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J. J. Spaun

United States · born , Los Angeles, California, USA

1major championship

Summary

  • First major 2025 U.S. Open
  • Ryder Cup 1 Cups · 2-1-0 · 2 points (66.7%)
  • PGA Tour wins, 2024–26 2
  • 2026 PGA Tour (in progress) 23 events · 4 top 10s · FedEx Cup No. 30

Wins

  1. 2025 U.S. Open Oakmont C.C. · 279 (-1) · by 2 strokes from Robert MacIntyre
  2. 2025 U.S. Open PGA Tour win · 279 (-1) · 2 strokes
  3. 2026 Valero Texas Open PGA Tour win · 271 (-17) · 1 stroke

Near misses

  1. 2025 Cognizant Classic PGA Tour · runner-up to Joe Highsmith · margin 2 strokes
  2. 2025 The Players Championship PGA Tour · runner-up to Rory McIlroy · margin Playoff
  3. 2025 FedEx St. Jude Championship PGA Tour · runner-up to Justin Rose · margin Playoff

Ryder Cup

1 Cups, 3 matches: 2 won, 1 lost, 0 halved, 2 points. Foursomes 0-0-0, four-ball 1-1-0, singles 1-0-0.

  1. 2025 Bethpage State Park, Black Course USA · Europe won 15–13 · 2-1-0, 2 points · automatic

Rivals

Ryder Cup partners

Ryder Cup opponents

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Results by championship

    Best day

    2025 U.S. Open

    Oakmont C.C., Oakmont, PA · 279 (-1) · by 2 strokes from Robert MacIntyre

    Chosen by rule: his widest winning margin in a major. Year page: 2025.

    Career line, 2024–2026

    U.S. Open
    2025 U.S. Open: won
    Ryder Cup
    2025 Ryder Cup (USA): 2-1-0
    PGA Tour 2024–26
    2024 PGA Tour season: 28 events2025 U.S. Open: won2025 Cognizant Classic: runner-up2025 The Players Championship: runner-up2025 FedEx St. Jude Championship: runner-up2026 Valero Texas Open: won
    2024202520262027

    8 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.

    • Major win
    • Other win
    • Runner-up
    • Ryder Cup, USA
    • Tour season

    J. J. Spaun was born on August 21, 1990, in Los Angeles, California, USA. Spaun won one major championship: the 2025 U.S. Open. Spaun played in 1 Ryder Cup for USA (2025), winning 2, losing 1 and halving 0 of 3 matches for 2 points. From 2024 to 2026 Spaun won 2 PGA Tour events: the 2025 U.S. Open and the 2026 Valero Texas Open. In the 2026 PGA Tour season (in progress; data through October 11, 2026), Spaun played 23 events, won 1, had 4 top-10 finishes and stood No. 30 in the FedEx Cup standings.

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    The record

    Wins in the majors (1)

    1. 2025 U.S. Open Oakmont C.C., Oakmont, PA · 279 (-1) · by 2 strokes from Robert MacIntyre
    2. 2025 U.S. Open PGA Tour win · 279 (-1) · 2 strokes
    3. 2026 Valero Texas Open PGA Tour win · 271 (-17) · 1 stroke

    Near misses

    1. 2025 Cognizant Classic PGA Tour · runner-up to Joe Highsmith · margin 2 strokes
    2. 2025 The Players Championship PGA Tour · runner-up to Rory McIlroy · margin Playoff
    3. 2025 FedEx St. Jude Championship PGA Tour · runner-up to Justin Rose · margin Playoff

    Ryder Cup

    Spaun played 1 Ryder Cups for USA: 3 matches, 2 won, 1 lost, 0 halved, 2 points (66.7% of those available). By format: foursomes 0-0-0, four-ball 1-1-0, singles 1-0-0 (won-lost-halved).

    1. 2025 Bethpage State Park, Black Course USA · Europe won 15–13 · 2-1-0, 2 points · automatic

    Partners, with matches played together: Scottie Scheffler (1), Xander Schauffele (1).

    PGA Tour seasons, 2024–2026

    1. 2024 Season 28 events · 0 wins · 4 top 10s · 16 cuts made · $1,645,746 official money (No. 102) · strokes gained total 0.39 (No. 62) · driving distance 301.5 (No. 88)
    2. 2025 Season 25 events · 1 wins · 7 top 10s · 21 cuts made · $13,278,222 official money (No. 5) · FedEx Cup No. 25 · strokes gained total 1.158 · driving distance 306.1 (No. 62)
    3. 2026 In progress 23 events · 1 wins · 4 top 10s · 15 cuts made · $5,099,908 official money (No. 33) · FedEx Cup No. 30 · scoring average (adjusted) 70.26 (No. 37) · strokes gained total 0.628 (No. 36) · driving distance 305.3 (No. 97)

    2026 runs through the Baycurrent Classic (ended October 11, 2026).

    Wins (2)

    1. 2025 U.S. Open final day 2025-06-15 · 279 (-1) · 2 strokes
    2. 2026 Valero Texas Open final day 2026-04-05 · 271 (-17) · 1 stroke

    Sources

    Elsewhere: Wikipedia · Wikidata.

    Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.

    1. WP: List of American Ryder Cup golfers
    2. Wikipedia: J. J. Spaun
    3. Wikidata: Q20740994
    4. GNN U.S. Open room (champions data)
    5. Wikipedia: 2025 Ryder Cup
    6. GolfCompendium: 2025 ryder cup
    7. ESPN statistics API
    8. github.com: strokes gained.rds
    9. github.com: statdetails.rds
    10. pgatour.com: points payouts prize money fedexcup east lake atlanta 10 million fleet
    11. thegolfnewsnet.com: 2025 fedex cup bonus pool purse winners share prize money payout 13796
    12. raw.githubusercontent.com: pga season stats.csv
    13. pgatour.com: stats
    14. golfdigest.com: heres prize money payout for each golfer at 2026 tour championship
    15. golfmonthly.com: fedex cup bonus money payouts 2026
    16. Wikipedia: 2025 PGA Tour
    17. Wikipedia: 2025 PGA Tour
    18. Wikipedia: 2025 U.S. Open (golf)
    19. Wikipedia: U.S. Open (golf)
    20. Wikipedia: 2026 PGA Tour
    21. Wikipedia: Valero Texas Open
    22. Wikipedia: Cognizant Classic
    23. Wikipedia: 2025 Players Championship
    24. Wikipedia: The Players Championship
    25. Wikipedia: Rory McIlroy
    26. Wikipedia: St. Jude Championship
    27. Wikipedia: Justin Rose