OAKMONT, Pa. – J.J. Spaun’s closing pursuit of major glory began at 3 a.m. Sunday in, of all places, a CVS in downtown Pittsburgh. Spaun’s almost 2-year-old daughter, Violet, had woken up with a stomach bug, and mere hours into Father’s Day, dad duty called.

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

J.J. Spaun has won the U.S. Open Championship and his first major with a thrilling, birdie-birdie finish to rally for victory at Oakmont Country Club. Spaun, 34, only had one win on the PGA Tour prior to his thrilling win at the U.S. Open.