WEBVTT 00:06.005 --> 00:07.966 [mysterious music playing] 00:08.049 --> 00:10.719 [commentator] Carolina blue skies. 00:10.802 --> 00:12.804 Tens of thousands are on hand 00:12.887 --> 00:16.725 welcoming the world to the Queen City of Charlotte. 00:17.225 --> 00:20.937 The 107th PGA Championship. 00:21.021 --> 00:22.814 Morning! How are you? 00:23.314 --> 00:24.149 That's good. 00:25.108 --> 00:26.192 Good luck, mate. 00:32.490 --> 00:33.450 They're back. 00:34.701 --> 00:36.119 Netflix are back. 00:36.703 --> 00:37.579 Woo-hoo! 00:37.662 --> 00:41.166 [Rapaport] It feels like Ryder Cup season is starting to really begin. 00:41.666 --> 00:44.627 The Masters is kind of its own thing, but, uh, you know, it moves quickly 00:44.711 --> 00:46.921 and we're already at the second of four majors, so… 00:47.005 --> 00:49.299 This is one of those tournaments, this Ryder Cup coming up, 00:49.382 --> 00:50.967 that you're gonna be an old man 00:51.050 --> 00:53.053 and you won't wanna tell your kids you missed it. 00:53.136 --> 00:54.512 This is one you wanna be at. 00:54.596 --> 00:56.598 [tense music playing] 00:58.725 --> 01:01.811 [Dethier] The Ryder Cup is on everybody's mind right now. 01:02.479 --> 01:04.731 For European Captain Luke Donald, there's great news. 01:04.814 --> 01:08.234 His team is coming into focus. His guys are stacking up wins. 01:08.318 --> 01:09.944 They're firing on all cylinders. 01:10.028 --> 01:13.615 [man] With your captain's hat on, how do you feel about another strong showing 01:13.698 --> 01:15.700 from the Europeans following the Masters? 01:15.784 --> 01:17.660 Yeah, it's, uh… it's great. 01:17.744 --> 01:22.123 It's always nice when guys on your team are up there each and every week 01:22.207 --> 01:27.587 playing against the strongest fields in golf and doing extremely well. 01:28.379 --> 01:30.799 When you have two or three guys up there, like at the Masters, 01:30.882 --> 01:33.843 there's always got to be one loser, which is the tough part, 01:33.927 --> 01:36.721 'cause I'm texting the guys, saying, "Hard luck," 01:36.805 --> 01:38.723 but inside I'm thinking, you know, this is great 01:38.807 --> 01:42.101 because I've got a few guys all playing really well. 01:44.562 --> 01:45.772 [Keegan] Hello, guys! 01:45.855 --> 01:47.690 -[man] Oh, hey. -[Keegan] Yeah! 01:47.774 --> 01:50.068 [Dethier] But for US Captain Keegan Bradley, 01:50.151 --> 01:51.319 it's open season. 01:51.820 --> 01:56.699 There's a longer list than ever of potential US Ryder Cuppers. 01:56.783 --> 01:59.160 -Can we go listen to you? -[Keegan] Let's go do it. 02:00.203 --> 02:02.247 [Keegan] We're trying to put the best team together. 02:02.747 --> 02:04.958 These guys are playing in all four of the majors. 02:05.041 --> 02:07.877 You know, you… you see a guy, maybe a younger guy, 02:07.961 --> 02:10.213 that, you know, stands up to the pressure and can feel… 02:10.296 --> 02:14.134 This is as close as we're gonna get to Bethpage in that, you know, 02:14.217 --> 02:17.095 the pressure on Sunday is a lot in a major. 02:18.054 --> 02:21.850 I think, when you get down to it, it's… they're always really tough decisions. 02:21.933 --> 02:24.727 Any given week could tee it up with these guys in a PGA Tour event. 02:28.106 --> 02:31.484 [Rapaport] I think the Europeans seem to lean into the team environment, 02:31.568 --> 02:33.570 and that's what Keegan Bradley has to do. 02:33.653 --> 02:34.529 Pick me! 02:34.612 --> 02:37.156 [Rapaport] A lot of guys who are playing their way onto this team 02:37.240 --> 02:39.701 will feel like, "I don't know if I'll play another Ryder Cup, 02:39.784 --> 02:44.581 'cause I haven't played one before, so I gotta put everything into this week." 02:46.249 --> 02:49.294 That sort of embodies the spirit that Keegan brings to this team. 02:49.377 --> 02:52.172 We might not be the normal guys, we might not be who you expected, 02:52.255 --> 02:55.300 but we're representing the red, white, and blue in the Ryder Cup. 02:55.383 --> 02:57.385 [dramatic music playing] 03:14.319 --> 03:16.738 -[woman] Bags are special. -[man] Yeah, they really are. 03:16.821 --> 03:19.699 [man 2] This is blowing some people's minds right now. It's really nice. 03:20.200 --> 03:21.618 [Keegan] Yep, let's go. 03:21.701 --> 03:22.619 [man 2] Nice. 03:23.369 --> 03:29.417 And then down here we have a celebration of our spectator championships. 03:37.216 --> 03:38.676 [Keegan] Oh, look at that, boys! 03:38.760 --> 03:39.886 [man 2 laughs] 03:39.969 --> 03:44.182 -[Keegan] Nice. -I think this is one of your wedges. Um… 03:44.265 --> 03:45.141 -Yeah. -Yeah? 03:45.225 --> 03:46.893 -Yeah. -Oh, that's good. 03:48.937 --> 03:51.856 [Keegan] We want to see the guys coming down the stretch of tournaments 03:51.940 --> 03:53.399 in the biggest events. 03:53.900 --> 03:56.569 The U.S. Open is a big barometer. 03:57.070 --> 03:59.405 The majors are so stressful. 04:00.114 --> 04:03.284 We sort of know how Justin Thomas is in these situations 04:03.368 --> 04:05.119 or Scottie Scheffler or Xander. 04:05.203 --> 04:08.206 So when we're looking at guys that sort of burst onto the scene, 04:08.289 --> 04:11.292 we took in all those factors, and we're really paying attention to that. 04:11.376 --> 04:13.503 [man] Now we're just gonna do a quick photo. 04:14.087 --> 04:15.713 -[Jillian] Hey. -[Keegan] Are you ready? 04:15.797 --> 04:18.800 -Three, two, one. Penny, look over here. -[Keegan laughs] 04:18.883 --> 04:20.093 [man] Oh, good girl. 04:20.176 --> 04:21.511 [Keegan] Good girl! 04:22.011 --> 04:24.806 [woman] Her little legs just perched over too. 04:24.889 --> 04:25.723 Yeah. 04:26.933 --> 04:28.810 [Balionis] Winning a major in a Ryder Cup year 04:28.893 --> 04:31.688 is one of the very few foolproof ways to make the team. 04:31.771 --> 04:33.147 -You did it! -Yeah! 04:33.231 --> 04:36.859 [Balionis] And we've seen in recent years players come basically out of nowhere 04:36.943 --> 04:41.489 and use, in particular, the U.S. Open as their statement, 04:41.572 --> 04:43.283 "I'm here, and I belong." 04:43.783 --> 04:45.451 I think, when you're Keegan Bradley, 04:45.535 --> 04:49.038 you're thinking, "Man, who's gonna come out of the woodwork 04:49.122 --> 04:51.416 and shock the world this year?" 05:11.728 --> 05:13.104 -[man] What up, G? -[man 2] What up? 05:13.896 --> 05:15.523 -How you doing? -Good to see you, dog. 05:15.606 --> 05:17.817 -I'm good. How about yourself? -Great. Awesome. 05:17.900 --> 05:21.988 -You like this? A little throwback, huh? -Damn! Throwback. 05:22.989 --> 05:25.116 -What year is that? -I have no idea. 05:25.199 --> 05:27.493 [J.J.] So I'll do a couple of, yeah, front boards, and… 05:27.577 --> 05:29.454 [Sean] Yeah. You got front boards? 05:29.537 --> 05:30.705 -No, dude! -Come on! 05:30.788 --> 05:32.707 -Maybe back in the day. -Come on! Come on! 05:32.790 --> 05:34.334 Mike would kill me if I did this. 05:34.417 --> 05:36.836 Yeah, no. We gotta keep the wrist protected. 