How do Spaun’s odds of winning the U.S. Open compare to other long shots at majors in the past? Per SportsOddsHistory, Spaun had the second-longest odds of any golfer to win a major over the last decade, behind only Phil Mickelson at the 2021 PGA, who entered the event at 250-1.

J.J. Spaun faced his first big moment on a big stage in golf and he wasn’t ready for it. He didn’t even have a club in his hand. Spaun was a 26-year-old PGA Tour rookie at Torrey Pines in 2017. He was not eligible for the pro-am and wanted to see the North course when he came across an enormous crowd that could mean only one thing: Tiger Woods.