled on the well-guarded inexperienced. He two-putted for birdie to take the outright lead.
Needing par at No. 18, Spaun landed his second shot on the far aspect of the inexperienced and received a learn from taking part in accomplice Viktor Hovland of Norway, who putted first. Spaun solely wanted par to win however drained the birdie, letting the waterworks circulate because the heavens poured on him.
Hovland (73) positioned third at 2 over. Cameron Younger (70), England’s Tyrrell Hatton (72) and Mexico’s Carlos Ortiz (73) tied for fourth at 3 over.
Sam Burns led Spaun and Australia’s Adam Scott by one stroke after 54 holes, however Burns and Scott got here undone within the rain. Burns shot a 78 to fall to 4 over, tied with Scottie Scheffler (70) and Spain’s Jon Rahm (67); Scott (79) posted 6 over.
Even earlier than the opposed situations set in Sunday afternoon, there was carnage all through the leaderboard. The worst appeared to be reserved for Spaun, who bogeyed 5 of his first six holes and received an particularly dangerous break at No. 2.
Spaun’s wedge shot into the inexperienced took one hop and bounced off the flagstick. The backspin kicked in and the ball rolled 40 yards down the entrance of the inexperienced as Spaun stared, bewildered.
Oakmont was devilishly troublesome all through the week, however heavy rain made the again 9 borderline unfair. The rain gear and umbrellas had come out properly earlier than a suspension started at 4:01 p.m., lasting 96 minutes.