OWINGS MILLS, Md.- Denny McCarthy loves Maryland, and based on the reception Friday at the BMW Championship, Marylanders love him back.

As McCarthy stood on the second tee in dead silence readying to take his shot, the stillness was broken as McCarthy smashed the ball with his driver and a child yelled "Go, Deeennnny McCaaaarthy!"

McCarthy, who shot a 1-under par 69 on Friday and sits at 1-under through 36 holes, was once that same eager, sports-loving kid. A diehard Maryland basketball fan growing up, McCarthy won an auction to be a ball kid for Gary Williams' Terps. He turned a one-time opportunity into a sustained gig.

"They liked how he fed baskets and everything - he did it for several years," Denny's mom, Elena McCarthy, told The Baltimore Sun on Friday. "Some of the games were la

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