BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) A playoff was looming Sunday in the U.S. Open, just like it always does at The Country Club, when Matt Fitzpatrick sized up his shot from a bunker left of the 18th fairway.

Flash-forward a decade, and the Brookline High junior now sits atop ... But then I joined EMXC [Eastern Massachusetts Cross-Country Skiing club] and I did the youth program.