J.P. Hayes News

Steve Haskins continued to torch the TPC Scottsdale course Thursday, firing a 65 to open a four-shot lead going into today's final round of the final stage of the Champions Tour Qualifying Tournament.

Thanksgiving is drawing near, Christmas just around the corner and that is not a time when most think of golf.

Greg Norman shot a bogey-free six-under-par 64 on Saturday to lead by a stroke heading into the final round of the Senior British Open in Sunningdale, England.

Mark Calcavecchia birdied nine straight holes Saturday in the Canadian Open to break the PGA Tour record.

Chris DiMarco had one million reasons to play in the U.S. Bank Championship this week.

MILWAUKEE - Not that he needed anything more on his plate heading into his first PGA Tour event, but eight-time Tour winner Fred Funk served up an unexpected appetizer to Brian Brodell on Thursday morning.

Brian Brodell has walked inside the ropes on the PGA Tour before. Only this time, the University of Wisconsin assistant men's golf coach will be swinging a club instead of toting a bag full of them.

Former champion Cristie Kerr scrambled for a 1-over 72 yesterday to take a two-shot lead over Eun Hee Ji after three rounds of the U.S. Women's Open in Bethlehem, Pa.

Former champion Cristie Kerr scrambled for a 1-over 72 Saturday to take a two-shot lead over Eun Hee Ji of South Korea after three rounds of the U.S. Women's Open.

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.