Former Masters champions Sergio Garcia and Danny Willett each didn’t earn a spot at The 154th Open by Ultimate Qualifying, as YouTube sensation Wesley Bryan additionally narrowly missed out.
A complete of 20 main invitations had been up for grabs throughout the one-day occasion, performed over 36 holes and cut up throughout 4 UK venues – Burnham & Berrow, Dundonald Hyperlinks, Royal Cinque Ports and West Lancashire.
The highest 5 gamers at every website will now characteristic at The 154th Open at Royal Birkdale from July 16-19, stay on Sky Sports activities, the place Scottie Scheffler returns as defending champion and Rory McIlroy might be amongst these seeking to win the Claret Jug.
Two-time Open runner-up Garcia completed seven strokes outdoors of the qualification spots at West Lancashire, having blamed lunchtime lasagne for following an opening-round 68 with a three-over 75.
Sergio Garcia fell brief in his bid to qualify for The Open
“I had a little bit of food there in the players’ lounge and it did not sit well with me,” Garcia advised reporters. “I only ate the lasagne and I just felt nauseous the whole front nine. In the afternoon, I felt like I was going to vomit pretty much on every hole.”
Willett was three strokes higher than Garcia however nonetheless fell brief after rounds of 71 and 69, whereas five-time DP World Tour winner Matt Wallace additionally missed out after withdrawing throughout his second spherical.
Sam Bairstow topped the leaderboard at West Lancashire on 10 beneath, forward of Kazuma Kobori, Jose Luis Ballester and Germany’s Tiger Christensen, named after Tiger Woods, whereas Matthew Jordan claimed the ultimate spot following a birdie on the second further play-off gap.
Wesley Bryan, the previous PGA Tour participant turned YouTube sensation as one half of ‘Bryan Bros Golf’, missed a seven-foot par putt on his thirty sixth gap that might have seen him be part of the play-off for the fifth and last spot at West Lancashire.
The closing bogey noticed him end tied-sixth at seven beneath, along with his brother George Bryan on two beneath, whereas James Nicholas – a Korn Ferry Tour participant with a big social media following – topped the standings at Burnham & Berrow.
LIV Golf’s Caleb Surratt – a part of Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton’s staff – was among the many qualifiers on the identical venue, as Marc Leishman didn’t qualify. Royal Birkdale member Matt Baldwin was among the many qualifiers at Dundonald Hyperlinks.
Three-time DP World Tour winner Antoine Rozner and LIV Golf’s Peter Uihlein each progressed at Royal Cinque Ports, the place Matt Southgate got here by Ultimate Qualifying for a sixth time as Luke Poulter – son of Ryder Cup legend Ian Poulter – fell brief after rounds of 75 and 71.
Ultimate Qualifying: Who progressed to The Open?
Burnham & Berrow Golf Membership: James Nicholas (-10), Caleb Surratt (-9), Austen Truslow (-8), Tom Sloman (-8), Alejandro de Castro Piera (-8)
Dundonald Hyperlinks (Ayrshire, Scotland): Jack McDonald (-5), Matt Baldwin (-4), David Howard (-4), Marcus Plunkett (-3), Nevill Ruiter (-3)
Royal Cinque Ports Golf Membership (Deal, England): Baard Skogen (-12), MJ Daffue (-12), Matthew Southgate (-10), Peter Uihlein (-9), Antoine Rozner (-8)
West Lancashire Golf Membership: Sam Bairstow (-10), Kazuma Kobori (-9), Tiger Christensen (-9), Josele Ballester (-9), Matthew Jordan (second play-off gap)
When is The Open stay on Sky Sports activities?
Sky Sports activities is as soon as once more the unique house of The Open within the UK and Eire, with over 75 hours of stay protection from throughout the seven days of event week at Royal Birkdale.
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Stay protection begins at 9am for every of the three observe days, earlier than wall-to-wall motion from the ultimate males’s main of the yr will get beneath approach at 6.30am on Thursday July 16 on Sky Sports activities Golf.
There might be no less than 15 hours of motion on each the primary two rounds, with bonus feeds out there on Sky Sports activities+ or the Sky Sports activities App, with prolonged protection then beginning at 9am on Saturday July 18 and 8am on Sunday July 19.
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