Tulsa, Okla. – Charlie Holland, 23, of Dallas, Texas, a quarterfinalist in 2008, leads a group of four players who advanced to the semifinals of the U.S. Amateur Championship Friday at the par-70, 7,093-yard Southern Hills Country Club.

Tulsa, Okla. – Had Jim Martin been able to do so right then and there, he would have vanished instantly. Instead, all he could do was drop to a knee and bow his head as the rake dangled from his right hand. 

Tulsa, Okla. – Charlie Holland, 23, of Dallas, Texas, won two matches and advanced to the quarterfinals of the U.S. Amateur Championship for the second consecutive year Thursday at the par-70, 7,093-yard Southern Hills Country Club.

Tulsa, Okla. – Peter Uihlein’s golf season turned around in April when his coach at Oklahoma State University, Mike McGraw, sent him to compete in an NAIA event.

Tulsa, Okla. – Stroke-play medalist Tim Jackson of Germantown, Tenn., had an enviable run of stellar play end with a 2-and-1 loss to Charlie Holland of Dallas, Texas, in the second round of match play Thursday at the 2009 U.S. Amateur.

Tulsa, Okla. – Bronson Burgoon had them wide-eyed with awe even though it didn’t turn out the way he had planned. As far as manufacturing late comebacks goes, Burgoon had concocted one savory golf recipe: pull off a few miraculous shots, apply pressure and hope for the best.

Tulsa, Okla. – Mike Van Sickle so far has taken it easy on his father by being hard on his opponents in the 109th U.S. Amateur.

Tulsa, Okla. – The top seven seeds from stroke play, including 50-year-old medalist Tim Jackson, highlighted the list of 32 winners Wednesday in the first round of match play at the 2009 U.S. Amateur at Southern Hills Country Club’s par-70, 7,093-yard layout.

Tulsa, Okla. – Bud Cauley put in two grueling days of stroke-play qualifying for this? Guess a two-day total of 142 doesn’t provide much of a breather these days.

Tulsa, Okla. – Hockey in the winter and golf in the summer. The rhythm of the sports season in Canada is as predictable and perfunctory as the change of seasons. But it is also eminently logical, given the common elemental disciplines each game demands.

Tulsa, Okla. – Tim Jackson, 50, of Germantown, Tenn., became the oldest medalist in the 109-year history of the U.S. Amateur Tuesday by posting a 36-hole total of even-par 140, despite a one-stroke penalty for slow play.

Tulsa, Okla. – When he was a coursekid, Bronson Burgoon used to squint at the 10 steps leading into his house, draw back and fire. Ping! Plunk! Ping! Balls bounded everywhere.

Tulsa, Okla. – Gunner Wiebe can’t remember much about the 1994 PGA Championship that his father, Mark, competed in at Southern Hills Country Club. But he can be forgiven for that.

Right here, in this very spot, you could be reading a quote from a golf legend about what a wonderful place Southern Hills Country Club is.

Tulsa, Okla. – When Clemson University senior Ben Martin is focused and motivated, he can exhibit a level of golf competency that places him among the best young players in America.

Tulsa, Okla. - Ben Martin, 21, of Greenwood, S.C., carded a 2-under-par 68 Tuesday at Southern Hills Country Club and holds the lead for medalist honors at the halfway point of the second day of stroke play at the 2009 U.S. Amateur.

Tulsa, Okla. – Tim Jackson, 50, of Germantown, Tenn., shot a 2-under-par 68 Monday at Southern Hills Country Club to lead the first day of stroke play at the 2009 U.S. Amateur.

Tulsa, Okla. – Jordan Spieth makes no bones about it. He’s here this week, appearing in his first U.S. Amateur, for one reason and one reason only.

Tulsa, Okla. – When Tim Jackson returned home to Tennessee after his stirring run in the U.S. Senior Open earlier this month, he heard from a few friends who wondered how he could have turned down the relatively lucrative paycheck that went with finishing tied for 11th.

Tulsa, Okla. – If time heals old wounds, then Drew Kittleson has been on a path to recovery.

Tulsa, Okla. – Tim Jackson, 50, of Germantown, Tenn., shot a 2-under-par 68 Monday at Southern Hills Country Club to lead the morning wave of the first day of stroke play at the 2009 U.S. Amateur.

Tulsa, Okla. – Zach Barlow sat at the end of the bed unaware of the tumult that awaited.

A remarkable career began unpretentiously in 1959 among the mountains of Colorado when Jack Nicklaus met the wily veteran Charley Coe in a taut match.