J.J. Spaun Clinches the US Open With a Dramatic Putt

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00:00the u.s open we previewed all last week on site boots on the ground our guy keith was there joe

00:05and my goodness it did not disappoint if you were expecting carnage which meant all week long we

00:11were shown like why are there 50 guys out here each with a lawnmower trying to take down this

00:15rough here is it that serious is it that deep we even saw guys walk up with a golf ball all over

00:20the course and just drop it in the rough and the ball disappeared you saw that all weekend long

00:25which what the expectations were yes it was going to be tough how many guys would finish under par

00:30where it turns out joe ranieri only one guy finished under par and that was jj spawn at a minus one and

00:36to finish under par he had to drop a 60 plus foot putt on the final hole to clinch the u.s open an

00:43amazing performance as you see their final score minus one pre-tournament odds 120 to one pre-sunday

00:50plus 330 to one his first major title we heard it all week long jj spawn talking just a few short

00:57months ago a year ago maybe i should give the sport up i'm really struggling with this he's the u.s

01:02open champion joe ranieri yeah what does that tell you about the state of golf right now in the pga

01:11tour oh please donnie you do not get to be u.s open champion by shooting 40 on the front nine

01:18unless of course everybody else behind you is shooting 50 which what is exactly what it felt

01:24like watching yesterday this was muni golf at best and i don't even i feel like i'm

01:30degrading muni golf uh watching that yesterday and the sad part of all of this is that if scotty

01:37scheffler would have made a handful of putts throughout the week he wins this thing by eight

01:44strokes it's not even remotely close the the days of tiger woods and phil mickelson and domination

01:51by a handful of guys is long gone uh donnie now you get champions u.s open champions that shoot 40

01:59on the front nine here on a sunday unbelievable if i gave you the over under joe not on majors

02:07continuing to be won by jj spawn tournaments won by jj spawn after winning the u.s open i'll give you

02:13two full years on the pga tour the jj spawn win a golf tournament not a major just a tournament

02:20over the next two years what do you think i have some advice for jj spawn take your check

02:26and your trophy and retire and absolutely retire because you will never live up to what you just

02:34won ever so enjoy yourself and listen he's had a nice little run right he lost in the uh in a

02:41playoff to mcelroy at the players yeah uh i think he won one other tournament i mean come on donnie

02:47this is a hail mary of all hail mary's congratulations jj spawn you still had to go out and win it but that

02:53that was gross u.s open absolutely gross

02:56that was gross u.s open absolutely gross

02:57that was gross u.s open absolutely gross