Ouimet's 1913 triumph duly noted

There is, any given week, a multitude of happenings in golf to dwell upon, but just as intriguing to some is what might happen years down the road.

Speculation is a national pastime, it seems.

Take the 2013 US Open, for example. There has been wonderment in recent years as to whether it would land at The Country Club in Brookline, which would be in position to grandly celebrate the 100th anniversary of hosting the watershed moment in the national championship, Francis Ouimet's stunning triumph in 1913. Alas, times have changed and while TCC remains a proud and vaunted layout second to none, logistical considerations present a hurdle that weren't there in 1963 or 1988, when the US Open was held in Brookline.

''We definitely want to do some sort of celebration of the 100th anniversary of Ouimet's victory, but it's highly unlikely it will be a US Open," said John Cornish, a longtime TCC member who is on the club's Tournament Policy Committee and was instrumental in pulling off the 1999 Ryder Cup, a spectacular event. ''An amateur event would be more appropriate. We've always been a big supporter of amateur golf."

A Walker Cup would be embraced. So, too, would the US Amateur, and certainly TCC's willingness to be involved with the US Golf Association -- of which it is a founding member -- is no secret.

What seems to be a secret, at least to Cornish and other TCC members, is a reported interest in moving the Deutsche Bank Championship to the heralded links off Clyde Street.

''A few people told me about it," Cornish said. ''It was totally out of the blue. Certainly, it's out of character with our history. We've never had a PGA Tour event. We've had no discussions with the PGA Tour or anyone related to the PGA Tour. I don't know where that came from."

It began with a story in Golfweek, the seeds apparently planted by some PGA Tour players who are looking toward 2007, when the season-long FedEx Cup is introduced and culminates with a four-event playoff series in late summer. One of those marquee attractions will be the Deutsche Bank Championship at TPC Boston, but a few players said they would rather not see these mega tournaments anchored to the same course. They'll get their wish with a Midwestern tournament that will move from Chicago to St. Louis to Minnesota, and there's a chance the New York tournament will shift around, too, but the Deutsche Bank Championship?

''As it relates to the PGA Tour and the playoff series," said Bob Combs, the PGA Tour's senior vice president for public relations and communications, ''our focus is on the TPC of Boston."

Seth Waugh resoundingly seconds those sentiments. The CEO of Deutsche Bank has stated repeatedly that the relationship with TPC Boston has made for a fulfilling experience each of the three Labor Days the tournament has been held and he's looking to enhance that, not alter it. He insisted there was nothing to the story.

Eighteen years is a long time, but that's how far back you have to go to find the last time Billy Andrade was disqualified from a PGA Tour event. Until last week, that is, because the Rhode Islander was told that his Honda Classic tournament was over before he got a chance to finish 36 holes. The reason? He played the wrong ball. ''It was confusing, but in the end, it's my mistake," Andrade said. Playing the 15th hole of his second round, the dogleft left, par-5 sixth at Mirasol's Sunrise Course in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., Andrade was coming off a birdie and in need of two more to make the cut, so he tried to cut the corner. He pulled his shot into an area where homes are being constructed and when he found his ball, he figured he was out of bounds. ''I've played a long time and it doesn't seem logical that you could have played that ball," Andrade said. He played his provisional ball and made double bogey, only to discover at the eighth hole that he had never been out of bounds. ''The out of bounds on that hole didn't start until up near the green, which I found out too late." Since he should have played his original ball, Andrade was disqualified, but it was his father who indirectly led to the early exit. Andrade's father saw where the drive ended up and when he came upon rules official Tyler Dennis a short time later, he made an inquiry. That led Dennis to question Andrade and to ultimately issue the DQ. ''I told [my dad] it's no big deal. It's not like I was 7 under," said Andrade, with a laugh. ''He's OK with it."

Just how tough did Mirasol play? How about 13 scores at 80 or higher in the first round, then five more in Round 2? There were six withdrawals and two disqualifications, and with swirling winds and firm, fast greens, even Nick Price, arguably the premier ball-striker of his generation, shot an 80. Granted, at 49 he's dedicated to his family, not his game, but you've got to go back to Saturday of the 1998 British Open (an 82 at Royal Birkdale) to find the last time he failed to break 80, a stretch of 455 rounds . . . As for that wild stretch of a sponsor's exemption handed out at the Honda, Tim Stieren -- Mirasol's club champion, if you can believe that one -- shot 79-82 and missed the cut. He was actually playing quite nicely in Round 2, 1 under through nine, until he needed a whopping 47 shots coming home . . . For the second time in four weeks, a PGA Tour event -- the Bay Hill Invitational, which begins today -- will be staged without the defending champion. Kenny Perry will undergo surgery to repair torn cartilage in his right knee and is expected to be sidelined a month. A few weeks ago, Geoff Ogilvy was unable to defend his title in Tucson. He was in the field at the Accenture Match Play Championship, an event he went on to win. As for Perry, his return might coincide with the Bank of America Colonial (May 18-21), which will afford him a chance to defend his title.

