FRAN QUINN

US Open Golf Fran Quinn hits on the sixth hole during a practice round for the U.S. Open golf tournament at The Country Club, Wednesday, June 15, 2022, in Brookline, Mass. Nobody will argue that some of the holes on the classic layout at The Country Club are downright short. “There were just too many hurdles to overcome," the USGA's chief championships officer, John Bodenhamer, said of the prospect of coming back to The Country Club. Part of what will give The Country Club its bite are the greens. "What you’ll see on this golf course is an ebb and flow like nowhere else," Bodenhamer promises.

The 2022 U.S. Open most certainly has not been supersized.

The U.S. Open starts Thursday and not a moment too soon for those interested in golf.

US Open Dad Qualifies Golf FILE -Fran Quinn watches his tee shot on the 17th hole during the second round of the U.S. Open golf tournament in Pinehurst, N.C., Friday, June 13, 2014. Fran Quinn knew his odds of making the U.S. Open weren’t great. — (AP) — Fran Quinn knew his odds of making the U.S. Open weren't great. Fran shot 2 under for two rounds and was one of three players to advance out of an eight-man playoff for the final spots. Owen shot 4 over and missed the playoff by six shots.

Fran Quinn knew his odds of making the U.S. Open weren’t great.

Fran Quinn last played the U.S. Open eight years ago with his teenage son as his caddie. Quinn, the 57-year-old who played his first U.S. Open at Pebble Beach in 1992 the year Tom Kite won, advanced in an 8-for-3 playoff in Purchase, New York. This came after Quinn failed to make it through qualifying for the U.S. Senior Open.