Covering the U.S. Open

By Alexander Vafeas, Sports@CJC The final round of qualifying for the U.S. Open is officially over and more than 150 golfers are headed to Pinehurst, North Carolina for the 2024 Open. Sectional qualifiers featured eight current and former Gator golfers, who attempted to get into the field via four different…

By Chandler Hawkes, Sports@CJC JUPITER, Fla. — In the golf world, the final round of U.S. Open qualifying is better known as ‘Golf’s Longest Day.’ Many consider those final-round qualifiers to be one of the sport’s most grueling tests due to its demanding 36-hole, one-day format and the magnitude of…

By Ashleigh Lucas, Sports@CJC JUPITER, Fla. — More than 70 golfers — including a collection of PGA Tour pros, LIV Golf veterans and amateurs from the college-golf ranks — descended on The Bear’s Club in Jupiter on Monday, June 3 for the final round of qualifying, trying to secure one…

By Hannah Mack, Sports@CJC JUPITER, Fla. — The crowd surrounding the ninth green roared with applause after Daniel Berger sank a putt to end his long day of golf. It wasn’t an ordinary reaction. It acknowledged that after nearly two years away from the course, Berger was back.  After a…

By Jada Ross, Sports@CJC JUPITER, Fla. — PGA Tour veterans Matt Kuchar and Daniel Berger were among the five golfers who earned berths in the U.S. Open on Monday in the final-round qualifier at The Bear’s Club. Seventy-one golfers started the day in steamy Jupiter, hoping to secure one of…

By Alexander Vafeas, Sports@CJC With the dust from the PGA Championship finally settled, it’s time to take a first look at golf’s third major of the year, the U.S. Open. Xander Schauffele earned his first career major victory at the PGA in Louisville. Could another first-time major winner emerge at…

By Alexander Vafeas, Sports@CJC PALM COAST — Out of golf’s four major championships, none brings unlikely groups of people together quite like the U.S. Open. That was exactly what one could observe while at The Conservatory at Hammock Beach for the first round of Open qualifiers.  Nearly 80 golfers competed…

By Chandler Hawkes, Sports@CJC PALM COAST — Aiden Byce stepped onto the tee box on a muggy Tuesday morning at The Conservatory at Hammock Beach. But this wasn’t an ordinary round for the 20-year-old Anderson, South Carolina, native. Byce was about to tee off in his first U.S. Open Qualifier…