here is a report compiled by Jeff Brooke with notes from AP..
Canadians were shut out Monday in their bids for spots in the U.S. Open field.
More than 20 Canucks teed it up at 10 qualifying tournaments across the United States with hopes of grabbing one of the remaining berths in the U.S. national championship this month at Olympic Club in San Francisco. All came up short.
One other qualifying tournament, in Tennessee, was rained out and is to be contested Tuesday. Stephen Ames of Calgary is among the entrants and represents the last hope for a Canadian entrant at the U.S. Open.
In total, more than 770 competitors entered the 11 qualifiers this week. Just 58 berths were up for grabs.
James Love of Calgary came the closest to advancing Monday. The Nationwide Tour and Canadian Tour player placed fourth at a qualifier in Suwanee, Ga., but just the top three punched tickets to Olympic Club. Love was one shot behind the third-place finisher.
Amateur Garrett Rank of Elmira, Ont., tied for sixth place at a qualifier in Springfield, Ohio, to narrowly miss out on a berth, too. Rank, a member of Canada's national amateur team, was coming off a victory last weekend in the men's division at the Canadian University/College Championship in Victoria.
Among other prominent Canadians who missed the mark Monday were amateur Mackenzie Hughes of Dundas, Ont., Nationwide players Adam Hadwin of Abbotsford, B.C., Brad Fritsch of Ottawa and Ryan Yip of Calgary, and Canadian Tour regulars Derek Gillespie of Oshawa, Ont., and Kent Eger of Regina.
David Hearn of Brantford, Ont., and Mike Weir of Bright's Grove, Ont., withdrew from a Columbus, Ohio, qualifier before play began. That qualifier was laden with PGA Tour players, many of whom had played last week at the Memorial Tournament in nearby Dublin, Ohio.
Among those advancing from Columbus Monday were Charlie Wi, who won the qualifier by three shots, D.A. Points and 48-year-old Davis Love III. Love, also the U.S. Ryder Cup captain this year, will be making his 23rd Open start.
Andy Zhang, 14, came up short in his bid to make history. The Chinese teenager got into a sudden-death playoff for the last remaining spot at a qualifier in Lecanto, Fla., but lost to fellow amateur Brooks Koepka.
In other qualifiers Monday:
— At Rockville, Md., Shane Bertsch was medallist and received one of seven spots at Woodmont Country Club. Bertsch has played only one other U.S. Open in his career, which also was at Olympic Club in 1998 when he missed the cut. Also qualifying were Michael Thompson (142), Paul Claxton (143), Cole Howard (143), Darron Stiles (143), Nicholas Thompson (143) and Jeff Curl (143). Howard and Thompson were alternates out of 18-hole local qualifying last month.
Curl is the son of Rod Curl, the first full-blooded Native American to win a PGA Tour event.
— At Glen Ellyn, Ill., Tim Herron grabbed one of two spots available at Village Links. Herron tied for 53rd in the ‘98 U.S. Open the last time it was played at Olympic.
— At Springfield, Ohio, Brice Garnett was medallist and earned one of two spots from Springfield Country Club. It will be his first PGA Tour-sanctioned event.
— At Canoe Brook in New Jersey, all four spots went to players who had to make it through 18-hole local qualifying and 36-hole sectional qualifying. Leading the way was Cameron Wilson, an amateur shot 65 on the North course in the afternoon.
— At Houston, Bob Estes returns to the U.S. Open for only the second time in the last five years. Estes shot 138 at Lakeside Country Club to get one of three spots. Alistair Presnell of Australia and Brian Rowell earned the last two spots in a 4-for-2 playoff. Jordan Spieth, whose Texas Longhorns won the NCAA title on Sunday in Los Angeles, missed a 5-foot birdie putt in the playoff and was eliminated.
— In Suwanee, Ga., Jason Bohn was the medallist and got one of three spots. One of others went to Casey Wittenberg, a former U.S. Amateur runner-up still trying to reach the PGA Tour.
