J.P. Hayes News

Steve Stricker vaulted into second place at the John Deere Classic, tying a course record and matching the lowest score of his career with a 10-under 61 Saturday that left him three strokes behind Darron Stiles through two rounds.

No news is good news, unless you're the man in charge of running the U.S. Bank Championship.

No Fantasy Teams Found LATE WITHDRAWALS : Jonathan Byrd Before I get into the John Deere, I want to apologize for the late arrival of this column.

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. When J.P. Hayes birdied his first hole in the U.S. Open on Thursday at Bethpage Black, his playing partner Jeff Brehaut, 46, a journeyman who failed qualifying school 13 times and wandered the bush-league Nationwide Tour with his family in an SUV for six seasons, turned to him and said, 'Wow, you're leading the Open.'

Brehaut wasn't being sarcastic, just nice, his normal disposition. Why not frame the moment, underline it, for a friend? After all, how many thousands, or is it millions, have dreamed that, once in their lives, they would hear those words: 'You're leading the Open.'

Kenny Perry hits out of the rough on the fifth fairway during his practice round for the U.S. Open Golf Championship yesterday at Bethpage State Park's Black Course in Farmingdale, N.Y. And they're off.

Jeff Brehaut, who went through Q-School 13 times before he made it to the PGA Tour, finished 194th on the PGA Tour money list last year and is back on the Nationwide Tour this year.

About an hour after U.S. Open was suspended on Thursday, a course worker gingerly worked his way across Bethpage Black's flooded 18th green to remove the flag, futilely trying to avoid leaving footprints.

The USGA announced Monday that it will hold the U.S. Open and the U.S. Women's Open at Pinehurst No.

Geoff Ogilvy and Paul Casey are among the hottest players coming into the U.S. Open, each having won three times around the world over the last seven months.

J.P. Hayes hit out of a sand trap on the first hole during the Sun Country Regional U.S. Open qualifying golf tournament at Vista Hills Country Club.

Jun. 9, 2009 7:55 a.m. Thirteen golfers from Wisconsin were among 767 players who teed it up in U.S. Open sectional qualifying at 13 sites around the country Monday.

Daly comes up short in qualifying for U.S. Open John Daly of the United States waits to play a shot on the 18th hole at the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth.

If all goes according to plan this summer, Mike Van Sickle will play in several high-profile national amateur events, attempt to win a third consecutive Pennsylvania State Open title - at storied Oakmont Country Club, no less - and make the U.S. Walker Cup team.

Standing beside the leaderboard at The Club at Comanche Trace following Monday's PGA Texas Open qualifier, Robert Gates set his first goal.

The 2009 U.S. Open at Bethpage Black is just weeks away. Ready for Tiger Woods & Co.

Eleven threesomes, 33 golfers, will try their luck against the Vista Hills Country Club layout Tuesday morning, all chasing U.S. Open dreams.

Armando Inman went out early, poured in seven birdies and came home with a 6-under-par 66 on a hot, sunny Tuesday morning at Vista Hills Country Club.

Marquette standout Mike Van Sickle could get a taste of the PGA Tour at Milwaukee's U.S. Bank Championship in July.

Memories and laughter will float easily around the beautiful old El Paso Country Club layout Monday when UTEP has its annual fund raiser golf scramble.

There isn't anything that I've covered over the years that I'd give my left kidney to do again - save for one.