LONDON - Swede Alex Noren and Briton Marc Warren booked their tickets for next month’s U.S. Open after finishing top of 36-hole qualifying at Walton Heath on Monday.
Former Ryder Cup captain Colin Montgomerie failed in his bid after making a 900-mile overnight trip to Scotland and back to fetch a putter. He left Wentworth at 2 pm (local) on Sunday after a closing 81 in the PGA Championship on the outskirts of London. He arrived home at around 8 pm and, after sharing dinner with his family, jumped back in his car to make the journey to the south of England.
"Who in their right mind would do that? But yes, I did," Montgomerie was quoted as saying by the Press Association.
Spain’s Jose Maria Olazabal, who has taken over as Ryder Cup skipper from Montgomerie for this year’s match in Illinois, also missed out at Walton Heath.
Noren and Warren led the way on nine-under-par 135 and were joined by nine other qualifiers.
Italian Matteo Manassero, British duo Lee Slattery and Matthew Baldwin, Ireland’s Peter Lawrie, French pair Raphael Jacquelin and Gregory Bourdy, Finn Mikko Ilonen, South African George Coetzee and Dane Soren Kjeldsen also went through.
The U.S. Open will be held at the Olympic Club in San Francisco from June 14-17.
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