especially if you play golf. i m looking forward to the weekend. it s been a while since i ve felt this good in a tournament, let alone a major. it s going to be a challenge, but i m looking forward to it. reporter: fowler winless in four years. how he would love to snap that drought. it s not always about how you score at these tournaments. it s qualifying. one focus on barry henson, a 43-year-old american player who qualified for this tournament. why was there so much attention on him? he s a pro golfer, yes, but also a part-time uber driver. it really is a sensational story. it s why we love the qualifying about the u.s. open. just have a quick listen to him speaking about what this journey means to him. i ve got 3,000 rides and i m a 4.99 uber rated driver, which
bill: a new warning for drivers now to avoid northeastern philly after a truck fire caused a major collapse on a highway. what it means for drivers up and down the east coast coming up. dana: excitement boiling over at the canadian open followed by chaos. a security guard tackles a pro-golfer trying to celebrate his friend s victory. bill: growing fallout over the surprise merger between the pga and saudi-back liv golf league. league. fortunately, you ve earned the valuable va home loan benefit. the newday100 va loan lets you borrow up to 100% of your home s value, not just 80%. and with home values near record highs, that could mean a lot of money. let newday turn your home s equity into cash.
promises of all shapes and sizes. each, with a time and a place they ve been promised to be. a promise is everything to old dominion, because it means everything to you. what do we always say, son? liberty mutual customizes your car insurance. so you only pay for what you need. that s my boy. stay off the freeways! only pay for what you need. liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. judge jeanine: it s time now for one more thing and jesse goes first. jesse: the rbc open was in canada over the weekend. nic taylor won on the fourth playoff hole. as is he celebrating look his buddies came out fellow pro-golfer and got just decked by security. he realized this guy was just a friend and another golfer. adam just got drilled, sorry, should have done that conor
right here on special report. we have had many of them already. and we aspire to have them all before all is said and done. panel, thank you very much. bret: finally tonight this is a special at a. i will confess this is a story i like. pro-golfer victor havlon had a quick turn around after celebrating this weekend s win he was spotted carrying the bag for former college teammate zac bow shoe in today s u.s. open final qualifying. this is a big deal imagine. he just won jack s tournament. in memorial. just played in a playoff and won. and picked up the pair for his buddy. they played together 2018 ncaa title team. that s really cool. well, for a golfer, it s really cool. anyway on special report house
making the cut, the second best start for a masters in amateur history. at the end of the day on friday, he was alone in third place, paired up with pro golfer, jon rahm, who went on to win the whole thing. if you would have told me i was going to be here when i was a kid, i would have thought you were crazy. reporter: bennett has a tattoo, words from his father who died from early onset alzheimer s in 2021. don t wait to do something, it says, right there on his left arm every time he swings. stephanie gosk, nbc news. that s nightly news for this monday. thank you for watching, everyone. i m lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night.