US Open qualifying...European group results

The road to the U.S. Open continues with sectional qualifying, the second and final stage for U.S. Open hopefuls. There are 13 sectional sites - 11 in the U.S., one in England, and one in Japan. The international qualifiers took place yesterday, while the U.S. qualifiers are on June 3.


Here are the results from europeantour.com

Simon Khan put his play-off defeat in the BMW PGA Championship behind him to secure one of the 12 spots on offer in the US Open qualifier at Walton Heath.

Khan admitted he had a sleepless night after losing to Italian Matteo Manassero on the fourth extra hole at Wentworth in The European Tour’s flagship event on Sunday.

But he showed few side-effects in the wake of that disappointment as he led the 94 hopefuls competing in the 36 hole qualifying event for next month’s US Open Championship at Merion Golf Club.

The 40 year old followed an opening round of 67 on the Old Course with a 70 on the New Course for a seven under par total of 137, finishing one stroke clear of Englishman Paul Casey and South African Jaco Van Zyl.

 

1      Simon KHAN                             ENG             67      70                              137       -7

2      Jaco VAN ZYL                            RSA            71      67                              138       -6

        Paul CASEY                               ENG            74      64                              138       -6

4      Morten Ørum MADSEN                   DEN               67      72                            139       -5

5      Peter HEDBLOM                         SWE              67      73                              140       -4

        Eddie PEPPERELL                        ENG             70      70                              140       -4

        Marcus FRASER                          AUS             71      69                              140       -4

8      John PARRY                              ENG             66      75                              141       -3

        David HOWELL                           ENG            68      73                              141       -3

        José María OLAZÁBAL                   ESP             68      73                              141       -3

        Estanislao GOYA                         ARG             69      72                              141       -3

        Chris DOAK                              SCO             1      70                              141       -3