Inside Spaun’s ‘Storybook’ U.S. Open Victory

After Adam Scott and Sam Burns fell victim to a rainy Sunday afternoon at Oakmont, J.J. Spaun emerged victorious, sinking a 65-footer for birdie to clinch the 2025 U.S. Open. The Seen & Heard gang was there every step of the way to break down the day and bring you behind the scenes of this win.
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mommy
where’s mommy there’s mommy where’s mommy
see mommy daddy
daddy
daddy won look at that trophy that’s a big trophy
daddy’s a good golfer huh heat heat [Music] [Music] you know when I walked into it clearly could see water coming up and took practice swings and it’s just you know water splashing every single time called a rules official over they disagreed i looked at it again i thought maybe I should get a second opinion um that rules official also disagreed so at the end of the day I mean you know it’s not up to me it’s up to the rules official and that’s kind of that yeah I mean look you know I went out there and gave it the best I had and golf’s a hard game um especially on this golf course and you know at the end of the day I can hold my head high leaving all right thanks guys and then I’ll tell him to come back out today was the day that I said to myself why not why not be me today um when I was going around and I just trusted myself trusted my caddy Mike trusted all the work that I’ve done and we’re sitting here in the clubhouse nicely and just wait and see um it’s what I’ve dreamed of as a kid sitting back home in open watching all the majors um yeah it it feels unbelievable but again I might have I might have some work to do um I sat in dining please hold it
jesus Christ unbelievable what a putt to win that’s incredible what do you think he’s feeling right now in shock I would guess unbelievable fair play as someone who was close to the lead does it feel a little bit better seeing him make that you know for your own
No for sure like look I’m I’m sad about how I finished but
I’m very happy for for JJ like to to win a major in that fashion is is amazing like you you can’t have certainly I I would hate for anyone to have any negativity towards that [Music] you deserve that one James you deserve that one [Applause] [Music] [Applause] those [Applause] [Music] [Applause] I tried to just dig deep i mean I’ve been doing it my whole life wasn’t really groomed to be like a professional golfer i didn’t you know get put throughmies i didn’t play the AJA i played local stuff i just kept going like one foot in front of the other and you know junior golf college golf turning pro and now here I am with the US Open trophy [Music]