Jim "Bones" Mackay said J.J. Spaun purposely dropped his golf ball on a sprinkler head to get relief from the rough into the ...

If the PGA Tour journeyman wins the 2025 Players, he'll look back at how he took advantage of the Rules on the ninth hole ...

JJ Spaun came so close to the biggest title of his PGA Tour career, but an untimely water ball on the island green at TPC ...

J.J. Spaun ejected at TPC Sawgrass’ island green on his way to losing the Players Championship playoff to Rory McIlroy.

J.J. Spaun still couldn't believe the 17th-hole splash at The Players Championship, the shot that denied him in Monday's ...

J.J. Spaun’s caddie, Mark Carens, told him five words on the 18th hole at the Players Championship. They set up a ...

J.J. Spaun had a terrible lie in the rough on the par-5 9th, then two sprinkler heads helped him get relief en route to tying ...

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McIlroy, the four-time major champ, will take on Spaun, golf's latest great underdog story, on Pete Dye's famed closing stretch at TPC Sawgrass: The entertaining par-5 16th, the hold-your-breath par-3 ...

If J.J. Spaun goes on to win The Players, he’ll have the Rules of Golf to thank. Spaun was leaking oil with two bogeys and no ...

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – J.J. Spaun stopped mid-sentence. A TV on the back wall of the TPC Sawgrass media center had caught his attention. “Can I just watch it?” Spaun asked. “I haven't ...