Shouts of thanks and congratulations greeted news that the annual Let’s Play Ball drive had reached its goal to help kids get more than 5,000 new sports balls in time for the holidays and next year.

Over the course of the Open era, and especially in the last 15 years, it has been tacitly decided that it’s the job of the ball kids to do the players’ bidding. The most obvious—and gross ...

The quick-thinking actions of tennis veteran Tim Puetz has potentially saved a young ball kid from serious injury after they ...