Keeping up with the recent U.S. Open golf tournament made Pete Haayen reflect upon the time he caddied for a golfer at the U.S. Open.
The Greenville resident caddied for Gene Borek for the 68th U.S. Open in 1968 at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, N.Y.
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