05:36.919 --> 05:38.004 -[J.J.] Yeah. -Yeah. 05:38.087 --> 05:40.298 -We got to go back to back. -I'm just gonna roll. 05:40.381 --> 05:42.467 -[Sean] I'll do a front board though. -I'm gonna roll. 05:44.218 --> 05:48.848 Growing up in Southern California, it was all skateboarding, surfing, beach. 05:48.931 --> 05:51.601 Even, you know, snowboarding during the season. 05:51.684 --> 05:53.394 -Let's go. -I'm about to lose money. 05:53.478 --> 05:55.271 [J.J.] Let's go! 05:56.272 --> 05:59.192 I was probably eight or nine years old. My dad bought me a skateboard, 05:59.275 --> 06:02.361 and we'd go to this park and spend all day there, honestly. 06:02.445 --> 06:05.573 And we just felt so, like, spirited and free. 06:05.656 --> 06:07.033 [Sean] It's kind of steep. 06:07.116 --> 06:08.868 [J.J.] Roaming the city, roaming your town, 06:08.951 --> 06:11.329 and trying to find places and hanging with your friends. 06:11.412 --> 06:14.290 -God, he makes it look so easy. -[Sean] I know. 06:16.918 --> 06:20.004 -I'll see if I can front crook it first. -Come on, Sean. 06:20.088 --> 06:22.382 [J.J.] The difference between golf and skateboarding then, 06:22.465 --> 06:24.008 there was, like, a huge divide, right? 06:24.092 --> 06:24.926 There you go. 06:25.009 --> 06:28.638 Skateboarders were kind of the crazy ones. 06:28.721 --> 06:31.641 You're trespassing. You're causing a ruckus. 06:31.724 --> 06:34.894 Golf, on the other hand, was, you know, very proper. 06:34.977 --> 06:37.313 Lots of etiquette. Classy. 06:38.189 --> 06:40.191 I feel like, when I grew up, 06:40.274 --> 06:43.194 like, I was actually trying to hide that I was a golfer. 06:43.277 --> 06:45.113 [Sean] Me too! Me too! 06:45.196 --> 06:47.115 I'd have, like, golf clothes in my backpack 06:47.198 --> 06:48.950 and then have my skateboard. 06:49.033 --> 06:51.411 I'd be like, "See you later," and I'd skate off, 06:51.494 --> 06:53.246 go change quick, and go to the golf course. 06:53.329 --> 06:58.000 Oh, the amount of times I would get made fun of and then try to hide it. 06:58.626 --> 07:01.546 I feel like golf, like, you're using your brain in a certain way, 07:01.629 --> 07:05.216 kind of like skating, but there's not as much pain involved. 07:05.299 --> 07:06.843 -Very fair. Very fair. -Yeah. 07:06.926 --> 07:08.719 [laughing] 07:08.803 --> 07:09.846 Then… yeah! 07:12.515 --> 07:16.436 All right. Let's get him out of here. Let's get him out of here. 07:16.519 --> 07:18.479 -Dawg, I enjoyed it. Thank you. -My man. 07:18.563 --> 07:20.273 [J.J.] I'm a late bloomer in golf. 07:22.066 --> 07:25.945 My whole career, whether it was junior golf or collegiately, 07:26.445 --> 07:31.993 it kind of took me a while at each stage to really come through. 07:32.076 --> 07:34.078 [gentle music playing] 07:40.668 --> 07:42.753 [commentator] Championship Sunday at the Players. 07:45.631 --> 07:47.425 J.J. Spaun, not going away. 07:47.508 --> 07:50.428 [commentator 2] Grew up playing public courses just outside of LA, 07:50.511 --> 07:53.681 and now on the grand stage of the Players. 07:54.515 --> 07:57.435 [Rapaport] The Players is definitely a breakout week for J.J. Spaun. 07:59.187 --> 08:05.484 [commentator] Oh man, J.J. Spaun's got a kick-in birdie at the toughest hole. 08:05.568 --> 08:09.113 We see a lot of guys who come out right from college, and they're stars. 08:09.197 --> 08:11.032 Not the case for J.J. Spaun. 08:14.535 --> 08:16.996 [commentator] Oh yeah, J.J. Spaun! 08:18.206 --> 08:20.958 And he is going to tie McIlroy. 08:21.876 --> 08:23.336 The guy's just been money. 08:24.587 --> 08:27.048 This for the Players Championship. 08:27.131 --> 08:31.427 [J.J.] Going toe to toe with Rory McIlroy, the biggest star in our sport. 08:32.053 --> 08:34.347 [crowd] Oh! 08:34.430 --> 08:37.642 [Rapaport ] I mean, he was one revolution short of winning that tournament. 08:38.893 --> 08:41.604 So I think that was a big signal to the rest of the golf world, 08:41.687 --> 08:43.314 like, J.J. Spaun is for real. 08:43.814 --> 08:45.816 [suspenseful music playing] 08:46.984 --> 08:49.946 [commentator] But McIlroy's got another Players title. 08:50.905 --> 08:52.865 [J.J.] It doesn't matter where you came from. 08:52.949 --> 08:55.826 It's kind of like where you're at at the moment and what you can do. 08:55.910 --> 09:02.124 And, you know, I've used that as fuel to prove, you know, people wrong. 09:03.125 --> 09:05.127 [gentle music playing] 09:06.170 --> 09:07.547 [man] Oh yeah. Little cake tasting. 09:07.630 --> 09:10.424 [woman] Okay. Your favorite wedding planning event yet. 09:10.508 --> 09:11.550 The cake tasting. 09:12.134 --> 09:15.555 -I'm gonna go for a bit of chocolate. -Ben, we're gonna cut them. [laughs] 09:15.638 --> 09:17.098 All right, I'll cut one here. 09:17.848 --> 09:21.602 No, at our wedding, when we cut the cake, you can't shove it in my face. 09:21.686 --> 09:24.021 Wait, I've seen so many good videos of that though. 09:24.105 --> 09:25.982 [laughs] Don't even think about it. 09:26.065 --> 09:30.611 [Dana] When you wanna marry a golfer and you want to pick a wedding date, 09:30.695 --> 09:34.448 you know that you probably have to get married in the off season, 09:34.532 --> 09:36.701 which is either September or December. 09:36.784 --> 09:39.287 And so before this year even started, 09:39.370 --> 09:44.500 if Ben would've had a bad year and would've finished outside the top 100, 09:44.584 --> 09:47.253 he would've had to go to Q School finals. 09:47.336 --> 09:51.924 If we picked Saturday of Q School, it would've just added pressure of, 09:52.008 --> 09:55.678 "All right, I have to play well or else we're gonna have some wedding issues." 09:56.512 --> 09:57.847 Honestly, I just didn't even think 09:57.930 --> 10:00.391 golf was gonna ever happen again when I was working, so… 10:00.891 --> 10:01.809 Um… 10:01.892 --> 10:05.646 Pretty crazy. Here we are eating cake on Netflix. 10:07.064 --> 10:09.066 [both chuckle] 10:09.859 --> 10:12.987 My professional golf journey has been, um, a roller coaster. 10:14.071 --> 10:15.698 Congrats, big guy! Way to go, man. 10:16.699 --> 10:19.785 [Ben] I came out of college having some success. 10:20.369 --> 10:22.747 [Balionis] Everything was kind of going swimmingly. 10:22.830 --> 10:25.499 He clearly showed a lot of passion, a lot of talent. 10:25.583 --> 10:29.337 And then Ben Griffin finds himself, as he turns professional, 10:29.420 --> 10:32.048 things aren't as easy as he thought they were going to be. 10:32.965 --> 10:34.383 [crowd] Oh! 10:34.467 --> 10:37.428 Unfortunately, in 2019, I just didn't play well. 10:39.013 --> 10:41.682 [Balionis] The way the PGA Tour is structured, all of these players 10:41.766 --> 10:43.559 are independent contractors. 10:44.769 --> 10:46.854 So when Ben Griffin turns professional, 10:46.937 --> 10:51.150 he's responsible now for paying for his hotel room, 10:51.233 --> 10:53.778 paying for his flights, paying for his caddie. 