The 2012 Delaware Investments United States Open is heading towards great things. If my math is correct, it will be the fortieth time this prestigious title will be contested and possibly this one will be the greatest yet.

Earlier this month, U.S. Squash hosted an evening a young professionals event at the Yards brewery. (Every day this week while taking the kids to camp, I’ve driven past an old sign at a tiny bar for Schmidt’s beer, a reminder that Yards is now one of two breweries left in the city of Philadelphia.)

It was a fun evening, with a lot of young squash pros (Kasey Brown) and friends, good food (beer cheese, otherwise known as Welsh rarebit) and laughs.