The rankings of all 18 holes I played this season will be in Thursday's editions. I can tell you that for the second straight year, I did not beat a single professional golfer.

Big surprise there.

If you have been fortunate enough to record at least one hole-in-one in your golf lifetime, consider yourself fortunate.

Dennis Dammling of Hamden never had one either, until July 27 when he recorded one at Laurel View Country Club - on the par-4 10th hole, which measures 330 yards from the blue tees.

Check out Thursday's register to read how Dammling did get that rare double-eagle on a par-4. Also, Average Joe, who has no holes-in-one (shocking, I know), attempts to play the par-5 13th hole at Wallingford Country Club.

On another subject, check out Wednesday's Register to see how the Wallingford Little League makes out against Glastonbury National. The winner of Tuesday night's game advances to the Little League Eastern Regional Friday in Bristol.

Frank Bensel from Century CC takes a four-shot lead over Charlie Meola (Fairview CC) and Bobby Gage (Candlewood Valley CC) in the 75th Connecticut Open Tuesday at Hartford Golf Club. All three will be paired together, going off the first tee at 9:40 a.m.
The second round was completed shortly after 8 p.m. Tuesday night. 47 players made the cut.

Frank Bensel from Century Country Club in New York leads midway through the second round at the 75th Connecticut Open at the Hartford GC. He posted rounds of 63 and 70, a 133 9-under-par total at the par-71 Hartford Golf Club.
Bobby Gage of Candlewood Valley CC in New Milford is 4 shots back after posting 137.

Monday's first round was suspended for the day midway through due to thunderstorms. It resumed today and the hope is second-round play will be completed in the darkness shortly after 8.

After a one-week reprieve with our illustrious columnist Dave Solomon filling my shoes, Average Joe returns to the links this week playing the sixth hole at Guilford Lakes, an 185-yard par-3, against head golf professional Jon Wilson.

In this week's notes, we detail the progress The Course at Yale has made under course superintendent Scott Ramsay since he started over five years ago and what needs to be done to get the course in championship condition for next year's NCAA Division I East Regional.

Check back today through Wednesday for periodic updates on the Connecticut Open, which is being held at the Hartford Golf Club. Jeff Hedden is the defending champion.

Ricky Barnes hit his drive off the second tee into the deep rough. The horn sounded before he his his second shot. Barnes opted to play the shot on Monday morning. He and Lucas Glover are tied for the lead and five shots clear of four players, including Phil Mickelson.

Tiger Woods continued after the horn sounded, birdieing the seventh hole to get back to even par, 7 shots behind Barnes and Glover.

Ricky Barnes led by 1 shot over Lucas Glover after three rounds of the U.S. Open but once had a 6-shot lead on the 10th tee. He and Glover are paired together again in the final roun.
Glover bogeyed the opening hole to fall back into a tie with Glover. There is a little light still left on Father's Day, the longest day f the year.

The pair are currently 5 shots clear of the field.

The U.S. Open third round resumption was pushed back from 7:30 a.m. because of more rain being dumped on Bethpage Black.

But the grounds crew has gotten the coruse into playable shape and hopefully, this tournament will be completed some time before the end of July.

Seriously, this will be the first time regulation play in an Open championship has extended into Monday since 1983. The third round is scheduled to end around 5 p.m., then the USGA will re-pair for the fourth round and go off both tees again until play is halted.

Then the fourth round and an 18-hole playoff if necessary will be completed Monday - assuming heavy rain will hold off for the remainder of the tournament. That's a big assumption.

The third round was postponed after a brief, but heavy downpour flooded some of the greens at Bethpage Black. The leaders had not yet teed off.
The third round is scheduled to resume at 7:30 a.m. Sunday. Ricky Barnes leads Lucas Glover by one shot and Mike Weir by two.

The second round of the U.S. Open was completed shortly after 4 p.m. Saturday. Ricky Barnes fired a second-round 65, finishing it up on Saturday morning, to take a 1-shot lead over Lucas Glover in the 109th championship being held at Bethpage Black.

The 8-under-par total of 132 is a new US Open record, breaking the old mark of Jim Furyk (2003) by one shot. Mike Weir is in third place two shots behind Barnes while David Duval leads a three-way tie for fourth place five shots behind.

Phil Mickelson is in a tie for 12th place at 1-under, seven strokes behind Barnes, while defending champions Tiger Woods is in a tie for 41st place, 11 shots behind.

The cut came at 4-over 144. The third round will begin soon.