JJ Spaun comes out on top at Texas Open thanks to incredible eagle

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/spaun-j-j/6oUJlkde/"]Spaun[/a] carded a five-under-par closing 67 at the TPC San Antonio Oaks Course to finish the tournament with a 17-under aggregate 271.[/p][p]That was enough to vault the 2025 US Open champion, who had started the final round tied for fourth, to the top of the leaderboard ahead of England's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/wallace-matthew/rLK9aHe8/"]Matt Wallace[/a], Scotland's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/macintyre-robert/SGvTWqfP/"]Robert MacIntyre[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kim-michael/YPF1xJAE/"]Michael Kim[/a], who finished on 16 under.[/p][p]The signature moment for Spaun came on the par-four 306-yard 17th, when his tee shot landed on the green and rolled to within 10 feet of the flag.[/p][p]He duly made the putt for eagle to move to five under for the day, and then held his nerve to make a crucial up-and-down par on the par-five 18th.[/p][embed guid="42711936-fe38-4724-813e-c82716e6fe92" url="https://x.com/PGATOUR/status/2040894909452812347?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]The victory couldn't have been better timed for Spaun, who won his first PGA Tour victory at San Antonio in 2022, but who has endured a rough start to 2026.[/p][p]"[b]This game is so crazy[/b]," Spaun said afterwards. "[b]I haven't been feeling at the form that I wanted to be based off of last season. Just trying to take each day as it comes and accepting what I have[/b].[/p][p]"[b]Just means a lot to come back and win here at a place that's been so good to me.[/b]"[/p][p]Spaun had missed the cut in four of his seven outings so far this season, with his highest finish before this week a tie for 24th place at The Players Championship last month.[/p][p]But now the 35-year-old will head to Augusta for next week's Masters in fine fettle as he hunts a second major championship.[/p][p]Spaun said adopting a more relaxed approach had been behind this week's improved form.[/p][p]"[b]I put a lot of pressure on myself this year to start the year, and a lot of expectations[/b]," he said.[/p][p]"[b]It's the complete opposite of the mantra I had all year last year that really helped me, so I tried to get back to that.[/b][/p][p]"[b]Went into the last few weeks starting at The Players just trying to be freed up and put less pressure on myself.[/b]"[/p]