OAKMONT, Pa. — Sitting on a shuttle in a Macy's parking lot, on her way to the Houston airport earlier this week, Tricia Landry picked up her phone and dialed her son Andrew.
"I just needed to hear your voice," she said, tears flowing down her face.
"It's going to be OK," Andrew reassured her. "It's just another tournament."
Only it's not really just another tournament; it's the U.S. Open. And it's especially not just another tournament for Andrew Landry, the Texan ranked 624th in the world who had to qualify just to be here.