Mike Van Sickle, who set the Bangor Municipal Golf Course record by shooting a 60 at the Greater Bangor Open two years ago, shot a 6-over-par 76 at the U.S. Open on Thursday at the Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania.
Van Sickle is from Wexford, Pennsylvania, which is 19 miles from Oakmont.
The 29-year-old Van Sickle was 6-over par after nine holes as he had a double bogey and four bogeys, but he managed to shoot even par over the final nine holes with three birdies and three bogeys.
Because of rain on Thursday, which postponed a healthy portion of play, he isn’t scheduled to tee off for round two until 7:11 a.m. Saturday. One of his playing partners will be PGA rookie Andrew Landry, who led the tournament with a 4-under par 66 after the first round.
Two years ago, Van Sickle, a three-time All-American at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, recorded two eagles and five birdies en route to his course-record 60 at the Bangor Municipal Golf Course.
Van Sickle wound up being the runner-up at the Greater Bangor Open as he lost on the fourth extra hole to David Chung of Fayetteville, North Carolina.
Each shot a Greater Bangor Open-record 191 over the 54 holes, which is 16-under par. Scott Hawley of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, held the previous record of 194.
Van Sickle also had captured the long drive competition with a drive of 353 yards.