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Speith Claims US Open, Second Major This Year

Jordan Spieth 2-putted for birdie on the 72nd hole Sunday and won the U.S. Open Championship when Dustin Johnson 3-putted for par on the same hole.

Spieth closed with a 1-under 69 despite a double-bogey on 17. The Masters champion finished at 5-under-par 275 at Chambers Bay.

 width=Johnson, who turns 31 on Monday, had a 12-foot putt for eagle and the win, but rolled that putt three feet by the hole. Johnson's birdie putt that would have forced a Monday playoff slid by the left edge and Spieth was the champion.

Spieth joined Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Ben Hogan and Craig Wood as the sixth player to win the season's first two majors.

Johnson posted an even-par 70 to share second place with former Open Championship winner Louis Oosthuizen. The South African birdied six of the last seven holes for a 3-under 67. Johnson and Oosthuizen tied for second at minus-4.

Spieth watched playing partner Branden Grace knock his drive out of the bounds off the 16th tee. Spieth's tee shot at the drivable, par-4 came up short in the right rough.

His chip stopped shorter than he hoped. Spieth poured in the 27-footer for birdie and a 3-shot lead as Grace made double-bogey to fall to minus-3.

However, Spieth made a mess of the 17th. His tee ball landed right of the green in thick rough. He chipped to 45 feet, then 3-putted for double-bogey.

Suddenly, Spieth was tied for the lead with Oosthuizen, who drained a 10- footer for birdie at 18 to post 4-under.

As Spieth was on the 18th tee, Johnson dropped his tee shot six feet from the cup at 17. He converted that birdie chance to join Oosthuizen and Spieth at 4-under par.

Spieth found the fairway at the 18th, then knocked his second to 16 feet. His eagle chance stopped inches from the hole. He tapped in for birdie to move one clear, and it was up to Johnson.

Johnson, who coughed up the 54-hole lead at Pebble Beach in 2010, also found the fairway, then blasted a 5-iron from 246 yards out to 12 feet. His eagle effort missed on the left edge and trickled three feet by the cup. Johnson's birdie putt missed left as well to give Spieth the title.

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