BROOKLINE, Mass. – Michael Thorbjornsen was the first player to register for this week’s U.S. Open, picking up his competition badge last Thursday. That’s what happens when you and your caddie are area products – Thorbjornsen and his childhood friend, Drew Cohen, both hail from Wellesley, which is located less than 10 miles from The Country Club.
An early start to their championship, of course, meant plenty of time for some early shopping, so after registering, the youthful pair headed straight to the massive merchandise tent the abuts the first fairway to empty their wallets. On their receipts: matching gray T-shirts with the year “1913” emblazoned on the front and set behind the silhouettes of Francis Ouimet and Eddie Lowery, the local player-caddie duo who pulled off the ultimate upset at this very course more than a century ago.