Why Father’s Day Now Has Extra Special Meaning for U.S. Open Champ J.J. Spaun

2025 U.S. Open Champion J.J. Spaun tells Rich Eisen why Father’s Day had an extra special meaning this year at Oakmont.

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Walk me through how your day started uh on that Sunday. Woke up to what sounded like a ton of gagging and crying from a two-year-old. She caught some sort of stomach bug or maybe food poisoning at the daycare that week and couldn’t hold down water, couldn’t hold down anything to, you know, settle her stomach. So, my wife, you know, originally got up with her at 3:00 a.m. And you she woke me up said Violet can’t, you know, keep anything down. She’s got, you know, puke all up in her pack and play. And yeah, I tried to find a CVS, you know, that morning around 3:30 a.m. and, you know, get her what she needed. And um, you know, I did the best I could. You know, Pedialyte and saltine crackers are kind of Yeah. You know, the ingredients for a 2-year-old, you can’t really give them any sort of medication, but uh, she had to rough it out, but it was definitely a crazy morning. So, did you go back to sleep? Did you get any any sleep? Yeah, I I went back to sleep for a couple hours. So then my 5-year-old jumped in bed while the other one was puking her brains out in the other room. The 5-year-old came and slept with me and was kicking me in the back all night long, too, all morning. But, uh, you know, it’s fine. I mean, they’re they’re my they’re my kids. They’re my girls. I’m used to it. And, uh, you know, sometimes, you know, you got to be a dad first before a golfer. And, um, you know, I ended up, you know, making it out. All right. That Jack Nicholas medal, that’s that’s somewhere too, I imagine. Right. You were wearing that. I I wouldn’t have taken that off, you know. It’s in my backpack. Yeah. I In your backpack. What? Well, I mean, I I’m traveling with two kids, Rich. I mean, they remember that. You need to keep it away because they’ll put it on. They’ll just think it’s something that they they Yeah, they’ll probably go hide it somewhere. You know, two 5-year-olds, they hide crap. What would the guy who walked on at San Diego State, lost the tour card, had to get back on Corn Ferry? What would that guy have said if he had heard what I just said to you right now? I believe it. He’d be proud. I totally shown a lot of perseverance. Um, I’ve I’ve kind of, like I said, always had a chip on my shoulder. Always had to prove myself. Um, and I think the Yeah, the resiliency has been, you know, the key attribute to me kind of getting to this point in my career where I’m at now. All right. And then this moment right there, that’s got to be on the wall, right? For forever more. And yeah, first it was the par three at Augusta, but we’re going to have to switch it out to to this one on the 18th grade. Well, you could do both. You know, there’s a lot of wall space, I’m sure. Just do both. Yeah, you can have both. You can have one for every major, you know, something. Yeah. Yes, sir. Now we’re talking.