MIKE BORICH
Age: 42
Utah connection: Taylorsville native
Hometown: Murray
Previous U.S. Opens: None
Best U.S. Open finish: None
2000 earnings: None
Career highlights: Won numerous amateur and professional tournaments in Utah and Intermountain region
Thurs.-Fri. pairings: 11:30 p.m.-3:50 p.m. — Andrew Sanders, Mike Borich, Kyle Blackman.
Prospects this week: Having never competed in a PGA Tour event, Borich is absolutely thrilled to be playing this week at Pebble Beach. He'd love to make the cut, but needs to play awfully well against the world's best to make it.
KEITH CLEARWATER
Age: 40
Utah connection: BYU 1979-82, resident
Hometown: Orem
Previous U.S. Opens: 6 (1980-87-89-91-93-99)
Best U.S. Open finish: T-31, 1987
2000 earnings: $70,413 on Buy.com Tour
Career highlights: Won two PGA tournaments in 1987, $2.2 million in earnings
Thurs.-Fri. pairings: 8:40 a.m.-1 p.m. — Brandt Jobe, Jonathan Kaye, Keith Clearwater.
Prospects this week: He's trying to make a comeback at age 40 and has shown signs of getting his old game back. Don't be surprised if he makes the cut and finishes in the top 40.
BOBBY CLAMPETT
Age: 40
Utah connection: BYU 1977-80
Hometown: Cary, N.C.
Previous U.S. Opens: 4 (1978-82-83-86)
Best U.S. Open finish: T-3, 1982
2000 earnings: None
Career highlights: Won 1982 Southern Open, $1.4 million career PGA earnings
Thurs.-Fri. pairings: 8:50 a.m.-1:10 p.m. — Thomas Bjorn, Andy Bean, Bobby Clampett.
Prospects this week: He's played Pebble Beach a couple of hundred times and was 3rd in the '82 Open behind Watson and Nicklaus. He's played in only one tournament the last two years and will probably be too rusty to make the cut.
MIKE WEIR
Age: 30
Utah connection: BYU 1988-92, resident
Hometown: Draper
Previous U.S. Opens: 1 (1999)
Best U.S. Open finish: Missed cut, 1999
2000 earnings: $794,597 (23rd on money list)
Career highlights: Won 1999 Air Canada Open, $2.5 million career earnings
Thurs.-Fri. pairings: 9 a.m.-1:20 p.m. — Tim Herron, Michael Weir, Brandel Chamblee.
Prospects this week: He contended in each of the last two majors, last year's PGA and April's Masters, before faltering on the final day. He ought to make it to the final day again and perhaps finish in the top 20.
RICHARD ZOKOL
Age: 41
Utah connection: BYU 1977-81
Hometown: Richmond, B.C., Canada
Previous U.S. Opens: 4 (1985-89-92-99)
Best U.S. Open finish: T-33, 1992
2000 earnings: $27,534 on Buy.com Tour
Career highlights: Won 1992 Milwaukee Open, $1.5 million PGA earnings, won 1984 Utah Open
Thurs.-Fri. pairings: 1:10 p.m.-8:50 a.m. — Richard Zokol, David Toms, Woody Austin.
Prospects this week: He's made the cut in two of four previous Opens, but will need to put it in gear to make the cut this week. Just last week he missed the cut in a Buy.com event and this field is about 10 times better.