For the second straight year, the University of Virginia will have two of its favorite sons playing in the U.S. Open. Rising senior golfer Derek Bard and 2015 golf alumnus Denny McCarthy will compete in this year's tournament at Oakmont Country Club in western Pennsylvania. The action begins Thursday, and McCarthy will tee off in the opening group at 6:45 a.m. EST.
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McCarthy will be playing in his second consecutive U.S. Open after finishing in a tie for 42nd last year. Fellow Virginia alumnus Steve Marino also qualified for the 2015 tournament, which was held at Chambers Bay just outside of Seattle.