USA Today (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
Justin Hicks, the co-leader after the first round of the U.S. Open, won the Wayne Gretzky Classic on Sunday for his first Nationwide ...
ESPN (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
Justin Hicks won the Wayne Gretzky Classic for his first Nationwide win.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
Justin Hicks used to be best known as the surprise first-round co-leader of this year's U.S. Open.
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 06/14/2008
SAN DIEGO (AP) -Justin Hicks scurried around Torrey Pines Golf Course on Friday, his 15 minutes of fame slipping away as he tried so desperately to stay off the clock.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 06/14/2008
Justin Hicks scurried around Torrey Pines Golf Course on Friday, his 15 minutes of fame slipping away as he tried so desperately to stay...
Tim McDonald (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
Yes, that’s right. I will personally sign over to you a check for $1 million if you publicly tell me that Justin Hicks will win the 2008 U.S. Open. This happens every year, and every year people get excited about a no-name leading the U.S. Open, no disrespect intended. And every year, those early-round leaders say they intend to stay at the top, and every year they don’t, fading back to oblivion. Hicks...
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
Tiger Woods sits four strokes behind co-leaders Justin Hicks and Kevin Streelman after shooting a 1-over-par 72. It was his first competitive round since knee surgery in April.
Armchair Golf Blog (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
Geoff Ogilvy is lurking. EIGHTEEN DOWN, 54 TO GO. Round one of the U.S. Open is in the books, and two non-household names share the lead at three-under 68, Nationwide Tour player Justin Hicks and 29-year-old Kevin Streelman, who seems to emerge from obscurity on visits to Torrey Pines. Streelman was a big story at the Buick Invitational in January when he slipped into the field and then played his...
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
Unheralded Americans Justin Hicks and Kevin Streelman upstaged tournament favourites Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson by taking charge in Thursday's first round at the U.S. Open.
Dot Wong (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
The opening-round grouping of Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Adam Scott sucked up much of the attention at the U.S. Open yesterday, but the lead went to two near-unknowns. Kevin Streelman and Justin Hicks, both outside the top 600 in the world rankings, shot 3-under 68 yesterday to go ahead of the pack by a stroke at Torrey Pines . Woods carded a 1-over 72, Mickelson a 71 … “To make two double bogeys...
IOL (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
Cast for bit parts, Kevin Streelman and Justin Hicks thrust themselves centre stage as the unlikely first-round leaders of the 108th US Open golf championship.
France24 (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
In his first day of competition after nine weeks off the greens, world number one Tiger Woods scored 72 in the first round of the US Open. He now trails by four shots the local heroes of the day, Kevin Streelman and Justin Hicks.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
SAN DIEGO -- At 8:05 a.m. Thursday at Torrey Pines Golf Course, Phil Mickelson stepped onto the first tee box and was showered with shouts of encouragement and applause. Mickelson approached to the starter's lectern, which has a microphone, and stood there for a second before some made a request. "Speech!" a fan called out. "Speech!"
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
LA JOLLA, Calif. | Justin Hicks wasn’t even supposed to be here. Some young buck at the U.S. Open local qualifying was outdriving him by 40 yards and eliminated him on the seventh hole of a playoff, leaving him as the first alternate. Whoop-de-do, right?
TBO > Sports (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
Congratulations, Justin Hicks. You shot a first-round 68 Thursday at Torrey Pines. You are tied with Kevin Streelman for the first-round lead of the 108th U.S. Open. You are one shot in front of Rocco Mediate, Stuart Appleby, Geoff Ogilvy and Eric Axley.