Thanks to a 66 during Monday qualifying, a familiar face showed up in the Honda field -- Jason Caron of South Yarmouth. With no exempt status on the Nationwide Tour, Caron is doing things the hard way this year, but he took advantage of his opportunity and shot 75-70-75-69-- 289 to finish joint-31st, good for $29,260. It gives Caron a little bit of momentum as he prepares for a crucial stretch of golf, qualifiers each of the next three Mondays for Nationwide events. ''I've been playing almost every day all winter and I'm playing well, so we'll see what happens," said Caron, 33, who had his PGA Tour card in 2000 and 2003 and has been a steady face on the Nationwide Tour. But if he expects to be so again in 2006, he'll need to get into a few events quickly, earn some cash, and get north of the line when the priority list is reshuffled according to money. The money he earned at the Honda? Nice, but it would be even nicer if he could transfer it to his Nationwide Tour status, but it doesn't work that way. Caron has a sponsor's exemption into the BMW Charity Pro-Am at The Cliffs (April 27-30), which is the last even before the reshuffle, but earning his way into any of the next three is what he's focused on . . . Brookline native James Driscoll, who is off this week as he prepares for his debut in The Players Championship, has signed a footwear and glove contract with Etonic.

Unheralded PGA Tour member Mark Wilson still takes a lot of pride in his championship match against Tiger Woods in the 1992 US Junior Amateur at Wollaston GC in Milton. ''A lot of people are very surprised when they hear that Tiger and I dueled it out," said Wilson, who has his PGA Tour card for a fourth season this year. ''I did have a chance to win, but he finds a way, doesn't he? I was fighting against destiny, I think." Wilson was 2 up with five to play, but Woods won the par-5 14th, the par-5 16th, and the par-4 18th to squeeze out a 1-up decision. ''It's a great memory," Wilson said. ''It's something to tell the grandchildren. They always talk about the six USGA championships he won in a row, and I can always remember that I was part of one of those finals." In possession of conditional status, Wilson has gotten into just four events thus far this year, but he has finished within the top 30 in three of them.

PGA Tour veteran Peter Jacobsen will be honored for lifetime contributions to golf at the Francis Ouimet Scholarship Fund's annual banquet May 9 at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center. For ticket information, call 774-430-9090 . . . Tournament officials at the Bank of America Championship (June 5-11) still have openings for volunteer positions on various committees. The Champions Tour event will once again be held at Nashawtuc CC in Concord. If interested, refer to bankofamericachampionship.com . . . Peter Uihlein of Mattapoisett, a student at the David Leadbetter Academy in Bradenton, Fla., shot 69-70-71--210, then won in a playoff at the FCWT Doral Silver Junior Golf Classic in Miami. Antonio Grillo of Martha's Vineyard finished joint-26th . . . A pair of familiar names have been spotted recently in FCWT events. Olin Browne is the son of last summer's winner at the Deutsche Bank Championship and Aaron Stewart is the son of Payne, the late three-time major winner . . . The Futures Tour opened its 2006 season in Lakeland, Fla., over the weekend and Kim Augusta of Rumford, R.I., shot 71-72-71 -- 214 to finish joint-eighth . . . Chelsea Curtis, a freshman from Mashpee, recorded her first collegiate victory, shooting 72-81 in the Fighting Camel Classic in Buies Creek, N.C., an effort that led her Georgetown Hoyas to the team title, as well . . . A pair of local names finished joint-fifth at a collegiate golf event in Fort Pierce, Fla. -- Jim Renner of Plainville, a senior at Johnson & Wales in Miami, and George Zolotas of Peabody, a sophomore at St. John's. Renner shot 76-67 to help his team take the victory, while Zolotas (70-73) and the Red Storm finished third . . . A junior elite golf camp will be held at The Harmon Club in Rockland April 18-20. Also, the club's summer internship program will offer five positions for youngsters who would like to learn more about the workings of a golf learning center. For information, call 866-942-7666 . . . A ''spring swing" nine-hole charity golf tournament will be held May 16 at Brookmeadow CC in Canton. Sponsored by Gray, Gray & Gray, LLP, of Westwood, the event will benefit the accounting firm's charitable foundation. For information, call 781-407-0300 . . . A warm thought to leave you with: The State Four-Ball Championship will begin seven weeks from Monday.