Glamour Tee Times and Funky Little Par-3 Headline What to Watch Thursday at U.S. Open

Morning Read's Gary Van Sickle shares what he's most excited to see on Day 1 of the U.S. Open.

Gary Van Sickle | Jun 15, 2022

Morning Read contributor Gary Van Sickle looks ahead to the opening round of the U.S. Open. He's excited for a couple of notable threesomes (including some LIV Golf tour members) and a par-3 that has been restored for its first U.S. Open since Francis Ouimet won his Open here in 1913.

Published Jun 15, 2022

GARY VAN SICKLE

Van Sickle has covered golf since 1980, following the tours to 125 men’s major championships, 14 Ryder Cups and one sweet roundtrip flight on the late Concorde. He is likely the only active golf writer who covered Tiger Woods during his first pro victory, in Las Vegas in 1996, and his 81st, in Augusta. Van Sickle’s work appeared, in order, in The Milwaukee Journal, Golf World magazine, Sports Illustrated (20 years) and Golf.com. He is a former president of the Golf Writers Association of America. His knees are shot, but he used to be a half-decent player. He competed in two national championships (U.S. Senior Amateur, most recently in 2014); made it to U.S. Open sectional qualifying once and narrowly missed the Open by a scant 17 shots (mostly due to poor officiating); won 10 club championships; and made seven holes-in-one (though none lately). Van Sickle’s golf equipment stories usually are based on personal field-testing, not press-release rewrites. His nickname is Van Cynical. Yeah, he earned it.