“I never thought I would be here holding this trophy,” he said in the Sunday twilight at soaked Oakmont during the trophy presentation.

JJ Spaun overcomes horrendous course conditions and Scotland's Robert MacIntyre to win the US Open on a chaotic final day.

“I hit it perfect, and it was right at it. It was just a matter of was it the perfect distance or not?” he said.

An emotional Spaun reunited with his wife, Melody, and their daughters, Emerson Lili and Violet Windsor, to celebrate the win on Father’s Day.

Instead, he had to settle for sole possession of second place, but on a day when so many contenders — including the winner — had their problems, MacIntyre handled both Oakmont and the weather with apl...