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Harry How/Getty ImagesErica Holmes, J.B. Holmes and Tucker Holmes pose with the trophy after J.B.'s win at the Genesis Open at Riviera Country Club.PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Through 36 holes of the Open Championship, having posted rounds of 66-68 at Royal Portrush to be near the top of the leader board, J.B. Holmes has struggled to find anything but positives about his time overseas. Well, except for the fact that he’s only here with his wife, Erica, the couple leaving back home with family their 18-month-old son, Tucker, and their dog, Ace.
The family’s goldendoodle is a new member of the Holmes’ crew, having been won at a charity auction late last year. Erica gave him the name (“[She] was trying to think of some kind of golf name.”), and quickly Ace has become a key part the family. So much so that Holmes has taken the puppy with him when traveling to several events on the PGA Tour this year.
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What was supposed to be a special week quickly turned into a funeral on Thursday when Rory McIlroy hooked his opening tee shot out-of-bounds at Royal Portrush's first hole. He eventually walked off with a quadruple-bogey 8, a score he could have recovered from had he not finished his round with an equally bad triple-bogey 7 on the final hole, giving him a first-round 79. While it took 18 holes to finally drive the point home, Rory's week was over before it really started.
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Could the Northern Irishman rally and make the weekend? It would take a miracle, especially with the weather rolling in, though that could also push the cut line back, giving McIlroy a decent chance were he to post a special number.
A couple of Royal Portrush fans are not banking on it, at least based off a picture captured by The Open's Twitter account. These guys jumped ship on Rory quicker than Rory ejected from the tourname..

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Francois NelJ.B. Holmes remained at the top of the British Open leader board on Day 2 at Royal Portrush, but (some) viewers learned of a remarkable accomplishment from his past after the second round: Holmes played on his high school's varsity team for 10 years. Yes, that's TEN years. As in a decade.
And no, it's not because Holmes kept getting held back. The precocious player earned his spot on the team when he was in third grade.
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“It was different, that’s for sure,” Holmes told NBC/Golf Channel's Jimmy Roberts after shooting 68 on Friday. “I lettered for 10 years. I don’t know if that’s a record.”
Holmes has told the story in the past about his dad calling the head coach at Taylor County High School in Campbellsville, Ky., and asking for a tryout. The youngster was told he needed to shoot around 50 for nine holes in front of the coach and he did it.
“I learned not to be scared of anybody,” Holmes sa..