PARAMUS, N.J. – Haymes Snedeker is 46 years old; a young 46 on most days, but on this Tuesday afternoon, he was feeling every bit his age.
Snedeker, the older brother of Brandt Snedeker, had just wrapped up his first U.S. Amateur in two decades, posting 19 over in 36 holes around The Ridgewood Country Club, the A.W. Tillinghast gem that the gray-bearded Snedeker called “the toughest golf course I’ve ever played.”
“It's almost like I’ve been in a foxhole for two days – guns going off, a little bit of shellshock,” Snedeker said. “I think it’ll take a couple days to appreciate the fact that I’m here.