JJ Spaun snatched main glory on the US Open after overcoming a nightmare begin to edge forward of a congested leaderboard and declare a dramatic victory at Oakmont.
Spaun went into the ultimate spherical a shot behind Sam Burns however noticed his hopes seemingly ended by 5 bogeys in his first six holes, solely to cost again into competition after a prolonged climate delay.
The American posted two long-range birdies on his again 9 – as lots of the ultimate pairings struggled on a saturated course, earlier than cancelling out a bogey on the fifteenth with a two-putt birdie on the driveable par-four seventeenth to take a one-shot result in the ultimate gap.
Spaun discovered the par-four inexperienced in two and left himself a two-putt from 65 toes to remain forward of MacIntyre, solely to gap his putt for a unprecedented birdie to say a two-shot win over the Scot and spark wild celebrations on the 18th inexperienced.
A two-over 72 noticed Spaun finish the week on one underneath and because the solely play under-par, with MacIntyre ending runner-up forward of Ryder Cup team-mate Viktor Hovland after one of the vital unimaginable ultimate rounds in current main historical past.
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