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Former San Diego State men’s golfer 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 °®¶¹´«Ã½ 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 °®¶¹´«Ã½, 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 °®¶¹´«Ã½ 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.