Beau Hossler's Friday Run, Will It Continue?
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Farrell Evans says the brief run conjured up images of Ouimet when Beau took the lead at 3:33.
Randall Mell also wrote about the 17-year-old who briefly led the U.S. Open Friday.
No, they marveled at their boy’s unshakably cool demeanor all the way around this course.
“I’m a nervous wreck,” Beau Sr. said waiting for his son outside the locker room after the round. “Beau’s always had this calm about him. I’ve said this for a long time. He has an ability to stay calm in situations where other people aren’t very calm.”
Thank goodness that calm was there early Friday. Amy Balsz, Beau's mother, was feeling jittery at day’s start.
“I was nervous when Beau was on the first tee box, but he looked so relaxed and calm, it calmed me down,” said Amy, who walked the course with her husband, Matt, Beau’s stepfather. “Beau was so comfortable, and that made me comfortable.”
Steve Elling also wrote about Hossler and put his position after 36 into perspective:
No amateur has won the Open since 1933, and realistically, it wasn't going to happen this week, either. But Hossler wowed people four and five times his age in the Olympic Club gallery and provided a glimpse of what should be a promising future.
Heck, it was similar to when Matt Kuchar, a 19-year-old amateur, turned heads at Olympic Club in 1998, when he played in the penultimate group in Saturday's third round before finishing T14.
Tiger was asked about Hossler and just oozed with enthusiasm for the young man's plight:
