U.S. Open Sectional Qualifying Results

by Mulligan Stu on Jun 3, 2008 10:35 AM EDT Comment 3 comments

There were 14 U.S. Open sectional qualifiers played on Monday, 36 holes each, one in England and 13 across the U.S.

The golfers who made it through - who earned spots in the U.S. Open field - were (as they always are) a mix of major champions, veteran PGA Tour players, mini-tour players, and a whole bunch of guys with no chance at making the cut in the Open.

But such is the nature of qualifying: Everyone there, regardless of credentials, is dreaming of winning the U.S. Open.

Davis Love III made it back to the Open. Fred Couples didn't, getting disqualified after posting a 69 in his first 18. (Update: Couples was disqualified after the completion of the his second 18, after he'd already finished two shots short of a playoff.) Hunter Haas and Mark O'Meara got in, but Brad Faxon shot 79-77 in his first competitive rounds since knee surgery in December.

A bunch of big names, including some former major champions, failed to qualify. Such is always the case. Justin Leonard apparently didn't even try (neither did Kenny Perry).

Look below the fold for results from all the 13 U.S. qualifiers, plus some of the big names who failed to make it into the U.S. Open.

(Note: The USGA site does not have results posted for the England qualifier, so those results are not listed here.)

Daly City, Calif.
John Ellis, San Jose, Calif., 69-71-140
Jason Gore, Valencia, Calif., 67-73-140
Michael Allen, Arizona, 70-70-140
Garrett Chaussard, Millbrae, Calif., 68-73-141
Craig Barlow, Henderson, Nev., 71-70-141
(a) Jeff Wilson, Fairfield, Calif., 70-71-141
(a) Jordan Cox, Redwood City, Calif., 70-71-141
• Failed to qualify: Jeff Brehaut, J.T. Kohut, Benoit Beisser, Kevin Sutherland
Full results

Littleton, Colo.
Brian Kortan, Albuquerque, N.M., 70-68-138
Jay Choi, Korea, 69-71-140
Full results

Tequesta, Fla.
Bobby Collins, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., 69-69-138
Philippe Gasnier, Brazil, 69-71-140
(a) Julian Suri, St Augustine, Fla., 72-69-141
Joey Lamielle, Sarasota, Fla., 73-68-141
Rod Perry, Port Orange, Fla., 72-69-141
• Failed to qualify: Marc Turnesa, Lee Rinker
Full results

Roswell, Ga.
Jason Bohn, Acworth, Ga., 62-67-129
Matt Kuchar, Atlanta, Ga., 64-65-129
D.J. Trahan, Mt. Pleasant, S.C. 67-67-134
• Failed to qualify: Billy Andrade, Jason Dufner
Full results

Lake Forest, Ill.
Hunter Haas, Fort Worth, Texas, 68-68-136
Chris Kirk, Sea Island, Ga., 68-71-139
Ian Leggatt, Canada, 69-70-139
D.A. Points, Ocoee, Fla., 69-70-139
Mark O'Meara, Windermere, Fla., 70-70-140
Kane Hanson, Detroit Lakes, Minn., 70-71-141
Jonathan Turcott, Middleton, Wis., 72-69-141
• Failed to qualify: Kyle Reifers, Daniel Summerhays, Colt Knost, Roger Tambellini, Chris Riley, Arjun Atwal, Robert Damron, Neal Lancaster, Paul Stankowski, Arron Oberholser
Full results

Beallsville, Md.
David Hearn, Canada, 71-66-137
Brian Bergstol, Mount Bethel, Pa., 71-68-139
• Failed to qualify: Kris Blanks
Full results

Augusta, Mo.
Bob Gaus, St. Louis, Mo., 76-66-142
• Failed to qualify: Trevor Dodds
Full results

Purchase, N.Y.
Kevin Silva, New Bedford, Mass., 70-69-139
Yohann Benson, Canada, 75-67-142
Jeffrey Bors, Chardon, Ohio, 72-70-142
Mike Gilmore, Locust Valley, N.Y., 70-73-143
• Failed to qualify: Mathias Gronberg (alternate), Jun Park, Brad Faxon
Full results

Columbus, Ohio, No. 1
Carl Pettersson, Charlotte, N.C., 64-67-131
Bart Bryant, Windermere, Fla., 69-65-134
Ben Crane, Beaverton, Ore., 69-66-135
Robert Garrigus, Gilbert, Ariz., 63-72-135
Joe Ogilvie, Austin, Texas, 66-69-135
(a) Kevin Tway, Edmond, Okla., 68-68-136
Fredrik Jacobson, Sweden, 71-66-137
Jarrod Lyle, Orlando, Fla., 69-68-137
John Mallinger, Long Beach, Calif., 67-70-137
(a) Kyle Stanley, Gig Harbor, Wash., 71-66-137
Nick Watney, Las Vegas, Nev., 66-71-137
Dean Wilson, Colleyville, Texas, 69-68-137
Davis Love III, Sea Island, Ga., 72-66-138
Jesper Parnevik, Cleveland, Ohio, 69-69-138
Pat Perez, Scottsdale, Ariz., 71-67-138
Chad Campbell, Colleyville, Texas, 67-72-139
Justin Hicks, Royal Palm Beach, Fla., 69-70-139
Dustin Johnson, N. Myrtle Beach, S.C., 70-69-139
Steve Marino, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., 69-70-139
Rocco Mediate, Naples, Fla., 72-67-139
Tom Pernice Jr., Murietta, Calif., 71-68-139
Eric Axley, Knoxville, Tenn., 70-69-139
Jonathan Mills, Canada, 73-66-139
(a) Rickie Fowler, Murrieta, Calif., 66-73-139
• Failed to qualify: Bo Van Pelt, Bill Haas, Charley Hoffman, Skip Kendall, Troy Matteson, Chris DiMarco, Jay Haas, J.J. Henry, George McNeill, Ted Purdy, Chez Reavie, Nathan Green, Tom Lehman, Kevin Na, Mark Wilson, Colby Beckstrom, Greg Kraft, Cliff Kresge, Tag Ridings, Johnson Wagner, Robert Gamez, Parker McLachlin, Ryan Moore, Nick O'Hern, Jimmy Walker, Fred Couples, Kevin Stadler
Full results

Columbus, Ohio, No. 2
Peter Tomasulo, Long Beach, Calif., 63-65-128
Andrew Dresser, Carrollton, Texas, 67-66-133
Fernando Figueroa, El Salvador, 67-67-134
Chris Devlin, Northern Ireland, 68-67-135
Sean English, Cincinnati, Ohio, 64-71-135
(a) Jimmy Henderson, Lebanon, Ohio, 71-65-136
• Failed to qualify: Anthony Rodriguez
Full results

Creswell, Ore.
(a) Nick Taylor, Canada, 70-68-138
Rob Rashell, Scottsdale, Ariz., 69-71-140
Full results

Cordova, Tenn.
John Merrick, Long Beach, Calif., 65-65-130
Scott Piercy, Las Vegas, Nev., 64-68-132
Michael Quagliano, Ardsley, N.Y., 64-68-132
Brett Quigley, Jupiter, Fla., 66-66-132
Kevin Streelman, Wheaton, Ill., 64-69-133
Travis Bertoni, Paso Robles, Calif., 67-67-134
D.J. Brigman, Albquerque, N.M., 64-70-134
Patrick Sheehan, Warwick, R.I., 66-68-134
Chris Stroud, Houston, Texas, 65-69-134
Michael Letzig, Richmond, Mo., 68-68-136
Scott Sterling, Baton Rouge, La., 66-70-136
Brandt Jobe, Westlake, Texas, 65-71-136
Casey Wittenberg, Memphis, Tenn., 69-68-137
Mathew Goggin, Australia, 67-70-137
• Failed to qualify: Darron Stiles (alternate), Tommy Armour III (alternate), Bob Estes, Frank Lickliter, Alex Cejka, Joe Durant, Jeff Maggert, Scott McCarron, Tim Petrovic, Marco Dawson, Brian Gay, Paul Goydos, J.P. Hayes, Olin Browne, Doug Labelle, Omar Uresti, Garrett Willis, Todd Rossetti, Dan Forsman, Carlos Franco, Charlie Wi, Cameron Beckman, Stephen Leaney, Jay Williamson, Harrison Frazar, Brent Geiberger, Justin Leonard, Will Mackenzie, Ryan Palmer
Full results

Richmond, Texas
Rich Beem Austin, Texas, 67-70-137
Charlie Beljan, Mesa, Ariz., 69-70-139
• Failed to qualify: Steve Elkington (alternate), Tom Byrum, B.J. Staten, J.L. Lewis
Full results

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Georgia Sectional

We had a very exciting sectional here in Atlanta on the site of Morgan Pressell’s US Am win – Settindown Creek. All it took to get one of the three spots was…
Set a new course record, then get halfway there again in the afternoon to shoot 15 (Jason Bohn) - Tie the old record and almost do it again in the afternoon to also shoot 15 (Matt Kuchar) - and come from 3 shots out of the third spot in the morning to shoot -10 and get into a playoff with a fellow alum of Clemson (DJ Trahan)

Chris Kirk – who just finished his career at UGA – made his way into the field by way of the Illinois qualifier. (we’re proud of our Dawgs and Jackets down here !) (Kuchar’s a Ga Tech grad)

Did you see that the Enland qualifier was cut down from 10 spots to 7 because 20 players dropped out ? That’s a huge number.

"this ball will fit in that fairway"

by courtgolf on Jun 3, 2008 5:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Leonard is exempt

Justin didn’t go to sectional qualifying, because he was fully exempt:

http://www.usga.org/championships/entrant_lookup/open_lookup/entrant_detail.asp?eid=6252

by hawkeyedc on Jun 4, 2008 12:34 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Thanks Hawkeye

He was listed in the results for the qualifier, but without having played, and without being designated as “WD.” I should have checked the USGA site, as you did, before writing anything. Thanks for the clarification.

by Mulligan Stu on Jun 6, 2008 8:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs