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New York Times
a day ago
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- New York Times
Don't count Hatton out…
Spaun surged back after heavy rain delayed play in the final round at Oakmont Country Club, with four birdies on the back nine to win his first major. Getty Images J.J. Spaun has won the 2025 U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club with a thrilling late rally. Spaun, who led after a bogey-free first round, stormed back after play resumed following a weather delay Sunday. Birdies on the 12th, 14th and 17th, then a miraculous long birdie putt on the 18th, sealed his win by two strokes. This is Spaun's first major championship win. He was the only golfer to finish under-par through 72 holes, with Robert MacIntyre claiming second at 1-over. GO FURTHER J.J. Spaun wins wild, wet U.S. Open with dramatic birdie putt finish Connections: Sports Edition Spot the pattern. Connect the terms Find the hidden link between sports terms Associated Press Tyrrell Hatton may be three back with 10 to go, but he's risen up to a 9 percent chance of winning this thing. Maybe most importantly, he's the only player near the top of the leaderboard gaining strokes in both approach and off the tee so far today, per DataGolf . And he's not just positive. He's gaining +2.78 strokes tee to green on the field Sunday. For the week, he's gaining 2.97. So, sure, deep down I think it's between Sam Burns and Adam Scott and will be one of them — but you really should be keeping an eye on Hatton. Associated Press The weather conditions are starting to improve in terms of electricity and showers, per a USGA Rules Official on the NBC broadcast. But no word yet on the resumption time of the final round. Getty Images Perusing as we wait this out — Sam Burns has a 46.6 percent chance of winning right now, followed by Adam Scott's 27.7 percent. More interesting to me is the probability of the winning score: 2-under : 19.8 percent : 19.8 percent 1-under : 26.2 percent : 26.2 percent Even par : 22.6 percent : 22.6 percent 1-over: 11 percent The Athletic This weather delay is the perfect time to get involved with our coverage. Who do you think is going to win the 2025 U.S. Open? Are we going to be able to finish this thing up today? And have you enjoyed watching the last four rounds at Oakmont, or was the course just too difficult to make for truly exciting viewing? Let us know by emailing live@ The top contenders were already struggling enough — Sam Burns, Adam Scott and Viktor Hovland have all lost two strokes, and J.J. Spaun five — and now the conditions are going to add another element to the equation once play does resume. Who can be a mudder? Even if the rain holds up enough to allow them to get back on the course, it's probably not done falling. So who can manage their equipment and just stay present enough to focus on the next shot over everything else? If I had to guess, it's Tyrrell Hatton, who is tied-third at 1-over-par, three shots behind Burns. Hatton is, he'll admit, almost always miserable anyways. What's being wet on top of that? Getty Images The good news is that, according to AccuWeather , the current downpour at Oakmont should stop within a matter of minutes. Then it will be a matter of ensuring there are no lightning strikes in the area and determining when the greens will be safe to play. The bad news is that rainy conditions are expected to continue throughout the afternoon and worsen in the evening, when thunderstorms and a 64 percent chance of rain are forecast for the 8 p.m. hour. It may come down to the wire to see whether the U.S. Open can complete its final round on schedule today before the worst of the storm hits around sundown. Sky Sports in the UK are reporting the weather delay is currently expected to last for somewhere around 45 minutes. Getty Images Despite drifting down the leaderboard early in the round, both Viktor Hovland and J.J. Spaun are within arms reach of the lead here at Oakmont. Spaun earned a par on the 8th, remaining +2 overall and +5 on the day. He bogeyed five of his first six holes. Hovland will be coming off a bogey on the 8th, his third of the round. He sits at +2 for the round and +1 overall. These two will resume play on the 467-yard, par-4 9th, featuring a relatively straight fairway proteced by various bunkers. Associated Press Adam Scott and Sam Burns were standing on the eighth tee as the rain began pelting down at Oakmont. They didn't even tee off at the lengthy par-3 before the horn blew, stopping play due to a weather delay. When the round resumes, the final group has a 301-yard par-3 to come back to. A tough restart, isn't it? Associated Press We are officially in a weather delay. This is not just about the rain. There is electricity in the area. The players are going to be evacuated. There's a lot of standing water on the course… Getty Images Moments before play was suspended, the right bunker welcomed Viktor Hovland to the par-3 8th. He recovered with a nice shot out, which landed within 10 feet for par. The par putt drifted left and he tapped in for bogey, dropping to +1 overall. J.J Spaun's tee shot found the green but he was left looking at 61 feet for birdie. He left it a couple feet right of the hole but cleaned up for a par to remain at +2. Getty Images Bad news, folks. Play has been suspended at the 2025 U.S. Open due to adverse weather conditions. Getty Images There's already standing water on the greens, and the heavy stuff might not come down for a while… Those are two solid pars for Sam Burns and Adam Scott. The Aussie nearly sank a mammoth 52-foot birdie putt, leaving it inches short of the pin. The American missed the 35 footer for birdie before making par. Burns leads by one over Scott heading to the lengthy par-3 eighth. Getty Images Rainfall is picking up by the minute here at Oakmont. From a sprinkle to a drizzle to now a heavy patter atop the media center roof, which is next to 18 fairway. The only bright spot to this development is it's forced Viktor Hovland into a rain jacket and we're longer having to watch him walk around in three different shades of blue between pants, belt and polo. Getty Images A tidy two-putt from Tyrrell Hatton on eight to remain within three strokes of the leader, Sam Burns. The Englishman is scrapping hard. Hatton has improved both his score (73, 70, 68) and greens in regulation (12, 14, 15) each day so far this week. He's very much in this thing. Getty Images A birdie would have been big for J.J. Spaun there, instead he has to settle for a par. After a nice approach shot, he had a 28-foot look for birdie but couldn't convert despite a great roll. Viktor Hovland met a similar fate, leaving a 27-foot birdie putt within two feet and tapping in a par. Getty Images That's a sloppy bogey for Adam Scott on the par-3 sixth. He three putted from 37 feet on the green, recording his third bogey of the final round. With Sam Burns' par, the American retains his solo lead at 2 under. The Aussie falls to 1 under.
BBC News
5 days ago
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- BBC News
'What's eating Rory?' - Will US Open prove a reset point for McIlroy
Even when a US Open throws up as many talking points as last week's 125th edition at Oakmont did, the name that still dominated discussion was Rory Masters champion never contended on this beast of a course, which produced a surprise and fairytale winner in JJ Spaun when he holed a monster putt to thunderously seal his triumph in truly dramatic Robert MacIntrye and Tyrrell Hatton emerged as genuine major contenders. They did so on a capricious course that, heading into the final round, produced a leaderboard with only one major winner in the top a soggy final day Spaun overcame a nightmare start to storm to victory while forlorn contenders such as 2013 Masters winner Adam Scott and Sam Burns were subjected to a form of golfing brutality that might disturb their sleep for months to still, post-championship chatter in the bars of Pittsburgh and beyond centred around the 36-year-old Northern Irishman who completed the career Grand Slam when he won the Masters in April. "What's eating at Rory?" Was the question so many people want to discuss, especially after his terse news conference following Saturday's third round in was the first time he had spoken to the media post round at a major since that never-to-be-forgotten outpouring of relief and joy which followed his thrilling play-off win at Augusta blanked reporters after every round at last month's US PGA Championship, where news emerged that his driver had failed a conforming test at Quail Hollow. Its face was worn sinister in that, but the test results are supposed to remain player was irked that this was reported, initially by the tournament's in-house radio station. It never mentioned that the driver of eventual champion Scottie Scheffler had also failed its before had McIlroy failed to speak post round for an entire he spoke on the Tuesday prior to the US Open he was noticeably tetchy and short with reporters, especially those who brought up the driver dark mood seemed at odds with someone who was expected to carry a sunny disposition for evermore, having finally reached all-time great status with his Grand Slam success at the year's first incredibly satisfying as that ultra-rare achievement must be, it does not guarantee eternal happiness. Life moved on after his richly deserved back slapping and feted appearances on the chat show circuit. McIlroy 'looking for mountain to climb' But how does it move on, when the task that had consumed him and driven him for more than a decade was finally completed? What forces someone in such a position to go back to the well of intense practice and self scrutiny?"Physically I feel like my game is there, it is just mentally getting myself in the right frame of mind to get the best out of myself," McIlroy admitted after his 67 at Oakmont last was the joint lowest score on that dramatic final day. But one of the reasons he was suddenly speaking more openly, and therefore more like his usual self, was less to do with finally playing well and more about who he was talking the previous day, there were only a handful of reporters waiting to collect his thoughts - BBC Northern Ireland and representatives from the Irish press. People who have followed every twist and turn of McIlroy's remarkable familiar faces carry the five-time major champion's was open enough to admit: "I climbed my Everest in April and I think after you do something like that you've got to make your way back down and look for another mountain to climb."By contrast, the previous day he had been surrounded by a swarm of reporters, predominantly American. McIlroy was off hand, cold and curt."I've earned the right to do whatever I want to do," he said. He came across as entitled and arrogant, even though the context of this comment was merely in terms of his dealings with the player is compelled to speak after a round unlike in other sports, such as football and tennis where such obligations are mandatory regardless of result. As long as such obligations remain voluntary he will exercise his right not to golf administrators and their broadcast partners must be considering whether they should adopt a similar stance to tennis. Collin Morikawa blanked reporters after losing the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill in later said: "I don't owe anyone anything." That was an entitled opinion from someone with career earnings edging towards the $50m mark. Players prone to temper tantrums The tours, though, would struggle to impose mandatory interviews because they are organisations effectively run by the players so the majors. Augusta National, the PGA of America, USGA and R&A - who are responsible for the Masters, US PGA, US Open and The Open respectively - might, and probably should, consider making such a regime a condition of is especially the case while there is an increasing perception of a growing distance between top players and a mainstream media that can do so much to oil the PR machine that helps feed such gargantuan bank it seems in many cases, the more money they get, the less approachable these players become. They are also seemingly more prone to temper the past two majors there have been foul-mouthed, club throwing outbursts from several players - including the usually mild-mannered world number one Scheffler, who tossed his putter on the 15th green after a missed putt. Courses and locker rooms have felt the full force of fury from some of the best remunerated athletes on the by no means the main offender, lobbed a club and smashed a tee marker during this US Open, which was uncharacteristic from someone who in the injury-induced absence of Tiger Woods is the sport's greatest ambassador and most popular not a great look, he had clearly, and understandably, reached boiling point last week. Reporting of "driver-gate" and his perceived lack of respect for Jack Nicklaus, for not telling the legendary American he would not be playing in his recent Memorial tournament - which had never been on his intended schedule - had irked game was in decline. He was struggling to find a new driver that fitted his feels and the drive to fix such problems on the range. Despite super-human achievement, he is only had reached a breaking point. It can happen to anyone, even someone who is usually so giving and interesting in his did not want to speak after Saturday's round, but he did and in so doing broke his silent treatment of the emerged from that huddle did not show him in his best light, but it might prove a reset by the end of the week his driver was starting to behave. It is the key attribute to his golfing Sunday night he was much more his old self, speaking of his desire to get back to Europe, where a new house at Wentworth awaits as well as an Open at Royal Portrush in his native Northern plays the Travellers in Connecticut this week and then he is done with America for a while. He will take a break before July's Scottish Open and then a potentially tumultuous end to the men's major season on the Antrim coast a week his mojo to be back there. As he says, if it is not then we know he has a problem.
New York Times
6 days ago
- Sport
- New York Times
Why J.J. Spaun winning the U.S. Open was actually awesome
OAKMONT, Pa. — One by one, they made their way over the bridge, down the stairs and into the scoring area. Their shoes and ankles were covered in mud. Their polo shirts soggily suctioned to their bodies. Their eyes glazed over from the things they'd seen. My goodness, these men wanted to win the U.S. Open with every bit of their being, to finally win a major championship and make this ugly, rainy day worth the battles behind them. Advertisement And then they watched those dreams fade away, as J.J. Spaun made his a reality. Tyrrell Hatton was mid-interview as the putt rolled in, seeing a television screen out of the corner of his eye. The often aggravated, ornery Englishman slowed his words as he saw it, and his scowl turned to a smile of calm joy. 'He's holed it,' Hatton said. 'Unbelievable. What a putt to win. That's incredible.' Viktor Hovland was there on the green, still fighting with hope as it went in. His dreams were shattered right in front of him, yet Hovland immediately put his putter down and clapped with pure appreciation. He even slapped the man's hand like a first-base coach celebrating a home run. Robert MacIntyre was leaning back in a scoring area chair, hoping to the golfing gods for a J.J. Spaun disaster. He was the clubhouse leader with a chance to steal the U.S. Open until Spaun took the lead. If Spaun could just bogey 18, they'd go to a playoff. MacIntyre watched too as it fell, and the 28-year-old Scot lifted his arms and exaggeratedly clapped his hands high in the air. Pure respect. Well Done. 'Wow,' he mouthed to himself. Because everybody who witnessed what J.J. Spaun did on that 18th green Sunday at Oakmont understood they had just seen what this whole damn thing is about. They saw the reasons to still believe. The payoff for all the pain. The fact that maybe, just maybe, anybody can win a U.S. Open. And that mattered so much more than feeling sorry for themselves. What happened was Spaun — a journeyman, a grinder, a stocky, 5-foot-8, 34-year-old golfer who nearly lost his PGA Tour card a year ago — came out of a rain delay four shots behind the lead after a disastrous start. And Spaun just played. Played so well that he went to that 18th green at the toughest course in America with cold, foggy rain beating down, needing just a two-putt for a major championship. Instead, Spaun went ahead and made the 64-foot, 5-inch putt to win the whole thing by two shots. WHAT A PUTT!!!! J.J. SPAUN WINS THE U.S. OPEN!!!! — U.S. Open (@usopengolf) June 16, 2025 There are times at sporting events when you become fundamentally aware that it's OK to feel. That we're all just people working jobs and traveling around, hoping to get a little bit further, and a little bit further, and hoping it all works out in the end. You don't get what you want often enough, and the cynicism can build in. Even watching golf. Oh, Scottie Scheffler wins again? Bryson DeChambeau? Cool. More superstars are getting what they want. But now and then, you witness Spaun launching his putter into the air in complete disbelief that he — he — really did the thing at the one place designed to bend golfers to its will. And you remember to feel. Advertisement Because J.J. Spaun is not your typical U.S. Open champion. He's a Lakers fan who was asked about his Kobe Bryant moment and compared himself to Derek Fisher. He recited a Tiger Woods story about playing in U.S. Opens, but not because Woods talked to Spaun himself. No, he just got the story secondhand from Max Homa. He is a mixed-race guy from California who started playing golf without any formal lessons, learning by hitting balls into a net his dad set up in the garage. He was a walk-on at San Diego State and earned his way onto the team before becoming an All-American. He grinded on mini tours for four years, and even when he made it to the PGA Tour, he simply fought to survive for half a decade. He broke through with a 2022 win at the Valero Texas Open, but within two years was missing 10 cuts in five months. 'Last year in June, I was looking like I was going to lose my job, and that was when I had that moment where, if this is how I go out, I might as well go down swinging,' Spaun said. There was a shift that summer. For so long, it was about climbing, climbing, climbing. Aspirations. Goals. Bitterness. Slights. Yet at 33, he understood he was OK. He had a wife, Melody, and two kids under age five. He'd spent eight years on the PGA Tour. He had made it in life. So golf did not need to be everything. The motto became: Let the golf be golf. For so long, he had heard others talk in those sorts of self-improvement slogans and didn't grasp them. Sure, stay focused. Stay calm. Got it. He had a family, but that still meant stress to provide for them. He still allowed golf to be his identity. He'd leave close calls in Hawaii and Memphis distraught, feeling a 'crawl-into-a-hole-and-die kind of a feeling because it was just so embarrassing. I was just afraid to feel embarrassed again.' But last June, when he had to come to terms with the possibility this whole ride could end, it shifted. 'If this is how I'm going to go out,' he said, 'then this is it.' And the golf got better. Three top 10s and five top 30s in six starts to end the season. Good performances in the fall. He kept his tour card, kept the success going into 2025, and got himself into signature events like the Players Championship. And there in Ponte Vedra, the possibilities were able to shift. No, it wasn't life or death anymore, but he could dream a little bigger. Advertisement That day, so much like this Sunday, he went into the final round with a lead and struggled. Three bogeys before an afternoon rain delay forced him to reset. Everyone assumed the tournament was Rory McIlroy's until Spaun came out of the delay and birdied 14 and 16 to force McIlroy into a playoff. He didn't win, but he understood he could. So on Father's Day, entering it one stroke behind leader Sam Burns, he opened with an ugly bogey. Then, he caught one of the worst breaks imaginable on No. 2 with a perfect approach that bounced off the flagstick, went across the green, and rolled down the steep front for an eventual bogey. He bogeyed five of his first six holes for a front-nine 40. NBC stopped showing his shots. He was done for. Until another weather delay. As he went back to the driving range to prepare for the restart, his (very new) coach, Josh Gregory, told him, 'Stop trying so hard.' Just chill, the team told him. Because in any world, J.J. Spaun should not be disappointed he's four back at a major championship. When he went to the ninth tee to restart, he smoked one in the fairway and knew. He had a chance. While everybody around him collapsed into oblivion, Spaun made a 40-foot birdie on 12, a 22-foot birdie on 14, and when he went to the famous drivable par-4 17th hole, he was tied for the lead. There on 17, he hit a shot so good it's only unfortunate history will remember the winning putt on 18 more. He landed the uphill green, hitting a 309-yard drive to 18 feet from the tight pin. He two-putted for birdie, went to the 18th tee with the lead and needing a par to win. And he launched a perfect drive into the fairway. He stepped off the tee with his chest pumping in and out like a cartoon, the adrenaline surely flowing in excess. From the fairway, a bogey was less likely. He could put his approach safely on the left of the green, as he did. He could, as most would assume, two-putt for par and go off into the foggy sunset. But by Sunday night, J.J. Spaun had learned to dream a whole dream. Advertisement 'I didn't want to play defensive,' he said. 'I didn't know if I had a two-shot lead. I didn't want to do anything dumb trying to protect a three-putt or something.' Hovland's putt before his showed him the exact line. Spaun had his guide. He had his line. And Spaun launched that 64-foot, 5-inch putt up the hill and let it go. And the entire golfing world — from the gallery, to the workers, to the golfers hoping he missed — watched something special happen in front of them. They watched as the putt fell, and they remembered what this was all for.
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
U.S. Open Sunday live updates, leaderboard: J.J. Spaun wins in dramatic fashion
J.J. Spaun played the two best shots of his life when it matter most. The result: He's won the U.S. Open. Tied with Robert MacIntyre at +1, Spaun went to the driveable 17th and launched this shot: ONE OF THE BEST DRIVES OF THE DAY ON 17!Co-leader J.J. Spaun with that left for EAGLE! — U.S. Open (@usopengolf) June 15, 2025 He would miss the eagle, but make the birdie, to grab a one stroke lead. All he needed was a par on 18. he would do one better. WHAT A PUTT!!!!J.J. SPAUN WINS THE U.S. OPEN!!!! — U.S. Open (@usopengolf) June 16, 2025 Spaun started his day with five bogeys on the front nine, and yet survived to win his first major champinoship. All times ET Sunday, June 15 USA: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. NBC: 12 p.m. - 7 p.m. (As of 7:58 ET; players in bold have finished) 1. J.J. Spaun E 2. Robert MacIntyre +1 3. Viktor Hovland +2 T4. Tyrrell Hatton +3Adam ScottSam BurnsCam YoungCarlos Ortiz View full leaderboard here WHAT A PUTT!!!!J.J. SPAUN WINS THE U.S. OPEN!!!! — U.S. Open (@usopengolf) June 16, 2025 Tied with MacIntyre, J.J. Spaun needed something at 17, and he got it with this brilliant drive on the short par 4: ONE OF THE BEST DRIVES OF THE DAY ON 17!Co-leader J.J. Spaun with that left for EAGLE! — U.S. Open (@usopengolf) June 15, 2025 He missed the eagle, barely, but made the birdie. He's the new leader. The mark has been set: Robert MacIntyre is in at +1. A solid par at 18 gives him the clubhouse lead, and that has to be comfortable considering all the bogeys that are still out there on the course. Advantage MacIntyre. And maybe he has a right to be. With his ball on the edge of the fairway on 15, Burns asked for a ruling, saying he was in standing water. Twice officials told him no, despite water shooting up with every practice swing Burns made, clearly in an effort to prove his point. Force to play it where it sat, Burns hooked a splashy shot into the left rough, a shot that sure looked like it took on a lot of water. The result: Double bogey. This is where Burns just hit on 15. — Kyle Porter (@KylePorterNS) June 15, 2025 Spaun found trouble on 15, but had a 12-footer for par. It slid by and now he slides back into a share of the lead at 1-over. Spaun with a bogey on now have a four-way tie for the lead at +1. — U.S. Open (@usopengolf) June 15, 2025 Robert MacIntyre is 2-under on his round, and now just one back after a birdie at 17. With one hole left, he can set the new clubhouse lead. BIRDIE ON 17! BOBBY MAC IS ONE BACK! 🏴 — U.S. Open (@usopengolf) June 15, 2025 This one will hurt. Seven feet for birdie at 14 and he hit it a little soft. A missed opportunity for Burns. It could have been worse for Adam Scott on 14 after driving into a trap and having to chip out sideways ... still in the rough. A brilliant approach gave him a look at par, but it just missed. He's back to +2 Scottie Scheffler, with a bogey at 18, moves to +4, in a tie with Jon Rahm for the clubhouse lead. And now, they continue to wait. J.J. Spaun could have ejected himself from the tourney after five bogeys on his front nine. But now ... he's the solo leader. That's some serious toughness right there. SPAUN AGAIN! FOR THE LEAD!J.J. Spaun leads the U.S. Open with 4 holes to play. — U.S. Open (@usopengolf) June 15, 2025 We wrote him off an hour or two ago, but here he is, having missed putt after putt after putt and still, Scottie Scheffler is now just two holes back after a birdie at 17. He has just one hole left to get lower. So, it's still a longshot for Scheffler, but he's in the mix ... as usual. And just like that... Scottie is only 2 back of the lead! — U.S. Open (@usopengolf) June 15, 2025 Sam Burns gives another back, pushing him to +1 and ... into a traffic jam atop the leaderboard. 1. Sam Burns +1Adam Scott Carlos Ortiz Tyrrell HattonJ.J. Spaun Wow. Whoa ohhh ohh ohh ohh, hangin' tough. Had to do it. J.J. Spaun, he of the brutal off-the-stick approach earlier in the round and five bogeys on the front, is just one back after a long birdie at 12. J.J. SPAUN! 40 FEET FOR BIRDIE! 🐥He's one back. — U.S. Open (@usopengolf) June 15, 2025 Tyrrell Hatton has the best round of the day for the leaders, and now he's dropped another birdie at 13 to get to +1, one off the lead. Adam Scott put his approach in the tall grass behind the green. Sam Burns left his on the slope of a trap. Neither got on the green from there ... and from there, things continued to derail for both players. Both had long bogey putts. Scott made his, Burns missed his. And now zero players are under par, and there is still hope for Jon Rahm in the clubhouse at +4. From bad to worse for Sam Burns on 11. — U.S. Open (@usopengolf) June 15, 2025 Let's make a note of this: At 10, Sam Burns hit his approach first, just before the rain fell, and put it to short birdie range. He made it. BURNS BIRDIE! 🐥His first of the final round extends his lead to 2. — U.S. Open (@usopengolf) June 15, 2025 Adam Scott was next, and that's when rain started coming down hard, making for a more difficult shot. He left it well short. He nearly holed the birdie putt, but it came up just short. Luck of the draw on that one. Play continues as a drizzle starts to fall ... and maybe more than a drizzle. But really depends on where you are on the course. Adam Scott is being pelted at 10, Tyrrell Hatton is dry at 11 A bogey at 9 for Burns, but he'll take it after being in the thick, thick rough off the tee, then getting a bad break with his approach spinning off the green. Lead over Adam Scott is just 1 shot. Sam Burns put his tee shot on No. 9 deep into the hay on the went on to make bogey. His lead is down to 1. — U.S. Open (@usopengolf) June 15, 2025 Let's start with Jon Rahm sitting with the clubhouse lead at +4. Does Sam Burns and the rest drop all the way back? I don't think all seven players between Rahm and the top are falling that far, but then, Oakmont is certainly testing the players right now. The guess here is that +1 wins it. A missed green on the par 3 leads to a bogey, and now Sam Burns is the leader by 2 and the only player under par. The only player in red Burns leads the U.S. Open by 2 shots. — U.S. Open (@usopengolf) June 15, 2025 (As of 7:58 ET; players in bold have finished) 1. J.J. Spaun E 2. Robert MacIntyre +1 3. Viktor Hovland +2 T4. Tyrrell Hatton +3Adam ScottSam BurnsCam YoungCarlos Ortiz View full leaderboard here WHAT A PUTT!!!!J.J. SPAUN WINS THE U.S. OPEN!!!! — U.S. Open (@usopengolf) June 16, 2025 Tied with MacIntyre, J.J. Spaun needed something at 17, and he got it with this brilliant drive on the short par 4: ONE OF THE BEST DRIVES OF THE DAY ON 17!Co-leader J.J. Spaun with that left for EAGLE! — U.S. Open (@usopengolf) June 15, 2025 He missed the eagle, barely, but made the birdie. He's the new leader. The mark has been set: Robert MacIntyre is in at +1. A solid par at 18 gives him the clubhouse lead, and that has to be comfortable considering all the bogeys that are still out there on the course. Advantage MacIntyre. And maybe he has a right to be. With his ball on the edge of the fairway on 15, Burns asked for a ruling, saying he was in standing water. Twice officials told him no, despite water shooting up with every practice swing Burns made, clearly in an effort to prove his point. Force to play it where it sat, Burns hooked a splashy shot into the left rough, a shot that sure looked like it took on a lot of water. The result: Double bogey. This is where Burns just hit on 15. — Kyle Porter (@KylePorterNS) June 15, 2025 Spaun found trouble on 15, but had a 12-footer for par. It slid by and now he slides back into a share of the lead at 1-over. Spaun with a bogey on now have a four-way tie for the lead at +1. — U.S. Open (@usopengolf) June 15, 2025 Robert MacIntyre is 2-under on his round, and now just one back after a birdie at 17. With one hole left, he can set the new clubhouse lead. BIRDIE ON 17! BOBBY MAC IS ONE BACK! 🏴 — U.S. Open (@usopengolf) June 15, 2025 This one will hurt. Seven feet for birdie at 14 and he hit it a little soft. A missed opportunity for Burns. It could have been worse for Adam Scott on 14 after driving into a trap and having to chip out sideways ... still in the rough. A brilliant approach gave him a look at par, but it just missed. He's back to +2 Scottie Scheffler, with a bogey at 18, moves to +4, in a tie with Jon Rahm for the clubhouse lead. And now, they continue to wait. J.J. Spaun could have ejected himself from the tourney after five bogeys on his front nine. But now ... he's the solo leader. That's some serious toughness right there. SPAUN AGAIN! FOR THE LEAD!J.J. Spaun leads the U.S. Open with 4 holes to play. — U.S. Open (@usopengolf) June 15, 2025 We wrote him off an hour or two ago, but here he is, having missed putt after putt after putt and still, Scottie Scheffler is now just two holes back after a birdie at 17. He has just one hole left to get lower. So, it's still a longshot for Scheffler, but he's in the mix ... as usual. And just like that... Scottie is only 2 back of the lead! — U.S. Open (@usopengolf) June 15, 2025 Sam Burns gives another back, pushing him to +1 and ... into a traffic jam atop the leaderboard. 1. Sam Burns +1Adam Scott Carlos Ortiz Tyrrell HattonJ.J. Spaun Wow. Whoa ohhh ohh ohh ohh, hangin' tough. Had to do it. J.J. Spaun, he of the brutal off-the-stick approach earlier in the round and five bogeys on the front, is just one back after a long birdie at 12. J.J. SPAUN! 40 FEET FOR BIRDIE! 🐥He's one back. — U.S. Open (@usopengolf) June 15, 2025 Tyrrell Hatton has the best round of the day for the leaders, and now he's dropped another birdie at 13 to get to +1, one off the lead. Adam Scott put his approach in the tall grass behind the green. Sam Burns left his on the slope of a trap. Neither got on the green from there ... and from there, things continued to derail for both players. Both had long bogey putts. Scott made his, Burns missed his. And now zero players are under par, and there is still hope for Jon Rahm in the clubhouse at +4. From bad to worse for Sam Burns on 11. — U.S. Open (@usopengolf) June 15, 2025 Let's make a note of this: At 10, Sam Burns hit his approach first, just before the rain fell, and put it to short birdie range. He made it. BURNS BIRDIE! 🐥His first of the final round extends his lead to 2. — U.S. Open (@usopengolf) June 15, 2025 Adam Scott was next, and that's when rain started coming down hard, making for a more difficult shot. He left it well short. He nearly holed the birdie putt, but it came up just short. Luck of the draw on that one. Play continues as a drizzle starts to fall ... and maybe more than a drizzle. But really depends on where you are on the course. Adam Scott is being pelted at 10, Tyrrell Hatton is dry at 11 A bogey at 9 for Burns, but he'll take it after being in the thick, thick rough off the tee, then getting a bad break with his approach spinning off the green. Lead over Adam Scott is just 1 shot. Sam Burns put his tee shot on No. 9 deep into the hay on the went on to make bogey. His lead is down to 1. — U.S. Open (@usopengolf) June 15, 2025 Let's start with Jon Rahm sitting with the clubhouse lead at +4. Does Sam Burns and the rest drop all the way back? I don't think all seven players between Rahm and the top are falling that far, but then, Oakmont is certainly testing the players right now. The guess here is that +1 wins it. A missed green on the par 3 leads to a bogey, and now Sam Burns is the leader by 2 and the only player under par. The only player in red Burns leads the U.S. Open by 2 shots. — U.S. Open (@usopengolf) June 15, 2025
Hindustan Times
6 days ago
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- Hindustan Times
How all 14 LIV Golf players fared at 2025 U.S. Open
J.J. Spaun stole the spotlight with his dramatic victory at the U.S. Open on Sunday, but several LIV Golf players posted top-10 finishes in the third major of 2025. The effort was led by Tyrrell Hatton, who was disappointed with his tie for fourth after being in contention throughout Sunday before closing with consecutive bogeys. His 3 over total for the tournament equaled that of playing partner and fellow LIV player Carlos Ortiz. Spain's Jon Rahm was the leader in the clubhouse for a while after pouring in three closing birdies to tie Rory McIlroy for the low round of the day at 67 and climbing to 4 over. He ultimately tied for seventh along with 54-hole leader Sam Burns and world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler. LIV GOLF FINISHES Carlos Ortiz, 3 over Tyrrell Hatton, 3 over Jon Rahm, 4 over Brooks Koepka, 6 over Patrick Reed, 8 over Marc Leishman, 11 over It wound up as a very respectable showing for the breakaway league after more than half of its entrants missed the cut at Oakmont. That included Joaquin Niemann, a four-time winner on the LIV circuit this year, defending U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau and Dustin Johnson, who had won the most recent U.S. Open at Oakmont in 2016. LIV PLAYERS TO MISS THE CUT Phil Mickelson, 8 over Cameron Smith, 8 over Jinichiro Kozuma, 9 over Bryson DeChambeau, 10 over Dustin Johnson, 10 over Joaquin Niemann, 10 over Josele Ballester, 12 over Richard Bland, 18 over Field Level Media
