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JJ Spaun celebrates US Open success<\/p>\nUS Open champion looks set to link-up with fellow 2025 Major winner Scottie Scheffler on day one at BethpageJJ Spaun celebrates US Open success<\/p>\n
JJ Spaun is finding comfort with Scottie Scheffler as he predicted a crazy Ryder Cup.<\/a><\/p>\n The US Open champion dropped a huge hint about the opening-day pairings at Bethpage after being grouped with the World No.1 for the first two days of the Procore Championship.<\/p>\n Spaun<\/a> and Scheffler<\/a> were put alongside Russell Henley for the first two days at Napa with captain Keegan Bradley admitting that he\u2019s already \u201c90 cercent\u201d set on his combinations for New York.<\/p>\n Scheffler and Henley have previous having chalked up success together at last year\u2019s Presidents Cup win over the Internationals.<\/p>\n However, Spaun also looks like getting an opportunity to partner with the game\u2019s best player after Bradley\u2019s decisions.<\/p>\n The Major winner is settling into the role and said: \u201cI haven\u2019t played with Scottie much, but it was nice to and I think that\u2019s what Keegan\u2019s goal is, to just get everyone familiarised with each other.<\/p>\n \u201cHe obviously knows I haven\u2019t played with him very much, so granted with the pairings we\u2019ll end up being, you want to get comfortable playing with each other.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve played with him pretty recently and I\u2019ve played well, so it\u2019s just good to learn from him, but also feel comfortable in your own skin.\u201d<\/p>\n Spaun is excited about making his debut against Europe and reckons it\u2019ll be like a baseball game as opposed to a golf event as the New Yorkers get rowdy.<\/p>\n He said: \u201cI\u2019m thinking more of like a Game 7 World Series, the grandstands everywhere, you\u2019re literally teeing off from home plate and you\u2019ve got everyone screaming and wanting you to hit a good shot.<\/p>\n \u201cI think that brings that home soil kind of edge as far as guys are going to be chirping the other team. Not players, but the spectators and stuff and that\u2019s kind of what you see at other sports events. I think it\u2019s going to be pretty crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n Despite his new-found status as a Major champion, Spaun doesn\u2019t hide the fact he will be a bag of nerves on the first tee at Bethpage.<\/p>\n But he\u2019s taking comfort from the fact the other 11 of his illustrious team-mates are feeling equally queasy about the moment as he revealed the best piece of advice he\u2019s so far received in build-up.<\/p>\n Spaun answered: \u201cProbably that everyone\u2019s going to be nervous. I feel like I\u2019ve been expressing the nerves, anxiety of going out there and playing and they\u2019re like: Dude, everyone\u2019s nervous. Like, you\u2019re not the only one that\u2019s nervous.<\/p>\n \u201cSo it\u2019ll be a tough couple of holes maybe to start out. Who knows? But eventually you\u2019ll get the hang of it and realise you play golf for a living and you\u2019re really good at it and that things will settle down and you\u2019ll get comfortable in your own skin.<\/p>\n \u201cBut the captains are going to do such a good job getting us settled in and giving us some words of encouragement before we go to that first tee.\u201d<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0_Screenshot-2025-07-20-at-161001.png\")
Scottie Scheffler <\/p>\n