Grant Forrest, Richard Mansell and Brandon Robinson-Thompson shared the highest spot on the Ultimate Qualifying match held at Walton Heath Golf Membership for the subsequent month’a US Open in North Carolina.
The trio all completed on ten underneath par after 36 holes on the famed Surrey venue, with every competitor taking part in one spherical on every of the Outdated and New Programs. 9 locations have been accessible for the third males’s Main Championship of the 12 months.
Robinson-Thompson was the primary of the these to achieve ten underneath par and can make his US Open debut at Pinehurst, lower than a 12 months after taking part in in his first Main Championship at The 151st Open at Hoylake.
The Englishman, who’s now primarily based in the USA and beforehand lived in South Carolina, adopted up his first spherical 68 with a six underneath par 66. He was then joined on ten underneath par by compatriot Richard Mansell, who made his U.S. Open debut in 2022, and Scotland’s Forrest, who shall be taking part in in his first US Open.
ROCK ROLLS BACK THE YEARS
Robert Rock, who stepped again from taking part in on the DP World Tour after the 2022 Alfred Dunhill Hyperlinks Championship, made a exceptional comeback as he the 47-year-old carded rounds of 69 and 66 to complete on 9 underneath par.
After studying that he had certified for Pinehurst, Rock stated: “It’s troublesome to explain. I actually didn’t have any ideas of qualifying. I believed it was my final likelihood of taking part in this occasion and a great alternative to see the place my sport was having been out of it for a few years. I believed whereas I might nonetheless enter, I’d see the place I’d match. I performed with James Morrison and had such a great day.”
He added: “I wasn’t even certain I might play two rounds, I’ve been taking part in largely 9 holes after which the again 9 has harm as a result of my again isn’t the perfect in the mean time. It did at the moment, I used to be struggling on the again 9. Fortunately my mate got here to push the trolley. I didn’t assume I’d make 36, nevertheless it’s wonderful what making just a few putts does.”
Rock was joined on 9 by Yorkshire’s Sam Bairstow, who holed a nervy seven-footer for par on the thirty sixth gap to signal for rounds of 68 and 67, avoiding the prospect of a play-off.
“I began a bit ropey at the moment, however from my ninth gap onwards it was good,” Bairstow commented. “I’m actually happy to get it carried out with that seven-footer on the final. It regarded fairly gradual, however fortunately it was straight uphill, so it wasn’t the worst putt. I believed there would simply be three or 4 folks coming down from Sheffield to observe me, so to see 12 or 15 of them was nice. While you gap a birdie putt it does spur you on, so it was nice for them to be on the market.”
Additionally securing their spots for the US Open have been the Italian pair of Matteo Manassero and Edoardo Molinari, Northern Irishman Tom McKibbin and Australian Jason Scrivener, who all confronted a nervous wait after reaching eight underneath par with quite a lot of teams nonetheless to complete.
A play-off was finally required to resolve the 2 alternate spots accessible. 5 rivals completed on seven underneath par, with Casey Jarvis and Andrea Pavan incomes the alternate spots after 4 further holes.
Of the 102 gamers that took half within the match, 26 both withdrew or retired after the primary spherical or throughout the early a part of the second spherical.
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