I just tried to dig deep,” said the 34-year-old Californian who can now call himself a major champion. “I've been doing it my whole life.”

J.J. Spaun's Wife Melody Spaun Makes Honest Revelation After US Open Victory originally appeared on Athlon Sports.

The newly minted U.S. Open champion was essentially running on fumes before capturing the first major victory of his career Sunday.

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

It was a true Father’s Day triumph for J.J. Spaun, who revealed he was making a 3 a.m. CVS run on Sunday morning tending to his daughter’s stomach bug — just hours before winning the US Open.

JJ Spaun had arguably the best Father's Day imaginable on Sunday, and his daughter seemed to realize how special the day was once the sun went down. Spaun

US Open champion J.J. Spaun and his wife, Melody, started dating in 2013 and have since welcomed two daughters together

J.J. Spaun drained an incredible 64-foot birdie putt that snaked across a sodden 18th green to win the U.S. Open by two shots from Robert MacIntyre on Sunday as the Californian claimed his first major after a chaotic final round at Oakmont Country Club.

Through it all, looming large and nasty and insurmountable, there was the golf course. Oakmont Country Club hosted its record 10th U.S. Open. As ever, it did not disappoint. This is the place that, in 1962,