10:53.861 --> 10:56.489 On a mediocre to bad season, 10:56.572 --> 10:59.116 players can lose $40,000 to $60,000. 11:00.493 --> 11:02.828 [Ben] I had $17,000 in credit card debt. 11:04.038 --> 11:06.665 For me, the system made it so difficult to make it 11:06.749 --> 11:09.377 that I didn't wanna gamble on myself anymore. 11:09.460 --> 11:14.256 I needed to step away and do something that I could afford rent. 11:15.257 --> 11:17.551 I knew I needed to try something new. 11:26.477 --> 11:28.145 All right, get after that salad bar, Mike. 11:28.229 --> 11:30.189 Fat guy can't be first in the buffet line. 11:30.689 --> 11:34.527 [Ben] I started working as a loan officer for a corporate investors mortgage group. 11:34.610 --> 11:36.987 It was nice to finally have paychecks coming in, 11:37.071 --> 11:39.532 and I felt like I could finally pay my own rent. 11:40.032 --> 11:42.868 It's been a thrill of a lifetime watching the last few years. 11:42.952 --> 11:44.704 [Ben] Mike's seen… Mike's seen the most of it. 11:44.787 --> 11:47.289 -[Mike chuckles] We take the credit. -[man] Direct quote. 11:47.373 --> 11:49.041 -Exactly, for sure. -[man] Direct quote. 11:49.125 --> 11:52.336 [Ben] That's about the time when I got a phone call from Doug Sieg, 11:52.420 --> 11:53.587 the CEO of Lord Abbett. 11:53.671 --> 11:57.425 -Hey, good seeing you. Doug! Let's go. -What's up, my man? How are you? 11:57.508 --> 11:59.260 -Doing good. -Look how strong you look. 11:59.343 --> 12:01.512 -I know. Look how strong you look. -Yeah, well. 12:01.595 --> 12:04.181 He called me and was like, "Dude, you're too good." 12:04.265 --> 12:07.518 "You're too good to be a loan officer. Too good to not be playing golf." 12:07.601 --> 12:08.728 "We gotta get you back." 12:09.437 --> 12:11.105 "I wanna help you get back to golf." 12:11.188 --> 12:14.066 "I wanna sponsor someone who's gonna work from the ground up." 12:14.567 --> 12:17.278 So I decided to make a comeback to golf in 2021. 12:17.361 --> 12:19.447 -Well, at least it was straight. -[Ben chuckles] Yeah. 12:19.989 --> 12:22.366 -[man] All right. See you out there. -See you in a bit. 12:22.450 --> 12:25.077 [Ben] Doug sponsored me, paid for all my expenses. 12:25.578 --> 12:27.830 I credit him with literally all of my success. 12:29.248 --> 12:33.919 I think Ben stepping away from golf gives him a ton of perspective. 12:34.420 --> 12:36.714 He has the perspective to say 12:37.214 --> 12:41.260 a bad day on the golf course is better than any day in the office. 12:41.761 --> 12:44.805 And so I think it makes him a lot more positive. 12:47.600 --> 12:48.642 That'll play. 12:49.226 --> 12:51.228 Think how limber he'd be if he had a full-time guy. 12:51.312 --> 12:54.190 Yeah, give me a tour caddie, give me a tour stretch. 12:54.273 --> 12:56.317 You know, give me the grandstand free drop. 12:56.400 --> 12:59.737 [Ben] Look at those tree trunks. They've never been pulled in those directions. 12:59.820 --> 13:00.654 [Doug chuckles] 13:00.738 --> 13:02.865 [Ben] My mind completely shifted 13:02.948 --> 13:04.909 from those first years of playing professional golf 13:04.992 --> 13:07.369 to now this new revived me. 13:08.537 --> 13:10.039 Flash forward to the Zurich Classic. 13:10.956 --> 13:15.044 [commentator] It's the final round of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. 13:15.127 --> 13:17.838 The only team event on the schedule. 13:18.339 --> 13:22.593 And it's worth the wait for Ben Griffin and Andrew Novak. 13:22.676 --> 13:26.013 They team up for their first win on the PGA Tour. 13:26.680 --> 13:28.641 -We did it. -PGA Tour winner Ben Griffin! 13:29.141 --> 13:31.810 [Rapaport] Ben Griffin was completely off everyone's Ryder Cup radar 13:31.894 --> 13:32.853 to begin this year. 13:32.937 --> 13:33.771 [man] Good job. 13:33.854 --> 13:35.606 [Rapaport] He showed up on early leaderboards, 13:35.689 --> 13:38.150 but I think getting that victory in the team format 13:38.234 --> 13:39.735 sent a message to Keegan Bradley. 13:40.611 --> 13:42.321 [Ben] It was an incredible moment, 13:42.404 --> 13:44.824 but also it kind of felt like a monkey off the back. 13:45.324 --> 13:49.495 I didn't have to worry about, you know, would I be a PGA Tour winner one day? 13:49.578 --> 13:52.748 That unlocked a new level of confidence. 13:53.916 --> 13:57.211 [Balionis] This year, Keegan Bradley, he's in this unique position 13:57.294 --> 14:00.130 to find new talent, to find new personalities 14:00.214 --> 14:03.509 who might be a great fit that we've never thought of before. 14:10.307 --> 14:12.643 [man] Henderson Executive Airport. 14:12.726 --> 14:14.436 Automated weather observation. 14:14.520 --> 14:17.898 -1-3-3-4 Zulu. -Looking good. 14:17.982 --> 14:22.236 Wind 2-0-0 at 1-3. 14:22.778 --> 14:25.656 I've been flying for just about three years now. 14:27.658 --> 14:29.952 If you do it right, it's not really that dangerous. 14:30.911 --> 14:33.872 I've got the pre-flight checklist on my phone here. 14:33.956 --> 14:36.667 I just make sure I don't miss anything as I go. 14:37.293 --> 14:39.878 You could do it for the lifestyle. You could do it for the money. 14:39.962 --> 14:42.923 You could do it for the fame and the notoriety, 14:43.007 --> 14:45.426 but I play golf because I love to compete. 14:46.468 --> 14:47.344 See where we are… 14:47.428 --> 14:49.889 It really is the ultimate meritocracy. 14:51.223 --> 14:54.518 When you're standing on that first tee, the golf ball's staring right back at you, 14:54.602 --> 14:59.523 and you have to take 100% ownership of everything that happens after that. 14:59.607 --> 15:01.734 Great. Looks good. 15:01.817 --> 15:03.110 [Rappaport] Mav's a cerebral guy. 15:03.193 --> 15:05.946 A lot of these tour pros, I think, are "see ball, hit ball." 15:06.030 --> 15:07.573 Mav is not like that at all. 15:07.656 --> 15:09.325 He's got an incredible career at Stanford, 15:09.408 --> 15:11.785 where he is, like, one of the best college players ever, 15:11.869 --> 15:13.203 number one amateur in the world. 15:13.287 --> 15:16.332 He finally wins his first PGA TOUR event in the fall. 15:16.415 --> 15:19.668 [commentator] From St. Simons Island, Georgia, it's the RSM Classic. 15:20.628 --> 15:23.464 Maverick McNealy is still leading the way by one. 15:27.301 --> 15:29.678 And he's an incredible putter. It's a strength of his game, 15:29.762 --> 15:32.014 which is very enticing to a Ryder Cup captain. 15:32.890 --> 15:34.391 [cheering and applause 15:34.475 --> 15:37.853 [commentator] Maverick McNealy is now a winner on the PGA Tour. 15:37.937 --> 15:40.648 [Rapaport] Maverick's finally starting to play the type of golf 15:40.731 --> 15:42.274 to cut it with the big boys. 15:42.358 --> 15:44.818 [commentator 2] That's gonna be his 3rd top three of the season. 