2025 U.S. Open, final-round recap: J.J. Spaun wins in thrilling finish at Oakmont

1. J.J. Spaun (-1)
2. Robert MacIntyre (+1)
3. Viktor Hovland (+2)
T4. Cameron Young (+3)
T4. Tyrrell Hatton (+3)
T4. Carlos Ortiz (+3)
T7. Scottie Scheffler (+4)
T7. Jon Rahm (+4)
T7. Sam Burns (+4)
T10. Ben Griffin (+5)
T10. Russell Henley (+5)

U.S. Open 2025 leaderboard: Final results and scores from Oakmont Country Club

The final leaderboard from the 125th U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club.

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We’re all speechless, Bobby.

Realizing you’re a major champion:

64 feet, 5 inches. The longest putt ANYONE made ALL WEEK.

And after all that, the winning score is indeed under par: Spaun goes 1 under at Oakmont.

Cinema.

Two-putt? NAH.

J.J. Spaun DRAINS a mile-long putt on the 72nd to win the U.S. Open by TWO STROKES.

A massive breakout season for Spaun includes his first major championship.

Viktor Hovland doesn’t put his approach quite close enough on 18, and he can’t sink his long putt for birdie (though he gave it a good run). That officially closes his book at Oakmont.

He did provide a perfect read to Spaun, who just needs a two-putt — albeit a long one — to win.

Two-putt for Spaun and he wins.

He birdies the 17th, and he needs a birdie on 18, plus a Spaun bogey, to get to a playoff.

Relevant leaderboard, with Scott and Ortiz out of it:

1. Spaun (E), 17
2. MacIntyre (+1), F
T3. Hovland (+2), 17
T3. Hatton (+2), 17

It’s a two-putt birdie for J.J. Spaun. He leads at even-par.

Par the 72nd, and he (probably) wins the U.S. Open.

Bogey, and it’s (probably) another playoff, just a couple months removed from his Monday battle with Rory McIlroy in The Players.

It’ll be on Monday, per the USGA.

WOW. J.J. Spaun almost hits the 17th flagstick off the tee. He’s got a putt for eagle and likely will be even-par, at worst, after this hole.

Sam Burns is having a day — and not a good one. He’s 7 over after another double bogey, this one on 15.

That’s 3 over for the tournament with three holes to play and two shots to make up.

Goodbye, Scottie Scheffler, Cameron Young and Jon Rahm. It was a good run.

Bobby MacIntyre makes par on 18, carding a 68 and heading to the clubhouse at 1 over.

That’s the score to beat (or match) for these guys:

Burns (+1) 14
Spaun (+1) 15
Hatton (+1) 16
Scott (+2) 14
Hovland (+3) 15
Ortiz (+3) 16

We’ll leave this here.

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Four-way tie at the top.

MacIntyre is right in the thick of this: He almost drives the green on 17, then “two-putts” for birdie.

Leaderboard:

1. Spaun (E) 14
T2. Burns (+1) 14
T2. Hatton (+1) 15
T2. MacIntyre (+1) 17
T5. Hovland (+2) 14
T5. Scott (+2) 14

The world’s best putter had a huge chance on a mid-range putt to tie Spaun at even-par, but he can’t convert. He’s still one off, tied with Hatton.

Spaun’s birdie might end up deeming this irrelevant, but Scheffler bogeys the 18th to tie Jon Rahm at 4 over in the clubhouse.

Seven players will need to fall back to them. You never know.

And it’s J.J. Spaun! He sinks a 22-footer for birdie on the 14th, moving one stroke ahead of Burns, Scott, Hatton and Ortiz.

Wild.

Like clockwork. Scottie Scheffler birdies the 17th, and he’s 3 over — just two back of five co-leaders.

Did you expect anything different?

Sam Burns bogeys the par-5 12th, and we’ve got a five-way tie at 1 over: Burns, Scott, Spaun, Hatton, Ortiz.

Hovland and MacIntyre are 2 over.

Rahm is in the clubhouse at 4 over. He’s tied with Cameron Young, Thriston Lawrence and Scottie Scheffler.

J.J. Spaun barely poked this one on the 12th, and it was the perfect play. He birdies to move to 1 over, a four-way tie with Scott, Hatton and Ortiz.

Bobby MacIntyre and Tyrrell Hatton both make clutch birdies to shrink their deficits to two and one, respectively.

They’ve got less golf to play than the leaders. This tournament, that’s a good thing.

