Wild road to Rhode Island: How Dave Christenson of Spokane went from nearly quitting golf to playing in the U.S. Senior Open

Given the sequence of events over the last eight months or so, it makes perfect sense Spokane’s Dave Christenson is teeing off Thursday at the prestigious U.S. Senior Open. Like it was meant to be – in an improbable, meandering sort of way. There’s probably not another player in the 156-man field that seriously considered giving up on golf last winter. Christenson made his annual winter trek to Florida to work on his game but his scores soared in the wrong direction. “I told my wife I was tired of...