15:44.902 --> 15:46.487 [Rapaport] Now Keegan is looking at him. 15:46.987 --> 15:48.822 And Mav said to me early in the year… 15:48.906 --> 15:51.659 he said, "My goal is not to make the team at Bethpage." 15:51.742 --> 15:54.954 "My goal is to annoy the crap out of the Europeans with my putter." 15:56.997 --> 15:59.041 [commentator 3] Here's a round of 64. 15:59.917 --> 16:02.670 [Maverick] Keegan's message is to be yourself. 16:02.753 --> 16:05.089 And I think he's holding our feet to the fire a bit 16:05.172 --> 16:07.424 to see who's gonna perform down the stretch. 16:09.093 --> 16:12.262 I would give anything to put up a point for the United States. 16:13.305 --> 16:14.181 Clear! 16:16.433 --> 16:17.267 [plane engine starts] 16:17.351 --> 16:20.270 [Maverick] In big moments, either in the airplane or in golf… 16:20.354 --> 16:22.147 [man] It's good flying, man! It's good. 16:22.231 --> 16:24.024 [Maverick] …I just execute my process. 16:24.108 --> 16:26.527 I can't think of anything else except what I'm doing. 16:26.610 --> 16:27.945 And that's a beautiful thing. 16:28.862 --> 16:30.322 Looking for 73. 16:30.823 --> 16:34.785 [Dethier] For someone that wants to be in the conversation for the Ryder Cup, 16:35.285 --> 16:37.162 performing in the majors is everything. 16:37.663 --> 16:39.289 [Maverick] All right, looks good. 16:39.373 --> 16:44.420 You need to be able to play your best when the stakes are the highest. 16:44.920 --> 16:46.296 [Maverick] Altitude, flaps up. 16:46.797 --> 16:48.882 [Dethier] And for whatever reason, that's eluded him. 16:56.974 --> 16:58.100 [Maverick] Almost there. 16:58.809 --> 17:02.980 On the road, we, uh, have a lot of meals out. 17:03.063 --> 17:05.941 So when you get… get to be home for a little bit 17:06.024 --> 17:09.194 and have a home-cooked meal, it's… it's kind of a luxury. 17:09.278 --> 17:10.696 All right, dinner's ready. 17:10.779 --> 17:13.532 [Maverick] I'm the oldest of four brothers. 17:14.450 --> 17:17.619 Family dinners were a bit of a normalizing influence for all of us. 17:18.370 --> 17:20.789 -[man] Good job on the food, gentlemen. -[woman] Mm-hmm. 17:20.873 --> 17:22.875 -Yeah, good job. -[Maverick] Thank you. 17:22.958 --> 17:26.879 I'm not a professional golfer when I'm around my family. I'm Mav. 17:26.962 --> 17:30.924 I'm Maya's husband, soon to be our daughter's dad, 17:31.008 --> 17:33.594 and, uh, hopefully a chef that didn't burn the steaks. 17:34.678 --> 17:38.849 I will say Tori was a great, like, starting point for babyproofing. 17:38.932 --> 17:41.060 [man] Tori's not gonna throw up on your shoulder. 17:41.143 --> 17:44.021 Well, Tori will go poop wherever she wants. 17:44.104 --> 17:46.899 -And she has no diaper on, so… -[man] So will the baby. So will the baby. 17:46.982 --> 17:47.983 Diapers don't work. 17:48.067 --> 17:50.778 When the blowout's coming, there's just… there's no… 17:50.861 --> 17:54.114 -Honey. -We're cutting… we're cutting that out. 17:54.198 --> 17:57.076 That's not making it. That is not happening. 17:57.159 --> 17:58.827 We've got a baby girl on the way. 17:58.911 --> 18:02.539 And I think that's to offer a little bit of balance ot the McNealys 18:02.623 --> 18:06.043 'cause they've got a lot of guys, a lot of testosterone over there. 18:06.627 --> 18:07.586 Cut. 18:07.669 --> 18:08.587 [laughing] 18:11.882 --> 18:13.133 [commentator] Good morning. 18:13.217 --> 18:16.678 The opening round of the U.S. Open at Oakmont. 18:16.762 --> 18:18.889 There's nothing quite like it. 18:19.807 --> 18:22.768 [Rapaport] The United States Open is the hardest golf tournament every year. 18:23.519 --> 18:24.812 It's a huge stage. 18:25.312 --> 18:26.522 Carrying my laundry. 18:27.022 --> 18:29.358 Oakmont, which is a cathedral of the American game 18:29.441 --> 18:32.361 and widely considered maybe the hardest golf course in the world. 18:33.320 --> 18:35.322 [suspenseful music playing] 18:37.991 --> 18:40.202 Yeah, I know. Yeah. Things are changing. 18:40.285 --> 18:41.495 -Way to go. -Appreciate it. 18:41.578 --> 18:42.830 -All's well? -All's great. 18:42.913 --> 18:45.290 Great playing. Really happy for you. See you out there, Ben. 18:45.374 --> 18:46.500 [Andrew] We getting married? 18:47.000 --> 18:48.168 [Ben] Are we, uh… 18:48.794 --> 18:49.795 are we together? 18:50.462 --> 18:52.965 -You're on Full Swing now. -Oh really? 18:53.465 --> 18:54.883 -If this makes it. -Let's see. 18:54.967 --> 18:58.178 -I can't see myself on that. -U.S. Open tee times. Who else? 18:58.262 --> 19:00.097 -Mav. -Ooh. 19:00.722 --> 19:02.724 -A little Ryder Cup pairing. -Early off 10. 19:02.808 --> 19:05.352 See you there. That's my Zurich partner. 19:06.353 --> 19:08.522 Number one. First win with him. 19:09.022 --> 19:10.816 [Ben] It's my first U.S. Open. 19:10.899 --> 19:14.319 It's gonna be one of the most challenging tests I've ever experienced. 19:16.780 --> 19:18.448 -Gary, what's up? -[Gary] Congrats, bro. 19:18.532 --> 19:19.908 -It's awesome. -Appreciate it. 19:19.992 --> 19:21.827 -[Gary] Good luck. -[Ben] Thanks. Appreciate it. 19:21.910 --> 19:23.162 Hey, check this out. 19:23.662 --> 19:25.664 Time to send a statement to those Europeans. 19:26.165 --> 19:27.583 We're not messing around. 19:27.666 --> 19:29.668 [tense music playing] 19:38.844 --> 19:41.179 [Dethier] There's no question that winning a major, 19:41.263 --> 19:43.182 specifically the U.S. Open, 19:43.682 --> 19:46.810 is career and really life changing. 19:49.771 --> 19:51.857 At the start of the year, you wouldn't necessarily say, 19:51.940 --> 19:53.567 "Oh, we're thinking about Ben Griffin." 19:53.650 --> 19:55.485 "We're thinking about Maverick McNealy." 19:55.569 --> 20:00.073 But after the top few names, it's a bit of a free-for-all. 20:00.782 --> 20:04.161 Ladies and gentlemen, from Las Vegas, Nevada, 20:04.786 --> 20:07.748 please welcome Maverick McNealy. 20:07.831 --> 20:09.833 [applause] 20:11.627 --> 20:13.170 [Maverick] One of my goals this year 20:13.253 --> 20:16.965 is to gain experience playing the weekends at major championships. 20:17.049 --> 20:19.259 Something that I have not done much in my career. 20:25.224 --> 20:26.850 [J.J.] This is my second U.S. Open. 20:26.934 --> 20:30.229 I don't have a lot of experience in major championships. 20:30.312 --> 20:31.813 Oakmont is a brutal test. 20:31.897 --> 20:33.690 I know you gotta be on your game, 20:33.774 --> 20:35.817 and it's gonna expose every flaw if you're off. 20:37.361 --> 20:39.655 [commentator] J.J. Spaun, his third. 20:39.738 --> 20:41.740 [suspenseful music playing] 20:44.826 --> 20:45.994 [commentator] How about this? 20:46.078 --> 20:50.040 [commentator 2] What a shot from J.J. That is fantastic. 20:50.123 --> 20:51.083 [applause] 20:56.922 --> 20:59.258 -[commentator 2] Wow! -[commentator] He's got a chance! 20:59.341 --> 21:01.426 -[man] Whoo-ee! -[man 2] Oh! 21:01.510 --> 21:02.636 [Dana] Is he on the green? 21:03.929 --> 21:06.515 -Holy crap! Oh my God! -[Maya] Yes, that was a really good shot. 21:07.391 --> 21:09.726 -[commentator 2] Griffin for the two. -[cheering] 21:09.810 --> 21:13.021 [commentator 2] And Ben Griffin continues building on the success 21:13.105 --> 21:15.190 that we've seen this spring. 21:15.274 --> 21:16.400 [man] Whoo! 21:16.900 --> 21:18.068 Go, Ben! 21:23.115 --> 21:24.741 Oh my gosh, man. Come on. 21:24.825 --> 21:26.118 [suspenseful music playing] 21:27.411 --> 21:29.913 [commentator 2] And at 16, J.J. Spaun. 21:33.000 --> 21:34.126 [crowd] Oh! 21:34.209 --> 21:35.210 [applause] 21:35.293 --> 21:36.712 [commentator 2] Oh-ho! 21:36.795 --> 21:39.298 [commentator] He's gonna have a perfect putt straight up the hill. 21:40.507 --> 21:42.050 [commentator 2] For the outright lead. 21:43.844 --> 21:45.345 [applause] 21:45.429 --> 21:48.181 [commentator 2] Just putting on a clinic right now, Mike. 21:48.265 --> 21:50.142 [dramatic music playing] 21:53.812 --> 21:55.814 [cheering and applause] 21:56.314 --> 21:57.357 There we go. 22:01.528 --> 22:04.948 [commentator] He has been spectacular with this club all day long. 22:11.163 --> 22:13.665 -[crowd] Oh! -[commentator] That's well-judged. 22:13.749 --> 22:16.710 [commentator 2] J.J. Spaun, just magnificent. 22:16.793 --> 22:20.589 A 66 on day one here at Oakmont. 22:21.256 --> 22:23.800 -[Dana] Great round! That was amazing. -What's up? Thanks. 22:23.884 --> 22:25.886 -[Dana] That birdie was insane. -Yeah, it was nice. 22:28.221 --> 22:32.726 [Maverick] Walking off the 18th green very, very upset and frustrated. 22:32.809 --> 22:35.103 I… I hate playing bad golf. I really do. 22:35.187 --> 22:36.772 And I'm a very competitive person, 22:36.855 --> 22:39.232 and I did not get the best out of myself today. 22:39.316 --> 22:42.402 And we practice until, 22:42.903 --> 22:46.740 uh, I feel like I have something that I can take into tomorrow. 22:46.823 --> 22:48.825 [whirring] 22:55.457 --> 22:58.877 [Ben] Yeah, so fun fact about Dana, she does not like her smoothies, um… 22:59.378 --> 23:01.671 -[Dana] I like it thick. -She likes them thick. 23:02.172 --> 23:05.759 And because of that, this blender process takes about ten minutes, so… 23:05.842 --> 23:07.636 [Dana] That is not true! 23:08.136 --> 23:10.138 [blender whirring] 23:14.518 --> 23:15.811 That's my coach, James. 23:16.937 --> 23:17.813 Morning. 23:18.438 --> 23:21.858 -Back when you used to have a lot of hair. -Jesus Christ! 23:21.942 --> 23:23.652 [laughing] 23:23.735 --> 23:26.571 What was the last thing you bought for yourself? 23:26.655 --> 23:28.407 You bought the sprinkles. 23:28.490 --> 23:33.662 Everyone knows a good sundae needs some high-quality sprinkles. 23:33.745 --> 23:36.456 And did I spend $19 at Sprouts on sprinkles? 23:36.540 --> 23:37.374 -[Dana] Yes. -Yes. 23:37.457 --> 23:39.000 [James laughs] 23:39.084 --> 23:41.461 [Ben] Even though it's my first U.S. Open, 23:42.087 --> 23:45.507 I'm coming in hotter than just about any other golfer in the world. 23:45.590 --> 23:47.050 [dramatic music playing] 23:47.134 --> 23:51.596 [commentator] Ben Griffin said, when he walked away from the game for a while, 23:51.680 --> 23:53.557 "I had lost my dreams." 23:54.808 --> 23:56.977 And now those dreams can be realized. 23:58.812 --> 23:59.980 [Dana] In the hole! 24:00.063 --> 24:02.232 -[cheering] -[commentator] His dream comes true! 24:03.817 --> 24:05.402 His second career win, 24:05.485 --> 24:07.529 both of 'em in a month's span. 24:09.197 --> 24:13.618 Ben Griffin, you've made it all the way back. 24:17.247 --> 24:20.542 [Ben] I'm so grateful to even be, like, just playing golf. 24:21.042 --> 24:25.172 Sometimes I… I question whether or not people understand how good we have it. 24:27.215 --> 24:29.509 [choking up] It… it wasn't that long ago where, 24:29.593 --> 24:32.053 you know, going out to eat was like… 24:33.805 --> 24:35.974 You're thinking about the financial side of it. 24:39.186 --> 24:41.897 And I don't have to think about that again. [chuckles] It's crazy. 24:41.980 --> 24:43.732 [weeping] 24:47.110 --> 24:49.029 Sorry for the emotions. [chuckles] 24:50.238 --> 24:52.866 [Dana] If you win the U.S. Open, are you gonna buy yourself anything? 24:52.949 --> 24:53.992 [Ben sighs] 24:54.075 --> 24:57.370 Maybe a two-way ticket to the Ryder Cup. 24:57.454 --> 24:58.455 [all chuckle] 24:58.538 --> 25:00.207 [Ben] Which they probably pay for. 25:00.290 --> 25:02.375 [chuckles] 25:02.459 --> 25:05.378 -[James] You'll be okay. -They probably reimburse that. [chuckles] 25:06.004 --> 25:08.006 [tense music playing] 25:11.176 --> 25:13.803 [commentator] Welcome to another United States Open Championship 25:13.887 --> 25:14.930 at Oakmont. 25:15.931 --> 25:18.350 Maybe a chance of rain a little bit later on. 25:18.433 --> 25:20.810 That could change the whole dynamic here at Oakmont. 25:23.647 --> 25:26.983 Friday afternoons are a very fateful afternoon at major championships. 25:27.651 --> 25:29.361 [commentator] Good look for birdie. 25:29.444 --> 25:31.947 And another one drops in for Spaun. 25:33.990 --> 25:36.243 Yes. Ben Griffin. 25:36.826 --> 25:38.620 McNealy looking for birdie. 25:39.120 --> 25:40.747 Buoyed by some confidence. 25:42.040 --> 25:44.209 [Rapaport] Certainly, if you show up without your A-game, 25:44.292 --> 25:45.794 you're gonna be sent packing. 25:45.877 --> 25:47.587 [crowd] Oh! 25:47.671 --> 25:49.798 [Rapaport] You know, Bryson DeChambeau missed the cut, 25:49.881 --> 25:51.258 defending champion this year. 25:51.758 --> 25:55.095 Justin Rose, past champion of the U.S. Open, misses the cut. 25:55.178 --> 25:58.431 Ludvig Åberg, who looks like a golfing cyborg machine, 25:58.515 --> 25:59.641 he misses the cut. 26:00.392 --> 26:03.687 [commentator] Dustin Johnson dive bombs into the rough. 26:04.854 --> 26:07.816 [commentator 2] Oh my goodness. This might send it over the edge. 26:08.400 --> 26:10.026 [commentator] Must-make for Cantlay. 26:10.902 --> 26:13.947 [commentator 2] Uh, it's surprising to see Patrick Cantlay heading home. 26:14.489 --> 26:16.116 It's no guarantee. It's no guarantee. 26:16.199 --> 26:18.076 I think it's probably the hardest cut to make 26:18.159 --> 26:20.203 just because of how difficult the golf course is. 26:20.870 --> 26:23.290 [commentator] What a putt. Bouncing back again. 26:23.790 --> 26:27.836 Maverick McNealy continues to move his way up. 26:28.670 --> 26:29.713 [cheering] 26:29.796 --> 26:30.922 [commentator] Gets one to go. 26:31.840 --> 26:35.093 Back-to-back birdies, and more importantly, bogey free. 26:35.176 --> 26:38.722 [Balionis] When you see the top players, who have found success consistently 26:38.805 --> 26:41.891 on the toughest tracks in major championships 26:41.975 --> 26:43.643 failing to make the cut, 26:43.727 --> 26:47.314 you can say, "Okay, well, those guys are no longer a threat to me, 26:47.397 --> 26:51.401 and now this might be my opportunity to grind it out, 26:51.484 --> 26:53.945 prove I'm mentally tough enough to win." 26:54.029 --> 26:55.905 [tense music continues] 26:56.990 --> 26:57.866 [J.J.] It stopped. 