My Two Cents

I was at Fairchild Wheeler golf course Monday (the Black Course looks awesome, by the way) to cover the J.J. Henry/First Tee breakfast — and to get my Bridgeport resident card renewed. I talked with new club pro Steve Roach who told me about two great golf specials you might want to take advantage of.

1. Two players and a cart for 18 holes, after 11 a.m. $70 ($35 each)

2. Four players, two carts for 18 holes after 11 a.m. $120 (that’s just $30 a person).

Now, where can you play 18 holes of golf with a cart for $30? Not many places. Check it out.

Play has been suspended at 8:24 p.m. the 109th U.S. Open.

J.J. Henry finished 13 holes on his second round, standing at 2-over.

He is at 5-over for the tournament.

It appears that playing 30 holes of golf in one day with the mental stress of the U.S. Open banging around in your head has started to take its toll on J. J. Henry. After playing the back nine at 1-under and making the turn at just 2-over after 27 holes, the Fairfield native stumbled with three consecutive bogeys at No.s 1, 2 and 3 to fall to 5-over for the tournament.

Sunset here at Bethpage Black is less than 20 minutes away, so there might just be a couple of holes left in Henry’s day. We’ll let you know.

J.J. Henry just finished the back nine (his 27th hole of the day) at 1-under-par, inching him back to 2-over for the tournament. He birdied par-3 17th.

He will now head to the front nine and see how many holes he can get in before darkness falls.

All in all, a good day for J.J.

Fairfield’s J.J. Henry is through six holes (playing the back nine) in his second round of the U.S. Open at Bethpage Black. He has parred all six to remain at 3-over for the tournament.

USGA Officials have announced that sunset is at 8:30 p.m., meaning we’ve still got at least two more hours of play remaining.

Whenever play does come to an end, the full field for the Travelers Championship will be announced 30 minutes afterwards. Stay tuned.

Not bad. Not bad at all.

Fairfield’s J.J. Henry finished his first round at the U.S. Open Friday, shooting a 3-over 73 over a soggy Bethpage Black course.

This is what Henry said after his round:

Henry two birdies in round one came at the par-3 third and the par-4 16th. He had bogeys at 5, 6, 12, 13 and 17.

“All in all, it could be better. It could definitely be worse but it could be better,” he said.

Henry basically had an hour to grab a bite to eat before heading out to No. 10 to begin his second round at 4:52 p.m.

After making the fron nine turn with a solid 1-over 36, J.J. Henry has stumbled with back-to-back bogeys at the 499-yard, par-4 12th and the 554-yard, par-5 13th. he is currently at 3-over with five holes left in his first round.

Henry is scheduled to tee off from the 10th to start his second round.