“I just tried to dig deep,” said the 34-year-old Californian who can now call himself a major champion.

Spaun capped a remarkable rally with a 64-foot, 5-inch birdie putt on the 72nd hole to win a chaotic, carnage-filled U.S. Open at a vaunted Oakmont Country Club that lived up to its reputation and th...

“I hit it perfect, and it was right at it. It was just a matter of was it the perfect distance or not?” he said.

Spaun’s defining moment came at the 18th where he found the green in two and faced a 65-foot putt to avoid a two-putt par.

J.J. Spaun turned a sloppy mess of a U.S. Open at wet and nasty Oakmont into a thing of beauty at the end Sunday with two stunning shots that carried him to his first major championship.

Needing two putts from 65 feet on the 18th to win, he finished this storybook week by holing the longest putt all week for birdie and a 2-over 72.

J.J. Spaun drove the 314-yard, par-4 17th and two-putted for birdie to take a one-shot lead with one hole to play in the 125th U.S. Open. He then rolled in a 64-foot birdie putt at the 18th — the longest putt made by anyone all week at Oakmont — to secure his second PGA Tour win and first major title.

J.J. Spaun overcomes five early bogeys to win the U.S. Open at rain-soaked Oakmont.

Absent from the top of the leaderboard is world No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler (+4), who is tied for 11th as play begins Sunday.

Tiger Woods proved to be a motivation for JJ Spaun's U.S. Open win after a rain-soaked course challenged him to the edge.