J.J. Spaun gained the US Open in beautiful vogue on Sunday, making birdies on the closing two holes at Oakmont Nation Membership to win by two photographs in extraordinarily testing circumstances.
The 34-year-old American got here into the season’s third main ranked twenty fifth on the earth, with only one PGA Tour victory to his identify, and a significant file that included simply eight appearances during the last eight years and a best-placed end of tied twenty third on the Masters in 2022.
However he swept his standing as a journeyman apart – and moved to a brand new profession excessive eighth within the OWGR – with a assured show over 4 gruelling days at Oakmont, capturing rounds of 66, 72, 69 and 72 to put up a one-under-par whole and finish the week as the one participant to complete underneath the cardboard.
Spaun completed two photographs forward of Scotland’s Bob MacIntyre, who shot a closing 68 to briefly maintain the clubhouse lead after beginning the ultimate spherical six photographs off the tempo, whereas Norway’s Viktor Hovland completed third with a 73 on Sunday.
Spaun holed a 64-foot birdie putt on the 72nd inexperienced to safe his first main title. He accomplished the vastly testing again 9 in simply 32 photographs, turning round a disastrous entrance 9 of 40, which began with 5 dropped photographs.
Spaun used quite a lot of totally different gear manufacturers to take him to victory, together with a L.A.B Golf DF3 putter, which grew to become the primary putter with zero torque know-how to win a significant title. Zero torque putters, which have quickly gained reputation on Tour over the previous few seasons, are designed to withstand twisting by the placing stroke, permitting the face to remain sq..
Alongside his monster championship-winning putt on the final, Spaun holed out from distance a number of instances on the again 9 on Sunday, together with a 40-footer down the hill at 12, and a 22-footer on 14. Spaun gained 10.4 strokes on the sphere for his placing over the course of the week, placing him second within the discipline for that class.
Spaun additionally had a mixture set of Srixon ZXi irons in his bag, utilizing the model’s ZXi5 mannequin for his 4-iron and the extra compact ZXi7 within the 5-PW. Unusually, his quick irons are commonplace size whereas his mid and lengthy irons are barely shorter than commonplace. His lie angles will increase by a level for the 6, 7 and eight irons. Spaun hit 51 of the 72 greens in regulation (70%) over the course of the event.
Wanting on the prime finish of the bag, Spaun used a Titleist GT3 driver and a pair of TaylorMade Qi10 fairway woods. The most recent main winner was dialled in all through the week along with his driver, gaining +2.35 strokes off the tee (twenty sixth). He additionally ranked T19 in driving accuracy, hitting 35 of 56 fairways (63%) on the demanding US Open setup.
On the different finish of the bag, Spaun rounded out his gear choices with three Cleveland wedges, utilizing a mixture of the model’s RTX and RTZ fashions. He performed with Srixon’s Z-Star Diamond golf ball.
Spaun wore items from Puma Golf’s Mattr assortment attire vary all through the event, and battled the troublesome course circumstances in a pair of PUMA Ignite Elevate 2 Tour sneakers that had been fitted with SoftSpikes Tour Flex Professional cleats.
Talking about overcoming the challenges of enjoying within the slippery circumstances on Sunday, Spaun stated: “Regardless of the acute circumstances this week, Puma gave me the whole lot I wanted to persevere out right here at Oakmont, particularly sneakers that offered unbelievable traction and stability with a lot water on the bottom.”
JJ Spaun WITB for 2025 US Open
Driver: Titleist GT3 (9°) Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black VeloCore+ 6 X
Fairway Woods: TaylorMade Qi10 3 (15°), 5 (18°). Shafts: Mitsubishi Diamana PD 70/80
Irons: Srixon ZXi5 (4), Srixon ZXi7 (5-PW). Shafts: True Mood Dynamic Gold Tour Subject X100 (4-PW)
Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore (50°), Cleveland RTZ (54°), Cleveland RTX 6 ZipCore (60°)Shafts: True Mood Dynamic Gold Tour Subject S400
Putter: L.A.B. Golf DF3
Ball: Srixon Z-Star Diamond
Sneakers:Â PUMA Ignite Elevate 2 Tour
Attire: PUMA MATTR Polo, Puma Seller Tailor-made Trousers