More than 20 Canucks teed it up at 10 qualifying tournaments across the United States with hopes of grabbing one of the remaining berths in the U.S. national championship this month at Olympic Club in San Francisco. All came up short.
One other qualifying tournament, in Tennessee, was rained out and is to be contested Tuesday. Stephen Ames of Calgary is among the entrants and represents the last hope for a Canadian entrant at the U.S. Open.
In total, more than 770 competitors entered the 11 qualifiers this week. Just 58 berths were up for grabs.
James Love of Calgary came the closest to advancing Monday. The Nationwide Tour and Canadian Tour player placed fourth at a qualifier in Suwanee, Ga., but just the top three punched tickets to Olympic Club. Love was one shot behind the third-place finisher.
Amateur Garrett Rank of Elmira, Ont., tied for sixth place at a qualifier in Springfield, Ohio, to narrowly miss out on a berth, too. Rank, a member of Canada's national amateur team, was coming off a victory last weekend in the men's division at the Canadian University/College Championship in Victoria.
Among other prominent Canadians who missed the mark Monday were amateur Mackenzie Hughes of Dundas, Ont., Nationwide players Adam Hadwin of Abbotsford, B.C., Brad Fritsch of Ottawa and Ryan Yip of Calgary, and Canadian Tour regulars Derek Gillespie of Oshawa, Ont., and Kent Eger of Regina.
David Hearn of Brantford, Ont., and Mike Weir of Bright's Grove, Ont., withdrew from a Columbus, Ohio, qualifier before play began. That qualifier was laden with PGA Tour players, many of whom had played last week at the Memorial Tournament in nearby Dublin, Ohio.
Among those advancing from Columbus Monday were Charlie Wi, who won the qualifier by three shots, D.A. Points and 48-year-old Davis Love III. Love, also the U.S. Ryder Cup captain this year, will be making his 23rd Open start.
Andy Zhang, 14, came up short in his bid to make history. The Chinese teenager got into a sudden-death playoff for the last remaining spot at a qualifier in Lecanto, Fla., but lost to fellow amateur Brooks Koepka.
In other qualifiers Monday:
— At Rockville, Md., Shane Bertsch was medallist and received one of seven spots at Woodmont Country Club. Bertsch has played only one other U.S. Open in his career, which also was at Olympic Club in 1998 when he missed the cut. Also qualifying were Michael Thompson (142), Paul Claxton (143), Cole Howard (143), Darron Stiles (143), Nicholas Thompson (143) and Jeff Curl (143). Howard and Thompson were alternates out of 18-hole local qualifying last month.
Curl is the son of Rod Curl, the first full-blooded Native American to win a PGA Tour event.
— At Glen Ellyn, Ill., Tim Herron grabbed one of two spots available at Village Links. Herron tied for 53rd in the ‘98 U.S. Open the last time it was played at Olympic.
— At Springfield, Ohio, Brice Garnett was medallist and earned one of two spots from Springfield Country Club. It will be his first PGA Tour-sanctioned event.
— At Canoe Brook in New Jersey, all four spots went to players who had to make it through 18-hole local qualifying and 36-hole sectional qualifying. Leading the way was Cameron Wilson, an amateur shot 65 on the North course in the afternoon.
— At Houston, Bob Estes returns to the U.S. Open for only the second time in the last five years. Estes shot 138 at Lakeside Country Club to get one of three spots. Alistair Presnell of Australia and Brian Rowell earned the last two spots in a 4-for-2 playoff. Jordan Spieth, whose Texas Longhorns won the NCAA title on Sunday in Los Angeles, missed a 5-foot birdie putt in the playoff and was eliminated.
— In Suwanee, Ga., Jason Bohn was the medallist and got one of three spots. One of others went to Casey Wittenberg, a former U.S. Amateur runner-up still trying to reach the PGA Tour.
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