Dad Golfer Wins US Open at 150:1 Odds, After Running to Get Medicine for Sick Daughter

Dad Golfer Wins US Open at 150:1 Odds, After Running to Get Medicine for Sick Daughter

Dad Golfer Wins US Open at 150:1 Odds, After Running to Get Medicine for Sick Daughter It was perhaps the biggest day of his sporting life and J.J Spaun had to wake up early to get medicine after his daughter started vomiting at 3 a.m.—but his performance at the U.S. Open ultimately did not suffer. After three days of competition, Spaun was only one shot behind the leader heading into the final round. It was Father’s Day. And his tee time would arrive soon. But Spaun first had to run out to get medicine from CVS for his sick daughter. But thanks to a masterful final stretch of play—including a 65-foot putt on the last hole—he got the win too, capturing the 125th U.S. Open Championship at Oakmont Country Club near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. “It was kind of a rough start to the morning,” Spaun said in his championship press conference, revisiting the stomach bug story and his CVS run. “I am not blaming that on my start (he bogeyed five of the first six holes), but it just kind of fit the mold…