Sam Burns makes DOUBLE on the 11th after the below two brutal lies, and flying a chip past the green. He can’t go up and down and cards a six.

He’s still the solo leader, though, because Scott made bogey on 11. It’s a one-stroke lead and no one is under par. Chaos.

1. Burns (E)
T2. Scott (+1)
T2. Ortiz (+1)
T4. Hovland (+2)
T4. Spaun (+2)
T4. Hatton (+2)
7. MacIntyre (+3)

Winning a U.S. Open is not supposed to be easy.

That’s looking like a huge one: Sam Burns makes birdie on the 10th, right after ending the front nine with bogey. He’s at 2 under now — two clear of Scott.

Rain starting to come down again at Oakmont.

Carlos Ortiz birdies the 11th and he’s alone in third, just two strokes back of Burns.

Here’s where we stand with everyone on the back nine:

1. Burns: -1 (9)
2. Scott: E (9)
T3. Hovland: +2 (9)
T3. Spaun: +2 (9)
T3. Hatton: +2 (10)
T3. Ortiz: +2 (10)

NBC’s Mike Tirico says officials are keeping a very close eye on the radar.

Not the weather, the play.

Hovland misses a par putt from 6 feet. Hatton hits it in a ditch on No. 10 and takes a penalty drop. Burns goes left into the junk on No. 9; Adam Scott goes wide right on the same hole.

Sam Burns pars the eighth to remain at 2 under. Adam Scott makes bogey to fall to even par.

Viktor Hovland and Tyrrell Hatton are both at 1 over.

The final group resumed with the 301-yard, par-3 eighth. Burns found the back fringe while Scott went wide right into the damp, thick rough.

A USGA official says conditions are improving but didn’t offer an estimate for resumption.

Dan Hicks relays that the current weather pattern will hold for at least another 45 minutes.

1. Sam Burns: -2 (7)
2. Adam Scott: -1 (7)
T3. Tyrrell Hatton: +1 (8)
T3. Viktor Hovland: +1 (8)
T5. Carlos Ortiz: +2 (8)
T5. J.J. Spaun: +2 (8)

Not so fast, my friend. Play was scheduled to end at 7 p.m. EDT and sunset isn’t until 8:52 p.m. Officials have a solid two hours of flexibility.

Players are being held in placed, rather than coming off the course.

Play resumes in final round of U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club

Play was suspended Sunday afternoon because of threatening weather in the Oakmont area.

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On-course reporter Smylie Kaufman says it’s the biggest rain drops he’s ever seen.

NBC’s Dan Hicks just announced that no one on the course is under par today.

That includes Adam Scott, who three-putts the sixth to fall to 1 under and one off the lead.

He’s bogeyed five of his first six holes and has dropped to 2 over par. STILL, he’s only four back as Sam Burns bogeys the fifth.

After driving into a fairway bunker at the par-4 fifth, Viktor Hovland hits his approach to 5 feet and sinks the putt. He’s back to even par and three off the lead.

Scott’s 45-foot eagle putt at the par-5 fourth grazes the hole. He had the fist-pump locked and loaded but wasn’t able to fire. Still, the birdie gets him back to 2 under, just one behind Sam Burns, who parred the fourth.

Going to look good on Wikipedia in a few years.

Don’t do it, Mother Nature.

This time it’s Viktor Hovland’s turn (his sixth three-putt of the week). He bogeys the second and is now at even par, three back of Sam Burns.

He’s only three back at even par, but he’s yet to make a par in the final round.

He falls to 3 under and leads Adam Scott by one. J.J. Spaun is two back, with Viktor Hovland three off the pace.

J.J. Spaun’s approach shot from 94 yards at the second hits the flagstick and finishes 50 yards off the green.

It’s a bogey-bogey start and he’s three back.

He ran into trouble around the green at No. 1 and had to make a 6-footer to only drop a stroke.

Sam Burns made par and now leads by two.

A poor opening tee shot and some rough trouble leads to a dropped shot for J.J. Spaun. He’s down to 2 under, two back.

Three-putt double bogey to drop to 6 over par.

He said Saturday that he just wanted to shoot under par in the final round and get out of town.

McIlroy shot 3-under 67 Sunday to finish at 7 over (T-30 when he finished).

Deuces.

Trying to mount a challenge, Scottie Scheffler pars his first two holes and, for the third time in four days, hits his tee shot into the Church Pew bunkers at the third.

What a week for Philip Barbaree.