California or bust: On the road to the U.S. Open

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – I’m on my way to board a plane for Los Angeles, where I’ll be picking up a shiny new Lexus hybrid sedan and tooling on down to La Jolla for the final three days of the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines.

The best part? I get to take my father-in-law, Donald Hicks, with me for Father’s Day.

Even better? The current leader at the championship is a guy named Justin Hicks. We might be related (well, by marriage, anyway).

If this guy, whose best finish on the Nationwide Tour is T-2, actually wins, just imagine the parties a distant relative like my father-in-law can get us into!

My liver is doing summersaults just thinking about it.

More from La Jolla tomorrow …