South Korea’s Noh Seung-yul played his way into next week’s US Open by winning Monday’s qualifying event in Springfield, Ohio, while Taiwanese amateur Pan Cheng-tsung also qualified on a busy final day of booking spots in the major.
Spain’s Sergio Garcia was also among those from 10 other sites who booked their trip to next week’s second major tournament of the year at the Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland.
Noh fired back-to-back 66s to finish on 132 and lead the field by three strokes for one of two spots on offer to play in the Washington suburbs next week.
Garcia was among four qualifiers from a seven-man playoff for the last spots in Memphis, joining Sweden’s Fredrik Jacobson and South Korea’s Kang Sung-hoon as non-US players advancing.
Canada’s David Hearn and Argentine amateur Emiliano Grillo lost in the Memphis playoff.
In qualifying in Summit, New Jersey, Geoffrey Sisk of the US set the pace on 137, but England’s Matt Richardson, Taiwan’s Pan and Brazil’s Alex Rocha reached the US Open field by each finishing one stroke off the pace.
Canada’s Jon Mills finished one stroke back of Kirk Triplett in qualifying at Woodmont Country Club near the US Open course, but made next week’s field, as did US veteran Fred Funk, who turns 55 two days before the US Open begins.
Brandt Jobe of the US, runner-up by one stroke to Steve Stricker at the USPGA Memorial on Sunday, matched fellow American Chez Reavie for medalist honors in Columbus, Ohio.
Others who qualified from the shadow of the Jack Nicklaus-hosted event included Australians John Senden, Nick O’Hern and Marc Leishman.
Australia’s Greg Chalmers also made it, beating Michael Whitehead of the US in a playoff for the last spot available in Dallas, while Canadians Adam Hadwin and Wes Heffernan qualified in Bremerton, Washington.
Memphis Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke, 29, has died, the NBA team said in a statement on Tuesday, while the family of Jason Collins, the first openly gay man to play in a major US pro sports league, announced the former Grizzlies and Brooklyn Nets player had died after a battle with brain cancer. “We are heartbroken by the tragic loss of Brandon Clarke,” the Grizzlies said in a statement posted on social media. “Brandon was an outstanding teammate and an even better person whose impact on the organization and the greater Memphis community will not be forgotten.” The statement did not provide
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