NEW YORK(AP) Taylor Dent will return to the U.S. Open for the first time since 2005 after receiving one of eight men's wild cards Wednesday.
The 28-year-old Dent of Newport Beach, Calif., missed two full seasons because of three back operations. He was ranked a career-high No. 21 in 2005, but is currently 202nd.
Other American men given wild cards into the year's last Grand Slam tournament, which begins Aug. 31: Jesse Levine of Boca Raton, Fla., NCAA champion Devin Britton of Jackson, Miss., Chase Buchanan of New Albany, Ohio, Brendan Evans of Key Biscayne, Fla., and Rajeev Ram of Carmel, Ind.
Chris Guccione of Australia and a yet-to-be-announced player from France get the last two men's wild cards.