27:00.619 --> 27:01.494 [cheering] 27:01.578 --> 27:02.746 [commentator] Good putt. 27:04.706 --> 27:06.166 Ben Griffin. 27:06.583 --> 27:10.503 And he is in excellent position to take a run at his first major. 27:11.004 --> 27:16.092 Maverick McNealy has got the best round on the course right now at three under. 27:17.802 --> 27:19.220 But he drops one here. 27:19.721 --> 27:22.599 Still a very good day for McNealy. 27:27.646 --> 27:29.105 [music fades] 27:34.152 --> 27:36.905 [Maverick] I'm really, really proud of the way I handled 27:37.405 --> 27:39.491 the most difficult major championship of the year. 27:41.034 --> 27:42.744 My first made cut at the U.S. Open, 27:42.827 --> 27:45.789 and I've worked harder than I ever have this year 27:46.665 --> 27:49.376 to have a great season on the PGA Tour, but more than that, 27:49.459 --> 27:52.253 to be ready when I put the tee in the ground at the Ryder Cup 27:52.337 --> 27:53.254 if my name's called. 27:55.090 --> 27:59.302 And, uh, I hope that I can play well enough to earn that spot. 28:00.845 --> 28:03.306 [Keegan] Mav is a super talented guy. 28:04.307 --> 28:06.142 Incredible amateur career. 28:07.435 --> 28:09.646 He's playing better and better every year he's out there, 28:10.230 --> 28:12.732 and to make the cut at the U.S. Open was a big step for him, 28:12.816 --> 28:16.236 and he's certainly high on our… our list of people that we're watching. 28:19.364 --> 28:21.366 [suspenseful music playing] 28:23.827 --> 28:26.329 [commentator] Maybe not a player in the field with more confidence 28:26.413 --> 28:27.914 than Ben Griffin. 28:30.500 --> 28:32.085 [commentator 2] It's a bad bogey there. 28:33.878 --> 28:36.339 [commentator 3] Pretty decent look. I think this man can do it. 28:38.550 --> 28:40.635 -[cheering] -[commentator 2] Got it there! 28:44.097 --> 28:46.641 Nice balance on that swing for Ben. 28:46.725 --> 28:48.143 [crowd] Oh! 28:48.226 --> 28:51.229 -[applause] -[commentator] Griffin can do the same. 28:51.312 --> 28:55.233 [commentator 2] Yeah, 15 feet, a little right to left, or straightish. 28:55.316 --> 28:57.318 [commentator] Walked it in confidently. 28:57.819 --> 28:59.320 [commentator 2] He's playing well. 29:02.824 --> 29:05.285 [commentator] Spaun for birdie at the 14th. 29:06.661 --> 29:08.037 [crowd] Oh! 29:08.121 --> 29:10.874 [commentator] Ten straight pars for J.J. 29:10.957 --> 29:13.293 Go hard to the right here at the end. 29:13.376 --> 29:15.587 Nope, he played too much break there. 29:15.670 --> 29:17.755 [commentator 2] Birdie, 16. 29:17.839 --> 29:21.009 Tough one to get up to the hole. He's been struggling with his speed. 29:21.092 --> 29:23.762 Trying to stay within a half dozen. 29:23.845 --> 29:27.348 [commentator] Tough run for Ben Griffin. Three straight bogeys. 29:28.516 --> 29:31.853 Oh! Did he need that big time! 29:35.190 --> 29:36.065 [cheering] 29:36.149 --> 29:39.277 [commentator] Twelve straight pars, and then that big birdie 29:39.360 --> 29:40.695 to tie the lead again. 29:41.196 --> 29:44.073 [commentator 2] J.J. Spaun looks like he feels at home here. 29:44.574 --> 29:45.700 [man yells] 29:47.952 --> 29:51.664 [commentator] So a bogey it'll be for Spaun. Just his second of the day. 29:52.165 --> 29:55.251 Still an under-par round for J.J. Spaun, 29:55.335 --> 29:58.880 who has been in the heat of this major championship since day one 29:59.839 --> 30:03.426 and will be right there in the championship Sunday tomorrow. 30:04.761 --> 30:08.598 [reporter Is this the best three days of golf you've ever played in your life? 30:10.099 --> 30:11.100 [J.J.] Um… 30:12.477 --> 30:13.686 Yeah, I would… 30:13.770 --> 30:15.230 If you want to sum it up, yeah, 30:15.313 --> 30:18.191 this is the best I've played, you know, in my career for sure. 30:22.362 --> 30:24.197 [Dana] How's your body feel? Are you sore? 30:24.280 --> 30:25.323 [Ben] Body feels good. 30:26.491 --> 30:31.162 Normally, um, my legs get a little bit tired after most rounds, so… 30:31.830 --> 30:35.124 Derek, uh, when we get back, I'll do PT for… 30:35.208 --> 30:36.251 [Dana] An hour? 30:36.751 --> 30:38.628 [Ben] Forty-five minutes or so, yeah. 30:38.711 --> 30:41.339 And then put the feet up. 30:41.422 --> 30:43.841 It's just such a mental grind playing in… 30:44.759 --> 30:46.219 playing in almost every tournament, 30:46.302 --> 30:51.558 but obviously especially the majors just 'cause every hole is so challenging. 30:52.058 --> 30:54.602 [Dana] Do you feel like there was a lot of fans out there today? 30:54.686 --> 30:55.853 [Ben] Yes, but… 30:55.937 --> 30:58.356 [Dana] 'Cause there were a lot of fans out there today. 30:58.439 --> 31:00.525 [Ben] They were calling me Bethpage Benny. 31:01.025 --> 31:03.069 -I've got-- -[Dana] That's my favorite one. 31:03.152 --> 31:04.696 [Ben] Playing very good golf. 31:04.779 --> 31:08.783 I have a good chance to make a charge here and still win this golf tournament. 31:08.867 --> 31:11.536 How can I now break through and… and win a major? 31:19.752 --> 31:23.006 [J.J.] Last night, my daughter, she caught a stomach bug 31:23.089 --> 31:25.091 and was vomiting all night long. 31:26.551 --> 31:27.927 She couldn't keep down water. 31:28.011 --> 31:30.346 And my wife and I were trying to get her to feel better. 31:31.806 --> 31:34.142 So I had to rush to a pharmacy 31:34.225 --> 31:37.478 to get her some… some medication to ease her stomach. 31:38.104 --> 31:39.814 It was three or four in the morning. 31:39.898 --> 31:41.149 At the time, I'm thinking, 31:41.232 --> 31:43.693 "Well, I think I have a golf tournament to play," 31:43.776 --> 31:45.862 but that was kind of the last thing in my mind. 31:45.945 --> 31:49.282 It was more to, you know, help my daughter out. 31:53.077 --> 31:55.288 You know, I had a good first couple days. 31:55.788 --> 31:57.415 I gotta keep pressing. 31:57.916 --> 31:59.500 There's no letup. 32:00.418 --> 32:04.672 I'm excited. I'm ready to go. Hopefully, I can put something together. 32:05.506 --> 32:08.343 You know, it's Sunday. You don't have any more rounds to make up ground, 32:08.426 --> 32:10.219 and it's… it's all or nothing right now. 32:10.303 --> 32:12.305 [suspenseful music playing] 32:12.972 --> 32:15.558 [commentator] A gloomy Sunday morning at Oakmont. 32:15.642 --> 32:17.226 Cloud cover. A little foggy. 32:17.310 --> 32:21.731 Hopefully, the forecast storms for later today stay away. 32:30.740 --> 32:33.660 Somebody's taking that walk off the 18th green 32:33.743 --> 32:35.787 with their life changed forever. 32:36.621 --> 32:40.625 It's championship Sunday at Oakmont at the U.S. Open. 32:46.422 --> 32:49.092 [Ben] Here I am, this kid coming out of nowhere. 32:49.175 --> 32:51.010 Wasn't even in the signature events. 