John Michael Spaun Jr. better known as “J.J.”, is an American professional golfer. Spaun was born in Los Angeles, California. He graduated from San Dimas High School in 2008. He played his college golf at the San Diego State University, where he was a two-time All-Mountain West Conference selection in 2010, and 2011, and Conference Player of the Year in 2012.

He was named a Third-team All-American in 2011 and Second-team All-American in 2012 highlighted by three-straight individual wins his senior year. Spaun majored in social science at SDSU and turned professional in 2012.

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After knocking on the door of the top 100 in the Official World Golf Ranking at the end of 2018, Spaun plummeted to No. 584 by mid-2021. That’s when, after nearly three years, Spaun saw a specialist and discovered that he had been misdiagnosed. He was Type 1, late-onset.

Spaun played his first three professional seasons on PGA Tour Canada, finishing 35th in 2013. After missing six of seven cuts in 2014, he went to PGA Tour Canada Q School, where he finished T8. Spaun had his first professional win at the 2015 Staal Foundation Open.

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