SAN DIEGO -- Former San Diego State men’s golfer J.J. Spaun captured the 2025 U.S. Open, battling a weather delay on arguably the toughest course in the world at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania, 10 miles outside of Pittsburgh. Along with a pair of major wins last season by Xander Schauffele at the PGA Championship and The Open, a former Aztec has won three of the last six majors.
Spaun, who starred for SDSU from 2009-12, carded a final round 2-over-par-72 to finish as the lone player under par at 1-under 279, beating runner-up Robert MacIntyre by two strokes. Spaun, who had one career win entering the tournament in the 2022 Valero Texas Open, was at 5-over through his first eight holes of the final round with five bogeys before a 96-minute weather delay. When he resumed on the ninth hole, he had three pars, and then went three-under over his final seven holes with four birdies and a bogey.
Spaun’s 64-foot, 5-inch putt on the final hole to clinch the two-shot win was the longest in the field for the tournament. Spaun became the fifth U.S. Open champion to finish his tournament birdie-birdie in regulation and just the second player in the last 120 yards to shoot a 40-plus on the front nine and to win the U.S. Open. Spaun opened with a 66 in Thursday’s opening round to lead by a shot at 4-under. He followed with a 2-over 72 on Friday before a 1-under 69 on Saturday had him playing in the second-to-last group today. The other three players in today’s final two groups shot a combined 20-over par while Spaun carded a 2-over par.
Spaun entered the weekend as the 25th-ranked player in the Official World Golf Rankings (OWGR).
Spaun twice received All-America recognition by both the (GCAA) and Golfweek during his time at San Diego State (2009-12). He captured five individual tournament crowns during his career at SDSU, which is tied for most in school history with Aztec Hall of Famer Lennie Clements.
In addition, Spaun earned Mountain West Player of the Year honors as a senior in 2012 and garnered three straight all-conference accolades. He concluded that season ranked 17th nationally by Golfstat.com and 21st by Golfweek after leading SDSU to its best-ever Division I team finish with a fifth-place tie in the match-play phase at the NCAA Championships.
Justin Hastings, meanwhile, was the only amateur to make the cut. He opened with back-to-back 73s, before shooting 73 and 76 on the weekend and finishing tied for 55th at +15. It was the second straight amateur Hastings competed in where he was the low amateur (also the Masters). San Diego State is likely the first college to have a U.S. Open champion and the low amateur medalist in recorded history.
Hastings had arguably the best season in San Diego State history, racking up two victories and posting the second-best scoring average (70.33) in program history. Out of his 11 collegiate tournaments, he had two wins (by four strokes each), a runner-up finish and six top-10 efforts. Hastings became the fourth Aztec to win a MW Championship, April 25-27, carding an 18-under-par 198. He also won the Lamkin Classic, March 10-11, in a tournament-record 16-under 200. He was named an honorable mention All-American by two publications, as well as a PING All-West region selection for a third straight season, the Mountain West Golfer of the Year and an all-MW pick for a third consecutive year. Last weekend, Hastings led the Internationals to a 35-25 win at the Arnold Palmer Cup after going 4-0 in his events at Congaree Golf Club in Ridgeland, South Carolina.
San Diego State won its fourth consecutive MW championship last month and a spot in the NCAA Tallahassee Regional, where the Aztecs tied for seventh out of 14 teams, two spots from advancing to the NCAA Championship.