BROOKLINE, Mass. — The golf ball was buried in a bunker behind the green, and Drew Cohen thought to himself: “He’s in jail. He’s going to need to pull off the bunker shot of his life.”
Cohen, the longtime friend and full-time caddie of the amateur golfer Michael Thorbjornsen, then watched him power to within a foot of the hole. Thorbjornsen made par and then birdied the next hole, and the two were off to the 2022 U.S. Open, having survived an eight-man qualifier for three spots on June 6 in Purchase, N.Y.
The pair soon descended on the Country Club outside Boston, hitting the merchandise building in addition to the golf course.