Go Buckeyes! Two Ohio State alums, 2021 U.S. Open host superintendent Rich McIntosh (left), Senior Superintendent, Torrey Pines Golf Courses, San Diego, with his friend Chad Mark, director of grounds, Muirfield Village, Dublin, Ohio. (Photo: Golfdom Staff)

Anthony Kiser, Michigan State University, intern at the Bridges at Rancho Santa Fe, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., got some extra OJT in by volunteering for the week at the U.S. Open. (Photo: Golfdom Staff)

The early wake-up call is no big deal to Cole Yoshida (left), assistant superintendent at Rolling Hills CC, Rolling Hills Estates, Calif., alongside Cameron Gurtner, assistant superintendent at Meridian Hills CC in Indianapolis. (Photo: Golfdom Staff)

It’s good to see these two together again: longtime friends Seth Jones (left), Golfdom editor-in-chief alongside the Open Doctor, Rees Jones. (Photo: Golfdom Staff)

Seth Jones (left), Golfdom editor-in-chief speaks with Brian Whitlark, USGA. (Photo: Golfdom Staff)

Jake Ogren, University of Tennessee student currently interning at Valhalla Golf Club, Louisville, Ky., mows a teebox. (Photo: Golfdom Staff)

Golfdom Digital Editor Joey Ciccolini, Mark Woodward, CGCS, Jon Maddern, CGCS, Club Corp and Jones enjoy a dinner in the Gas Lamp District of San Diego the day California reopened. (Photo: Golfdom Staff)

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