There, J.J. Spaun stood. Sixty-four feet and five inches from a dream he never got far enough to craft. A dream, 12 months earlier, he came to gr ...

Spaun learned from previous errors to make history at the 2025 U.S. Open, writes Bob Harig. Plus, notes on the low amateur and the PGA Tour's new CEO.

For years, since he coached J.J. Spaun at San Diego State in the early 2010s, Ryan Donovan has watched the golfer float between cockiness and crushing self-doubt. Spaun, the improbable winner of the U ...

Celebrate J.J. Spaun's victory in the U.S. Open -- with a 64-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole -- with a USA TODAY ...

J.J. Spaun managed the rain and a tough Oakmont course to win the 2025 U.S. Open, the first major victory for the California ...

For the better part of the past two decades, Paula Creamer’s golf career has been beset by injuries. Even when she won the ...

Bogey, bogey, bogey, par, bogey, bogey. It’s a helluva way to start the most important round of your life. In the span of about two hours on Sunday, J.J. Spaun looked like a golfer in complete ...

Top-ranked Scottie Scheffler and two-time major winner John Rahm took very different paths to a tie for seventh at the U.S.

It is of no consolation to the players that, unlike most venues, the conditions don’t change much. Oakmont plays nearly as ...

And with a euphoric 64-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole, J.J. Spaun hoisted the U.S. Open trophy under Pittsburgh’s fading daylight. He finished at 1 under, the only player under par in the ...

Maybe, just maybe, anybody can win a U.S. Open. Including a 34-year-old PGA Tour journeyman counted out after nine holes.

Robert MacIntyre nearly matched the biggest final-round comeback in U.S. Open history. Instead, he had to settle for sole ...