J.J. Spaun received some help from above on his 64-foot, U.S. Open clinching-putt. Spaun’s caddie, Mark Carens, lost his father last year on Father’s Day. Carens’s father was named Eddie, and he was a presence during their triumph at Oakmont Country Club.

It was a true Father’s Day triumph for J.J. Spaun, who revealed he was making a 3 a.m. CVS run on Sunday morning tending to his daughter’s stomach bug — just hours before winning the US Open.

A tradition was born, and last Saturday, from 7:30 in the morning until around 2 in the afternoon, it continued in record fashion, as 461 players on 12 teams from the Greater Rochester region played ball at Innovative Field, the home of the Triple-A Red Wings for nearly three decades.

Championship Sunday got a little wilder for U.S. Open winner JJ Spaun as he and his wife, Melody, may not be on the best of terms.

Celebrate J.J. Spaun's victory in the U.S. Open -- with a 64-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole -- with a USA TODAY commemorative page print

OAKMONT, Pa. – J.J. Spaun’s closing pursuit of major glory began at 3 a.m. Sunday in, of all places, a CVS in downtown Pittsburgh. Spaun’s almost 2-year-old daughter, Violet, had woken up with a stomach bug, and mere hours into Father’s Day, dad duty called.

JJ Spaun had arguably the best Father's Day imaginable on Sunday, and his daughter seemed to realize how special the day was once the sun went down. Spaun

The newly minted U.S. Open champion was essentially running on fumes before capturing the first major victory of his career Sunday.