Ryder Cup: How a lot has USA participant JJ Spaun made in his profession?

J.J. Spaun burst onto the golf scene this 12 months, and he has parlayed his successes into his first Ryder Cup look.

Spaun shocked the world early within the season when he was in a playoff for the Gamers Championship in opposition to eventual winner, and Crew Europe mainstay, Rory McIlroy.

However he continued to play constant golf and took house his first main championship by profitable the U.S. Open at Oakmont Nation Membership. It was simply the second win of his profession, as he additionally took house the 2022 Valero Texas Open.

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Spaun has been on Tour since 2014 and has racked up $25,530,418 in prize cash in his profession. However amazingly, greater than half of that (practically $12.9 million) got here in 2025 alone.

Except for his U.S. Open win that earned him $4.3 million, he additionally had three runner-up finishes this 12 months — he had one in his profession getting into 2025.

J.J. Spaun celebrates along with his caddie Mark Carens after profitable the U.S. Open.  (Invoice Streicher / IMAGN)

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Spaun took house $818,800 after his second-place end on the Cognizant Traditional, and after the identical outcomes at TPC Sawgrass and the St. Jude Championship, he earned one other $2.725 million and $2.16 million, respectively.

So, Spaun practically doubled his profession earnings from simply 4 tournaments this 12 months.

J.J. Spaun kisses the championship trophy after profitable the a hundred and twenty fifth U.S. Open. (Invoice Streicher / IMAGN)

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Now, after greater than a decade on tour, he’ll lastly characterize the US on a grand stage. Latest historical past exhibits that odds are in Spaun’s favor for an additional win, too, as the house workforce has gained every of the final 5 Ryder Cups.