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Xander Schauffele could only chuckle when he saw his picture on the wall right below a sign for the toilets at the Scottish Open. He says that about sums up his year on the PGA Tour. And to think it was just a year ago when he won the British Open for his second major championship of the season. What he didn't see coming was a rib injury that cost him two months early in the season. He's been trying to get some momentum back on his side. Schauffele says his attitude has been good. But he's now in chase mode as the season nears an end.

On a day built for umbrellas, J.J. Spaun reversed his own free fall, took advantage of everyone elseòòò½ÊÓƵ™s and hit two shots that turned him into a major champion. The shots that will go down in history are the drive he hit on the reachable par-4 17th and the 65-foot putt he sank with the sun going down and the rain falling on 18. The first was for birdie that put him in the lead by himself. The second was for emphasis that ensured this U.S. Open would finish with one player under par. That player was Spaun, who won his first major title with a two-shot victory over Robert MacIntyre of Scotland.