PINEHURST, N.C. — Kids don’t really write “What I did for my summer vacation” essays anymore. But even if they did, it’s a safe bet that no one at Cheyenne Mountain High School would have a summer adventure that will top the week their biology teacher played in the U.S. Open.
Colin Prater spends his school days teaching bio and his afternoons helping to coach golf for the Cheyenne Mountain Hawks in Colorado Springs (Colo.). But the 29-year-old has never really let go of his own dream of playing golf, and this spring — after a grueling slog through the U.