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Sunday 15 June 2025PGA Tour · DP World TourYear in Review
Spaun wins U.S. Open
Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, Pennsylvania · Thursday 12 to Sunday 15 June 2025 · J.J. Spaun’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse $21,500,000 USD · 125th U.S. Open; final round suspended 4:01-5:38 p.m. EDT for lightning and heavy showers
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 53 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 73° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R129°/16°C · wind 12 km/h SW, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/19°C · wind 7 km/h ESE, gusts 22 · 6.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R325°/19°C · wind 10 km/h S, gusts 25 · 25.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/19°C · wind 11 km/h ESE, gusts 25 · 13.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- U.S. Open
1895–2026 in our record, 126 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Robert MacIntyre SCO · 281Posted a closing 68 at +1 in the clubhouse; Spaun played the back nine in three under and finished birdie-birdie, holing 64 feet at 18 2025 U.S. Open (Wikipedia)
156 started · cut +7, 67 made it
Same week
Men's major
U.S. Open
Oakmont C.C., Oakmont
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Robert MacIntyre
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
15 June 2025
I wasn't really groomed to be a professional golfer. I didn't get put through academies. I didn't play the AJGA. I played local stuff.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
15 June 2025
I felt like I had a chance, a really good chance to win the U.S. Open at the start of the day. It just unravelled very fast. But that break was actually the key for me to winning this tournament.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
15 June 2025
When I was walking up to 18, I was thinking about that moment. I was like, Oh, my God, like this is meant to be here, because this is the same thing that happened to me for my first win.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | J.J. Spaun | 66 · 72 · 69 · 72 | 279 | −1 |
| 2 | Robert MacIntyre | 70 · 74 · 69 · 68 | 281 | +1 |
| 3 | Viktor Hovland | 71 · 68 · 70 · 73 | 282 | +2 |
| T4 | Cameron Young | 70 · 74 · 69 · 70 | 283 | +3 |
| T4 | Tyrrell Hatton | 73 · 70 · 68 · 72 | 283 | +3 |
| T4 | Carlos Ortiz | 71 · 72 · 67 · 73 | 283 | +3 |
| T7 | Jon Rahm | 69 · 75 · 73 · 67 | 284 | +4 |
| T7 | Scottie Scheffler | 73 · 71 · 70 · 70 | 284 | +4 |
| T7 | Sam Burns | 72 · 65 · 69 · 78 | 284 | +4 |
| T10 | Russell Henley | 70 · 72 · 72 · 71 | 285 | +5 |
| T10 | Ben Griffin | 69 · 71 · 74 · 71 | 285 | +5 |
The golfer
born 1990-08-21, Los Angeles, California; USA; turned pro 2012; age 34 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 1; world No. 25 that week (OWGR rankBefore = 25 for 'U.S. OPEN' (week 24), OWGR player profile).
What’s in the bag
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