Beef And Adam Scott Qualify For US Open, Westwood Misses Out
Beef came through qualifying at Walton Heath whilst Scott qualified in Ohio
Andrew 'Beef Johnston came through qualifying at Walton Heath whilst Adam Scott narrowly made it through in Columbus, Ohio
Beef And Adam Scott Qualify For US Open, Westwood Misses Out
Andrew 'Beef' Johnston has qualified for the US Open for the third straight year, after finishing T1st at the Walton Heath sectional qualifying on Monday.
Johnston's 65 and 69 left him on 10-under-par which fellow Englishman James Morrison matched with a pair of 67s.
Beef has made the cut in the last two US Opens.
Other notables to qualify from Walton Heath included Italian Open winner Thorbjorn Olesen, 2006 US Amateur champion Richie Ramsay and 2016 Amateur champion Scott Gregory.
There was a nine-man playoff for the final spot, with 14 places up for grabs.
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Paul Waring came through the playoff to be the final man to qualify from Walton Heath.
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Walton Heath qualifiers:
-10 Andrew Johnston, James Morrison
-9 Matt Southgate, Richie Ramsay
-8 Scott Gregory, Ryan Fox
-7 Tom Lewis, Matthieu Pavon, Matt Wallace, Jason Scrivener, Dean Burmester
-6 Kristoffer Reitan (am), Thorbjorn Olesen
-5 Paul Waring (via nine-man playoff)
Lee Westwood (-2) missed out on the playoff by three strokes after a second round 73 (+1) which included two double bogeys.
Other big names like Padraig Harrington and Thomas Pieters missed out at Walton Heath.
Elsewhere, in Columbus, Ohio, Adam Scott shot 66 72 to qualify in one of the final spots.
It means he will play in his 68th straight major, only Sergio Garcia has a longer streak with 76.
Shane Lowry, Keegan Bradley, Shane Lowry, Russell Knox, Harold Varner III and Ollie Schneiderjans also qualified in Columbus.
Former world number one amateur Joaquin Niemann failed to qualify.
Steve Stricker qualified in Memphis along with the likes of Aaron Wise, who won the AT&T Byron Nelson last month, and Mackenzie Hughes.
Stricker, who has won on the PGA Tour Champions twice already this year, was pictured carrying his own bag during qualifying.
The US Open takes place at Erin Hills from 14-17th June.
Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!
Elliott is currently playing:
Driver: Titleist TSR4
3 wood: Titleist TSi2
Hybrids: Titleist 816 H1
Irons: Mizuno MP5 5-PW
Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore 50, 54, 58
Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5
Ball: Srixon Z Star XV
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