Angel Hidalgo arrived on the par-4 ninth gap Tuesday afternoon at Dundonald Hyperlinks one shot out of a possible playoff for a spot within the Open Championship.
The 26-year-old Spaniard, who’s ranked No. 389 on the earth, didn’t simply acquire one shot; he gained two, holing out from 120 yards for eagle to shoot 3-under 69, get within the clubhouse at 5 below and safe his first major-championship berth.
Unbelievable scenes right here. Angel Hidalgo has simply HOLED OUT with a wedge on his thirty sixth gap of the day to get to five-under and certainly guide his place within the Open. Wanted an eagle on the par-4 and made it. Sensational. pic.twitter.com/zLJVvDRjsf
— Lewis Fraser (@lewisfras98) July 2, 2024
Additionally advancing out of Dundonald, the one Scottish website of 4 Open last qualifiers, have been England’s Sam Hutsby (8 below) and novice Liam Nolan (5 below) of Eire. Scotland’s Jack McDonald punched the fourth ticket through a 3-for-1 playoff with fellow Scot Daniel Younger and Sweden’s Tim Widing; McDonald drained a 25-footer for birdie on the primary additional gap.
England’s Justin Rose tied for fourth and was low novice in his Open debut again in 1998. Since then Rose has performed 20 Open Championships, although he missed the 2022 version at St. Andrews. Rose earned his method right into a twenty first Open on Tuesday at Burnham and Berrow, firing an 8-under complete to share medalist honors with fellow Englishman Dominic Clemons, the novice who lately misplaced within the last of the British Newbie and previous to that transferred from Stetson to Alabama.
“There was clearly enormous motivation,” Rose stated afterward. “The Open has been a little bit of a fairytale and love story for me since I used to be 14, to be trustworthy with you. The Open has all the time been tremendous particular and you’ll sort of take it as a right. As you get a little bit older, issues get more durable, and in a method I believe it’s a very good factor to occur [having to qualify] because it makes you respect how particular it’s.”
There was a 3-for-2 playoff at Burnham and Berrow involving LIV gamers Abraham Ancer and Anirban Lahiri, plus 26-year-old Swede Charlie Lindh. Lahiri bogeyed the primary additional gap after lacking the inexperienced left, leaving Ancer and Lindh because the advancing gamers together with Rose and Clemons.
Out of West Lancashire, three Englishmen – LIV participant Sam Horsfield (6 below), LSU junior Matty Dodd-Berry (6 below) and Daniel Brown (5 below) – superior, as did Japan’s Masahiro Kawamura. Horsfield performed in back-to-back Opens, in 2017 and 2018, tying for 67th at Royal Birkdale. Kawamura was T-38 on the 2018 Open. Dodd-Berry and Brown shall be making their main debuts.
Sergio Garcia, who admittedly was rattled by being placed on the clock amid massive crowds in his first spherical, got here up two photographs wanting qualifying at West Lancs, as did fellow LIV member Carlos Ortiz.
England’s Matthew Southgate led the way in which at Royal Cinque Ports with a 6-under complete to qualify for his sixth Open. Southgate owns three top-25s at The Open, together with a T-6 in 2017. Elvis Smylie, a 22-year-old Australian, and Spanish novice Jamie Montojo, who performs school golf at Texas A&M, every shot 3 below to qualify.
Montojo’s fellow Spanish novice, world No. 36 Luis Masaveu, earned the fourth spot in a 3-for-1 playoff, draining an extended birdie putt on the second additional gap to get rid of LIV participant Branden Grace and England’s Jamie Rutherford. Each Masaveu and Montojo belong to Royal Membership La Moraleja in Madrid.
Masaveu was additionally reportedly utilizing an outdated set of golf equipment, together with a putter he hadn’t gamed in a pair years and no 3-wood, after dropping his typical set two weeks in the past following the British Newbie in Denmark.
Amongst these not advancing out of Royal Cinque Ports have been Belgium’s Thomas Detry, who’s ranked No. 50 within the Official World Golf Rating and missed by 4, and LIV’s Eugenio Chacarra who carded a cut up of 68-77 and ended up three out of the playoff.
