Canadian results at US Open qualifying Weir is out and more..

AP:  Mike Weir's streak of playing in 48 consecutive golf majors came to an end Monday.
The 2003 Masters champion was attempting to qualify for this month's U.S. Open championship at a 36-hole sectional qualifier in Ohio, however, scores of 77 and 75 did not put him into the top 16 needed to qualify.

Weir stumbled out of the game with a double bogey on his opening hole and finished up the front nine with two more double bogeys and a bogey to go out in 43. Things improved somewhat on the back nine, where he picked up three birdies and a bogey for a 77.

In round two, which he started on the back nine, he had a double bogey on No. 11 before posting three birdies and a bogey for an even par 36 at the turn. The front side saw him go bogey-birdie-double bogey-bogey for a final total of 8-over par.

Weir, who had played in 11 U.S. Open championships, has already failed to qualify for next month's British Open, which will snap a 12 year playing streak there, and he's unlikely to qualify for the final major, the PGA Championship in Atlanta in August.

Weir's streak was the second longest behind Vijay Singh, who will also see his appearance at golf majors come to an end at 67. The Fijian failed to show up for his tee time at the same qualifier Weir is at this morning.

While he did shoot a final round 65 on Sunday at the Memorial, Singh indicated he would not try to qualify on Monday, feeling his game is not where it should be to play in a major championship.

A year ago, Singh was given a special exemption to the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, but USGA executive director Mike Davis has said no special exemptions were likely to be awarded this year.

Among the Canadians who did qualify were Wes Heffernan and Adam Hadwin, who finished tied for first at their sectional qualifier in Washington State while Jon Mills finished second in the Maryland qualifier.

Stephen Ames and David Hearn were among the Canadians who joined Weir in failing to make the U.S. Open field. Ames and Hearn were at the same qualifier in Memphis, which also included Sergio Garcia. Ames missed out by two strokes while Hearn was in a seven-way playoff for four spots and missed out.

In other qualifiers:

- Garcia, who only last month said he would not try to qualify, earned a spot by surviving a seven-man playoff for four spots in Memphis, Tenn.

- Sam Saunders, Arnold Palmer's grandson, earned his spot in Vero Beach, Fla., surviving a three-for-two playoff at Quail Valley Golf Club.

- Fred Funk qualified in Maryland. Funk, a former golf coach at Maryland, will be 55 on Tuesday of the U.S. Open.

 UCLA freshman Patrick Cantlay, who wrapped up a sensational first season that earned him the Jack Nicklaus Award as the top college player, made the field for his first U.S. Open.

- Steve Jones, who made it through sectional qualifying in 1996 and went on to win at Oakland Hills, missed out on a playoff by four shots. Tom Kite, the 1992 winner at Pebble Beach, failed to qualify in Dallas, while two-time U.S. Open champion Lee Janzen just missed in Tennessee.

- Brandt Jobe, a runner-up by one shot at the Memorial on Sunday, joined Chez Reavie as co-medalists in Columbus. Those who failed to earn spots out of Columbus were former British Open champions David Duval and Ben Curtis, Rocco Mediate, Sean O'Hair and Bob Hope winner Jhonattan Vegas.

- Among the nine players who qualified in Rockville, Md., were Ty Tryon, three-time tour winner Kirk Triplett and former U.S. Amateur champion Bubba Dickerson.

- Bennett Blakeman led three qualifiers in St. Charles, Ill. Among those who failed to get through was Scott Langley, last year's NCAA champion who tied for 16th in the U.S. Open last year and tied for low amateur.

- S.Y. Noh of South Korea, a rising star on the Asian Tour, earned one of two spots from Springfield, Ohio.

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