Rory McIlroy built a three-shot lead on the back nine at The Players Championship and unheralded J.J. Spaun didn't ... Get top local stories in Southern California delivered to you every morning.

and unheralded J.J. Spaun didn’t blink. They wound up tied after a four-hour rain delay and had to return Monday for a playoff to decide who wins the richest tournament in golf. McIlroy needed ...

Rory McIlroy needed only three swings. And yet his victory Monday over J.J. Spaun in The Players Championship revealed so much about the state of his game and the cruel nature of the notorious TPC ...

Everyone appeared frustrated. Everyone except J.J. Spaun, a 34-year-old journeyman from California, who after his round on ...

He hung out with fellow California native Charley Hoffman, who had a self-therapy contraption handy that Spaun simply had to try out for himself. RELATED: J.J. Spaun got an all-time break thanks ...

J.J. Spaun has ... Even though Spaun is an American national, there's more to his ethnicity than this. Spaun was born on August 21, 1990 in Los Angeles, California, to John Spaun and Dollie ...