Dan has nothing but respect for JJ Spaun as he outlasted the field and tamed the notoriously difficult course at Oakmont. After a rocky start to his final round on Sunday, Spaun settled down while a veritable who’s who of the golf world fell victim to the brutal conditions and slid down the leaderboard. Add to that his spectacular birdie on the 18th hole to put the exclamation point on his championship and it made for a truly wonderful weekend of golf.
Dan Patrick: “JJ Spaun is a champion. This morning, he’s a champion and he did it in dramatic fashion…If you go to the second page of the leaderboard, you’re like, ‘Oh, now that looks like a major championship!’ The top of the leaderboard did not, but JJ Spaun; you survived as you beat the best and beat the beast.”