Harman, Haas, Love in 2017 Zach Johnson Classic

Two players who finished in the top five of last weekend's U.S. Open are coming to Cedar Rapids next month.

Brian Harman and Bill Haas will join Davis Love III as participants in the July 10 Zach Johnson Foundation Classic at Elmcrest Country Club.

Harman won the Tour's Wells Fargo Championship last month, and shared the 54-hole lead at last weekend's U.S. Open before yielding to winner Brooks Koepka.

Harman also won the 2014 John Deere Classic, beating Johnson by one shot.

Johnson and Harman live in St. Simons Island, Ga.

'He's my neighbor. We're good buddies,' Johnson said last Saturday at the U.S. Open in Wisconsin.

'We played a lot this year together, both in the offseason at home and practice rounds.'

Asked about Harman contending for the Open title, Johnson said 'I am the opposite of surprised. What I've seen with him is there's no weakness.'

Haas has won six Tour events and is coming off a tie for fifth at the Open. He won the FedExCup championship in 2011.

Love is a 21-time Tour winner who captained the U.S. to its 2016 Ryder Cup victory, with Johnson a member of the team. Love will be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in September.

Also committed to the ZJFC are PGA Tour players Patrick Rodgers, Kyle Stanley and Ryan Brehm, and celebrities Ben Higgins (of ABC's 'The Bachelor'), Alfonso Ribeiro (host of 'America's Funniest Home Videos') and Riley Smith (Cedar Rapids native/actor who starred in the CW series 'Frequency').

The ZJFC has no charge for admission, but a ticket is required for entrance. They are available at all Cedar Rapids/Marion Hy-Vee grocery and drugstores.

Last year's event raised $1 million for Kids on Course, a program that just finished its sixth year at Grant, Harrison and Van Buren Elementary Schools and Roosevelt and Wilson Middle Schools. Kids on Course provides tutoring, enrichment, parent engagement strategies and health supports to put students on course to graduate college.

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