JJ Spaun spent Father’s Day filling his role as a typical dad.
Spaun revealed after winning the US Open on Sunday that he spent time before the final round of the major at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pa., doing family errands. He said that his daughter was vomiting all night, which resulted in his wife being up at 3:00 a.m. Spaun said that he made a run to a CVS in downtown to pick up some medication to help his sick daughter.
“It was kind of a rough start to the morning,” Spaun said after winning the major. “I’m not blaming that on my start, but it kind of fit the mold of what was going on, the chaos.”
Though having an early morning/rough night may have tired out Spaun, he says there were many benefits to having his family around. Spaun believes their presence kept his mind occupied and kept him focus on doing “dad” things.
“I don’t think I had any — I didn’t really — like when I go back home after the round, my kids are there, and it’s such a big distraction where I’m not even having to dwell on anything or think too much, which is a good thing,” Spaun said.
“Like THE PLAYERS was tough, I was alone that week, and I’m just kind of sitting there at night in my hotel room, like trying not go go on social media, trying not to go on Twitter or whatever, X. It’s nice to be able to have the kids to be around and be a dad. That kind of keeps your mind off golf and kind of gets me in a calm, cool, collective mindset going into today.”
The presence of his family seemed to help. Spaun putted extremely well to close out his final round, which allowed him to win his first career major, and cash in on a $4.3 million prize.
JJ Spaun's Sunday morning started extremely early after one of his daughters got hit with the stomach bug during the night.
— Mark Harris (@itismarkharris) June 16, 2025
Before his final round tee time, he made a CVS run for meds. Hours later, he's a U.S. Open winner.
Just a regular dad who happens to be great at golf. pic.twitter.com/XmEKYzl95V
