The qualifiers from Burnham and Berrow (together with Justin Rose and Abe Ancer).
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The U.S. Open isn’t the one main that options the emotion of a one-day 36-hole ultimate qualifier.
Because the identify implies, the Open Championship conducts open qualifying, albeit on a a lot smaller scale than its American counterpart. 4 36-hole ultimate qualifiers had been held throughout Scotland and England Tuesday as a number of the recreation’s greatest names (together with a number of LIV golfers) and people lesser-known tried to earn their approach into the 152nd Open later this month at Royal Troon.
Simply 4 spots had been obtainable at every qualifier making for 16 spots in all.
Maintain studying under for a rundown of every website together with qualifying gamers, notables who did not qualify and extra.
Open Championship Last Qualifying websites
West Lancashire
4 spots obtainable
Qualifiers:
Matthew Dodd-Berry (a), -6
Sam Horsfield
Daniel Brown, -5
Masahiro Kawamura
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Notables who did not qualify:
Sergio Garcia
Carlos Ortiz
Richard Mansell
Issues to know:
– Sergio Garcia was trying to qualify for his a hundredth main however had a testy trade with officers on the eighth gap of his first spherical after his group was placed on the clock. He missed the reduce by two photographs after rounds of 71-70.
– Ortiz, a LIV Golf winner earlier this yr, didn’t play in a significant this season and has solely performed in a single since becoming a member of LIV Golf in 2022.
Royal Cinque Ports
4 spots obtainable
Qualifiers:
Matthew Southgate, -6
Elvis Smylie, -3
Jamie Montojo Fernandez
Luis Masaveu* (a), -2
*Superior by way of a 3-for-1 playoff
Notables who did not qualify:
Branden Grace
Issues to know:
– Southgate, who completed T6 at Royal Birkdale in 2017, will play his second-straight Open after not taking part in between 2018 and 2023.
– Each Luis Masaveu and Jaime Montojo Fernandez play out of the identical membership in Madrid, Royal Membership La Moraleja
– On the second playoff gap, Masaveu gained the ultimate spot by making a couple of 25-foot birdie putt from exterior his opponents, which included Grace.
– Grace has not performed any majors this yr and has performed in two since becoming a member of LIV Golf in 2022. He was the primary golfer ever to shoot 62 in a significant, doing so on the 2017 Open Championship.
Dundonald Hyperlinks
4 spots obtainable
Qualifiers:
Sam Hutsby, -8
Angel Hidalgo, -5
Liam Nolan (a)
Jack McDonald*, -4
*Superior by way of a 3-for-1 playoff
Notables who did not qualify:
Peter Uhlein
Robert Rock (Retired)
Issues to know:
– Angel Hidalgo wanted to birdie his ultimate gap Tuesday to get in a playoff. He did one higher by holing his second shot from 120 yards to guarantee his spot within the Open Championship.
Burnham and Berrow
4 spots obtainable
Qualifiers:
Justin Rose, -8
Dominic Clemons (a)
Abraham Ancer*, -5
Charlie Lindh*
*Superior out of 3-for-2 playoff
Notables who did not qualify:
Anirban Lahiri
Justin Harding
Preston Summerhays (a) (WD)
Issues to know:
– Rose was pressured to move to ultimate qualifying after falling out of the OWGR high 50 in March and being unable to get again in earlier than the Open cutoff in Might, after the Charles Schwab Problem. He overcame a twelfth gap double in his second spherical to complete as a co-medalist.
“There was clearly big motivation,” he advised the R&A’s Last Qualifying Radio. “The Open has been a little bit of a fairytale and love story for me since I used to be 14, to be sincere with you.
“The Open has at all times been tremendous particular and you may form of take it as a right. As you get a little bit older, issues get more durable and in a approach I believe it’s a very good factor to occur (having to qualify) because it makes you recognize how particular it’s.”
– Abraham Ancer is the lone LIV golfer to advance to Royal Troon by means of ultimate qualifying.