32:51.094 --> 32:53.513 Put myself in an incredible position to be in the mix. 32:53.596 --> 32:56.182 [announcer] Please welcome, from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 32:56.265 --> 32:57.684 Ben Griffin. 32:57.767 --> 32:59.352 [applause] 32:59.435 --> 33:00.311 [mouths] Thank you. 33:02.522 --> 33:04.190 [Ben] I told my caddie I need to make a run, 33:04.273 --> 33:06.526 and I had no doubt I was gonna win the tournament. 33:11.155 --> 33:11.990 [man] Let's go, Ben! 33:12.073 --> 33:16.285 [commentator] Ben Griffin has been as hot as anybody not named Scottie Scheffler 33:16.369 --> 33:18.287 the last month on tour. 33:21.207 --> 33:22.583 [cheering] 33:22.667 --> 33:23.668 [commentator] Griffin! 33:27.547 --> 33:30.091 Maverick McNealy, seven over. 33:31.300 --> 33:32.677 We just saw Keegan Bradley. 33:32.760 --> 33:35.847 Maverick McNealy's eighth on the Ryder Cup points list. 33:35.930 --> 33:39.308 Could very well play his way into a guaranteed spot 33:39.392 --> 33:41.477 on Captain Keegan's team. 33:43.396 --> 33:47.817 From Los Angeles, California, please welcome J.J. Spaun! 33:47.900 --> 33:49.902 [cheering] 33:51.154 --> 33:53.740 [J.J.] It's the U.S. Open. It's the toughest test, and it's Sunday, 33:53.823 --> 33:56.909 so trying to do my best to get things going, 33:56.993 --> 33:58.661 keep things together in a sense. 33:59.162 --> 34:02.290 -[man 2] J.J.'s going all the way, baby! -[man 3] Get in the hole! 34:04.542 --> 34:06.586 [commentator] J.J. Spaun has a good look here, Smylie. 34:08.337 --> 34:09.464 [Smylie] On a good line. 34:10.173 --> 34:13.342 [commentator] Bangs it off the stick. Maybe a bad break. 34:13.426 --> 34:15.219 [Smylie] That is a terrible break. 34:16.345 --> 34:18.931 [commentator] One of the worst breaks we've seen all week. 34:20.975 --> 34:23.269 [commentator 2] Bogey, bogey start for the guy that's been 34:23.352 --> 34:25.646 so consistent for three days. 34:32.320 --> 34:35.865 [Smylie] You have to imagine J.J.'s mind has to be spinning right now. 34:37.325 --> 34:39.285 He's got to find a way to reset. 34:43.956 --> 34:47.794 Crazy bounce. It might have even hit in a rake. 34:48.878 --> 34:50.421 [commentator] Yeah, yeah, I think it is. 34:50.505 --> 34:53.758 [Smylie] 'Cause he has just ended up in some of the most awkward, worst places 34:53.841 --> 34:54.967 that you can imagine. 34:55.051 --> 34:58.262 [commentator] He's getting an attitude check that he's probably never 34:58.763 --> 34:59.847 seen before. 35:00.348 --> 35:01.682 Can he get this in for par? 35:02.767 --> 35:03.976 Oh. 35:04.060 --> 35:06.229 Bogeys keep piling up for J.J. 35:10.274 --> 35:12.485 Ben Griffin has this for birdie. 35:12.985 --> 35:13.903 [man] Get in! 35:13.986 --> 35:15.988 [cheering and applause] 35:16.656 --> 35:19.659 [commentator] Appears we've got raindrops coming through for the first time. 35:20.993 --> 35:25.414 [Smylie] The pressure, the conditions, a nuisance, and then some. 35:25.998 --> 35:30.753 Ben Griffin for par at the last. He had birdied 16 and 17. 35:31.838 --> 35:32.839 [crowd] Oh! 35:33.422 --> 35:37.301 [Smylie] So he gets in at plus five with a bogey at the last. 35:40.763 --> 35:42.140 [Ben] Today was tough. 35:44.183 --> 35:47.436 I'm still a little… a little bummed, but, um… 35:47.937 --> 35:49.647 Yeah, all in all, 35:49.730 --> 35:52.567 you know, the last few weeks, I've been in the final group every week, 35:52.650 --> 35:53.568 so this was a… 35:53.651 --> 35:56.779 It felt weird being, you know, sixth, seventh last group. 35:56.863 --> 35:59.532 But I would've taken this week a long time ago, 35:59.615 --> 36:01.200 and I think I gotta accept it 36:01.284 --> 36:03.953 and bring the positives and bring them to next week. 36:04.537 --> 36:06.289 U.S. Open, the majors. 36:07.707 --> 36:10.418 Hey, that was my first U.S. Open. That's crazy. 36:11.419 --> 36:16.340 It's wild to be at my first U.S. Open and, like, be bummed that I didn't win. 36:16.424 --> 36:18.092 Like, most guys go to the U.S. Open, 36:18.176 --> 36:21.637 they're like, "All right, I just want to make the cut and play well." 36:21.721 --> 36:24.932 And for me, there was never even a moment where I was thinking about the cut. 36:25.016 --> 36:27.059 It was really just trying to get in the lead. 36:27.727 --> 36:31.022 But it's crazy how fast things change in this game. 36:31.105 --> 36:35.192 I mean, three years ago, I'm just trying to get on tour. 36:35.735 --> 36:37.778 Three months ago, trying to get in the majors. 36:37.862 --> 36:41.824 Two months ago, I wasn't even in the Masters. And so here we are. 36:42.325 --> 36:44.744 Now I'm on Keegan's radar. [chuckles] 36:45.411 --> 36:47.622 Everyone's… everyone's paying attention now. 36:51.167 --> 36:55.463 [Keegan] Playing your first U.S. Open at Oakmont is a pretty tough task. 36:55.546 --> 36:56.797 [car door beeps] 36:57.340 --> 37:00.259 [Keegan] And for him to go out there and play the way he did 37:00.343 --> 37:03.054 just shows what a brilliant player he is. 37:03.638 --> 37:05.348 [commentator] Man, is it coming down here. 37:05.848 --> 37:07.516 Wow, quickly. 37:08.684 --> 37:10.603 [Smylie] They're gonna have to stop play, I think. 37:11.103 --> 37:14.273 [commentator] And this has just put a stop on play. 37:14.357 --> 37:16.692 And there's the siren, the horn. 37:18.319 --> 37:20.488 Fans are scrambling for cover. 37:28.037 --> 37:32.250 [J.J.] When the horn went off, a weight had been lifted off my shoulders. 37:37.713 --> 37:39.298 I kind of get a little break 37:39.382 --> 37:43.719 from this nightmare of a start to the final round of the U.S. Open. 37:46.013 --> 37:50.476 I feel like I'm starting over by kind of going back to what I do before rounds 37:50.559 --> 37:54.063 and, you know, almost try to forget what happened earlier. 37:54.855 --> 37:57.233 I got nothing to lose at this point. Who knows? 37:57.316 --> 37:59.068 I mean, it's the back nine of the U.S. Open 37:59.151 --> 38:00.695 in some really tough conditions 38:00.778 --> 38:02.321 and anything can really happen. 38:04.240 --> 38:08.160 [commentator] The police escorts are getting the players out in vans 38:08.244 --> 38:09.829 out to their positions. 38:10.329 --> 38:13.082 [Smylie] Maybe this break in the action will help J.J. Spaun. 38:13.666 --> 38:16.377 [commentator] Just been an all-out fight for him today. 38:16.460 --> 38:19.046 [Smylie] Bogeyed five of the first six. 38:20.881 --> 38:23.134 [J.J.] My coach told me, "If you were four back 38:23.217 --> 38:25.386 going into the back nine on Sunday, 38:25.469 --> 38:27.471 if you were told that Monday, you'd take it?" 38:27.555 --> 38:29.181 I said, "Sure. I totally would." 38:29.265 --> 38:32.393 [commentator 2] Some days, you don't feel like anything is gonna go your way, 38:32.893 --> 38:34.562 You feel like you're not that far off. 38:34.645 --> 38:36.731 Need something to turn this around. 