J.J. Spaun won his first U.S. Open by two strokes over Robert MacIntyre on Sunday. The 34-year-old will take home the major championship’s $4.3 million prize for what is just the second PGA tournament win in his career.
Spaun’s $4.3 million in winnings from Oakmont matched the 2024 U.S. Open’s top prize secured by Bryson DeChambeau. And the $21.5 million in total prize money for the 2025 U.S. Open field also equaled the 2024 pot—still the highest for a major championship.
Spaun won the 125th U.S. Open after falling back in rounds two and three after sitting atop the leaderboard after day one. The Los Angeles native played a sterling first round Thursday, where he shot a 4-under-par 66. He fell back Friday and Saturday by a couple of strokes to Louisiana native Scott Burns, who led into the start of his fourth round Sunday only to falter on the back nine. Burns finished at 3-over-par for the weekend, tied for seventh place.
MacIntyre, who notched both of his two career PGA Tour wins last year, had a more consistent four days than many of the other contenders, but fell two strokes short overall. His 2-under-par for the rain-interrupted fourth round left him at 1-over-par for the tournament.
For Spaun, the victory’s $4.3 million top prize is by far his largest single tournament win to date. According to Spotrac, he had won $17.7 million in his 19-year career entering today.
Spaun made the PGA Tour 11 years ago, winning his first and, until Sunday, only PGA event in 2022, at the Valero Texas Open. That result netted him about $1.5 million.
With his victory at Oakmont, the 34-year-old also gains a place in all four majors for each of the next five years and entries in the U.S. Open for the next decade.
This year’s U.S. Open was the 10th held at Oakmont, the most of any course and among the most difficult, according to its players.
