DALLAS – Patrick Reed withdrew from US Open qualifying on Monday to end his streak of playing every major since the 2014 Masters. Sergio Garcia made two big mistakes late to advance to his 25th consecutive US Open.
Garcia, who made the 36-hole qualifying last year, was poised to clinch one of the 11 spots at the Dallas Athletic Club until he took a double bogey at the Gold course’s par-5 16th. He finished with two pars for a 71 and was forced into a seven-man play-off for six spots.
Everyone else made par or birdie. Garcia bogeyed the first hole of the Gold course and had to settle for first alternate, keeping alive his hopes of ranking at Pinehurst No. 2 on June 13-16.
US Open Final Qualifying Results, Sites for Pinehurst No. 2
There are 13 final qualifying locations where players can reach the US Open at Pinehurst No. 2.
Both play for LIV Golf, which receives no points in the world rankings. Reed has no other option to earn a spot at Pinehurst. The USGA said that when a player withdraws from a qualifying tournament, he cannot participate in another qualifying tournament at a later date.
Reed did well enough in the Masters (tied for 12th) to break into the top 100 in the world, and the PGA Championship gave him an invitation to play in Valhalla last week.
The US Open has taken over the world’s top 60 from this week’s rankings. Reed is ranked No. 92 – he would have needed third place in Valhalla to crack the top 60, and he finished tied for 53rd.
The Dallas qualifier, the first of 11 in North America, featured nine players from LIV Golf. Eugenio Chacarra was the only one to get through. He’s playing his first major.
The other 10 qualifiers are on June 3.
Monday was another step toward filling the field for the US Open on June 15 and 18, with 52 players added to the 156-man field – 21 from the world’s top 60 and 23 of them through qualifiers with 36 holes in Dallas, Japan and England.
Justin Rose, whose 10-year exemption for winning the US Open at Merion expired last year, finished tied for sixth in the PGA Championship and moved 12 places to No. 56 to avoid qualification. Among those who dropped out of the top 60 was Adam Scott.
Billy Horschel, who won in the Dominican Republic, Valspar Championship winner Peter Malnati and Mackenzie Hughes were among the five leading players in the PGA Tour’s FedExCup standings who had not yet qualified for the US Open and were added to the field added. The US Open exempted three others from the European tour’s Race to Dubai – two from last year who would not otherwise qualify and the leading player not yet this year.
Ryo Ishikawa officiated the three qualifying matches in Japan, while the nine players who qualified in England included Robert Rock and Matteo Manassero.