38:37.815 --> 38:39.608 [J.J.] I knew that I still was in it. 38:39.692 --> 38:41.527 I just had to string together some good shots 38:41.610 --> 38:44.322 and, you know, push through. 38:47.325 --> 38:48.993 [commentator] J.J. Spaun! 38:49.076 --> 38:50.578 [cheering and applause] 38:50.661 --> 38:54.248 [Smylie] You talk about keeping a good attitude and never giving up. 38:58.794 --> 39:01.422 [J.J.] I was just trying to go out there and give it all I had. 39:04.467 --> 39:08.012 [commentator] Oh, that's an excellent shot there by Spaun. 39:08.512 --> 39:11.724 [Smylie] It's been a day and really a career of resilience for this man. 39:13.601 --> 39:15.144 For the outright lead. 39:20.608 --> 39:21.776 [cheering] 39:21.859 --> 39:23.778 [Smylie] And this is developing 39:23.861 --> 39:27.740 into one of the craziest U.S. Open stories in a final round. 39:27.823 --> 39:28.657 [man] Go, J.J.! 39:28.741 --> 39:30.159 [Smylie] Sole leader. 39:30.242 --> 39:31.577 [man] You got it, J.J.! 39:31.660 --> 39:34.038 [suspenseful music playing] 39:34.121 --> 39:37.500 My daughter always asks me every time I go to a tournament and come home, 39:37.583 --> 39:38.709 did I win? 39:38.793 --> 39:40.086 And I say no. 39:40.169 --> 39:43.506 And for her to see me actually win a trophy, 39:44.006 --> 39:46.759 I think it would be, you know, a dream come true. 39:48.928 --> 39:50.930 [crowd] Ooh! 39:54.266 --> 39:57.353 -[commentator] How about this?! -[Smylie] The best shot of his life. 40:01.649 --> 40:02.817 [cheering] 40:02.900 --> 40:05.861 [commentator] J.J. Spaun, the leader by himself 40:05.945 --> 40:07.863 with one to play at the U.S. Open. 40:13.119 --> 40:16.789 [J.J.] I need to stop selling myself short, honestly. 40:17.623 --> 40:19.250 I've always doubted myself. 40:19.750 --> 40:23.337 This is my ninth year. I'm no young buck anymore. 40:25.965 --> 40:29.593 It's just honestly something that you see other people doing. 40:30.970 --> 40:33.764 [Banks] We're watching J.J. Spaun stand over this putt, 40:33.848 --> 40:38.811 and everybody is thinking, "Just lag it up there. Get it in in two." 40:38.894 --> 40:42.940 Who's gonna hole a 64-foot birdie putt to win the U.S. Open? 40:43.023 --> 40:46.527 Nobody's ever holed a putt of that length to win a major championship. 40:47.153 --> 40:48.612 [Smylie] We talked about it all week, 40:48.696 --> 40:50.156 how there was a time in his career 40:50.239 --> 40:52.575 where he said, "I was scared to be in the big moment." 40:53.075 --> 40:56.370 This is a kind of psychological turnaround 40:56.453 --> 40:59.623 that J.J. Spaun has made. 41:00.749 --> 41:02.751 [crowd clamoring] 41:07.256 --> 41:08.257 [cheering] 41:08.340 --> 41:11.969 [Smylie] In one of the most unlikely final round Sundays 41:12.052 --> 41:14.180 in U.S. Open history, 41:14.889 --> 41:18.726 J.J. Spaun closes the deal. 41:20.769 --> 41:24.815 You could've never dreamt this Sunday for Spaun. 41:24.899 --> 41:26.901 [uplifting music playing] 41:27.735 --> 41:31.864 [Smylie] Another one of those lessons that you… you learn in sports, right? 41:31.947 --> 41:32.865 Only in sports. 41:32.948 --> 41:35.743 You keep dreaming. You keep plugging away. 41:36.327 --> 41:37.745 You don't give up. 41:37.828 --> 41:39.079 [applause] 41:39.163 --> 41:42.374 [Smylie] We saw all of that and more today. 41:43.500 --> 41:50.090 [crowd chanting] J.J.! J.J.! J.J.! J.J.! J.J.! J.J.! J.J.! 41:50.174 --> 41:53.802 J.J.! J.J.! J.J.! J.J.! 41:53.886 --> 41:55.888 [cheering] 42:03.854 --> 42:06.732 [commentator 2] That's the coolest experience you can have right there. 42:06.815 --> 42:08.859 Walking away with your girls on Father's Day 42:08.943 --> 42:10.528 after you just won the U.S. Open. 42:10.611 --> 42:11.695 [photographer] J.J.! J.J.! 42:12.196 --> 42:13.113 J.J.! 42:16.617 --> 42:21.789 [announcer] The champion of the 125th United States Open, 42:21.872 --> 42:26.210 J.J. Spaun of Los Angeles, California! 42:26.293 --> 42:28.295 [cheering and applause] 42:28.921 --> 42:32.132 [J.J.] I never thought I would be here holding this trophy. 42:32.758 --> 42:36.637 I never knew what my ceiling was. I never knew how good I could be. 42:36.720 --> 42:39.515 But I'm just proud that I've been resilient in my career 42:39.598 --> 42:41.725 and pushed through a lot of things 42:41.809 --> 42:44.770 and just trying to be the best golfer I can be. 42:45.271 --> 42:48.566 And I'm happy to display that, 42:48.649 --> 42:50.526 um, today at Oakmont. 42:50.609 --> 42:52.611 [cheering and applause] 42:57.074 --> 42:59.451 -[man] Let's see it! -[man 2 cheering] 43:00.327 --> 43:03.872 [man 3] Let's go, baby! Whoo! 43:03.956 --> 43:06.584 [reporter] Every kid is like, "This putt to win the U.S. Open." 43:07.084 --> 43:11.672 Please tell me the difference for you between the dream and the reality. 43:12.256 --> 43:16.468 Well, first off, the putt, as a kid, wasn't a 64-footer. 43:16.552 --> 43:19.138 Usually, it's, like, five feet or something. 43:19.888 --> 43:23.350 What a story-tale ending to such a great week. 43:23.434 --> 43:25.686 And for me, it's just unbelievable. 43:25.769 --> 43:28.022 And I'm still riding on cloud nine right now. 43:28.939 --> 43:30.524 I got a second wind now. 43:32.484 --> 43:36.780 You know, I… represented the country pretty well this week, 43:36.864 --> 43:38.907 winning the U.S. Open as an American, 43:39.408 --> 43:43.621 and I'm ready to represent the country as an American at the Ryder Cup. 43:43.704 --> 43:45.581 Oh, okay. 43:47.916 --> 43:50.461 I'm waiting to wake up. 43:50.961 --> 43:51.920 Waiting to wake up. 43:58.218 --> 44:00.763 I don't want the dream to end for sure. 44:02.514 --> 44:03.766 But it's not a dream. 44:07.895 --> 44:08.937 [tense music playing] 44:09.021 --> 44:12.149 [Banks] The Tour Championship is the last tournament of the season. 44:12.232 --> 44:13.817 Last day of the season. Nothing to see. 44:14.818 --> 44:18.113 I've not won on the PGA Tour, and I've had these chances. 44:18.614 --> 44:20.991 I'm well aware of the story that's building. 44:21.784 --> 44:23.535 [Ben] It's crunch time for the Ryder Cup. 44:23.619 --> 44:25.079 [commentator] A lot of guys out there 44:25.162 --> 44:28.207 trying to get Captain Keegan Bradley's attention this week. 44:28.707 --> 44:30.417 [Andrew] When I think of the Ryder Cup, 44:30.501 --> 44:33.087 it's hard to not make it a bigger deal than what it is. 44:33.671 --> 44:36.173 [Ben] Keegan Bradley has a lot to chew on this week. 44:36.256 --> 44:39.468 [woman] You have a chance here to become a playing captain. 44:39.551 --> 44:42.930 [Ben] I'm feeling pretty good. I feel like I've kind of got it in my hands. 44:43.013 --> 44:45.057 All I know is I have to prove to Keegan 44:45.140 --> 44:47.184 that he should have no doubt in picking me. 44:47.267 --> 44:48.769 [line ringing] 44:48.852 --> 44:49.937 Are we next? 44:50.437 --> 44:52.731 [line ringing] 44:52.815 --> 44:53.816 [man] Hey, Keegan. 44:55.442 --> 44:57.361 [dramatic music playing] ubt in picking me.