Championship Sunday at Oakmont Country Club was pure carnage but ended with a magical putt from J.J. Spaun.
Spaun made a 65-footer for birdie on 18 to win the 125th U.S. Open, which proved to be the longest made putt in the tournament.
From biblical rain that stopped play to the golf course showing no forgiveness, the best players in the world had to figure it out.
It was truly survival of the fittest and seeing who could make the least mistakes.
Spaun found a way after a disastrous start that included five bogeys in the first six holes. He did not let that deter him, though.
After the brief weather delay, the Los Angeles, California resident was among the few players who benefited from the break. He was 3-under in the last seven holes to go from four back, turning it into a two-shot victory.
Spaun won $4.3 million and the U.S. Open trophy.
Scottish golfer Robert MacIntyre also took advantage of the weather. After the weather, he finished his round 3-under to sign for a 2-under 68 and the tournament at 1-over.
MacIntyre put on the pressure, but it was ultimately Spaun’s time to win. The two-time PGA Tour winner shouldn’t be too disappointed because he won $2,322,000 with his solo runner-up finish.
Viktor Hovland hung in there and sat towards the top of the leaderboard most of the day, but could not get his flat stick to cooperate. He finished solo third, though, and won $1,459,284. It marks his best finish in this major.
Cameron Young, Tyrrell Hatton and Carlos Ortiz all tied for fourth place. Hatton was another who had a legitimate shot down the stretch, but went bogey-bogey to close his round. Ortiz was another who had a chance, but a double bogey on 15 took him out of the race.
It was not a bad payday for those three, though, as they take home $876,869 each.
Sam Burns, the 54-hole leader, began the day at 4-under but made two double bogeys down the stretch, choking away his U.S. Open hopes. Adam Scott could not get a break throughout his round. He and Burns were among those affected the worst by the delay. Burns finished T7 while Scott was T12.
How much did the rest of the field win in the 125th U.S. Open? Let’s break down the $21.5 million purse awarded by the USGA.
U.S. Open 2025 Payout:
1. J.J. Spaun (-1): $4,300,000
2. Robert MacIntyre (+1): $2,322,000
3. Viktor Hovland (+2): $1,459,284
T4. Cameron Young, Tyrrell Hatton, Carlos Ortiz (+3): $876,869
T7. Sam Burns, Jon Rahm, Scottie Scheffler (+4): $614,423
T10. Ben Griffin, Russell Henley (+5): $465,937
T12. Xander Schauffele, Brooks Koepka, Chris Kirk, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Thriston Lawrence, Adam Scott (+6): $348,967
T19. Rory McIlroy, Ryan Fox, Victor Perez, Emiliano Grillo (+7): $242,532
T23. Collin Morikawa, Patrick Reed, Jordan Spieth, Thomas Detry, Jason Day, Sam Stevens, Matt Wallace, Max Greyserman, Nick Taylor, Chris Gotterup (+8): $161,132
T33. Tom Kim, Aaron Rai, J.T. Poston, Keegan Bradley (+9): $113,503
37. Maverick McNealy (+10): $101,379
T38. Taylor Pendrith, Tony Finau, Matt Fitzpatrick, Marc Leishman (+11): $90,408
T42. Hideki Matsuyama, Andrew Novak, Si Woo Kim, Trevor Cone (+12): $72,943
T46. Niklas Norgaard,Daniel Berger, Rasmus Højgaard, Jhonattan Vegas (+13): $56,944
T50. Ryan McCormick, Michael Kim, Adam Schenk, Mackenzie Hughes, Ryan Gerard (+14): $48,101
T55. Justin Hastings (a), Laurie Canter (+15): $46,081
T57. Sungjae Im, Denny McCarthy (+16): $45,423
T59. Harris English, Brian Harman (+18): $44,984
T61. Jordan Smith, Johnny Keefer, James Nicholas (+19): $43,445
T64. Cam Davis, Matthieu Pavon (+22): $42,351
66. Philip Barbaree, Jr. (+24): $41,692
*Justin Hastings is an amateur and did not earn any money
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