Grant Forrest, Richard Mansell and Brandon Robinson-Thompson shared the highest spot on the Last Qualifying event held at Walton Heath Golf Membership for the following month’a US Open in North Carolina.
The trio all completed on ten below par after 36 holes on the famed Surrey venue, with every competitor enjoying one spherical on every of the Previous and New Programs. 9 locations had been obtainable for the third males’s Main Championship of the yr.
Robinson-Thompson was the primary of the these to achieve ten below par and can make his US Open debut at Pinehurst, lower than a yr after enjoying in his first Main Championship at The 151st Open at Hoylake.
The Englishman, who’s now primarily based in the USA and beforehand lived in South Carolina, adopted up his first spherical 68 with a six below par 66. He was then joined on ten below par by compatriot Richard Mansell, who made his U.S. Open debut in 2022, and Scotland’s Forrest, who might be enjoying in his first US Open.
ROCK ROLLS BACK THE YEARS
Robert Rock, who stepped again from enjoying on the DP World Tour after the 2022 Alfred Dunhill Hyperlinks Championship, made a outstanding comeback as he the 47-year-old carded rounds of 69 and 66 to complete on 9 below par.
After studying that he had certified for Pinehurst, Rock stated: “It’s tough to explain. I actually didn’t have any ideas of qualifying. I assumed it was my final likelihood of enjoying this occasion and a very good alternative to see the place my sport was having been out of it for a few years. I assumed whereas I might nonetheless enter, I’d see the place I’d match. I performed with James Morrison and had such a very good day.”
He added: “I wasn’t even positive I might play two rounds, I’ve been enjoying largely 9 holes after which the again 9 has harm as a result of my again isn’t the perfect in the intervening time. It did right now, I used to be struggling on the again 9. Fortunately my mate got here to push the trolley. I didn’t suppose I’d make 36, however it’s superb what making a couple of putts does.”
Rock was joined on 9 by Yorkshire’s Sam Bairstow, who holed a nervy seven-footer for par on the thirty sixth gap to signal for rounds of 68 and 67, avoiding the prospect of a play-off.
“I began a bit ropey right now, however from my ninth gap onwards it was good,” Bairstow commented. “I’m actually happy to get it accomplished with that seven-footer on the final. It appeared fairly sluggish, however fortunately it was straight uphill, so it wasn’t the worst putt. I assumed there would simply be three or 4 folks coming down from Sheffield to look at me, so to see 12 or 15 of them was nice. If you gap a birdie putt it does spur you on, so it was nice for them to be on the market.”
Additionally securing their spots for the US Open had been the Italian pair of Matteo Manassero and Edoardo Molinari, Northern Irishman Tom McKibbin and Australian Jason Scrivener, who all confronted a nervous wait after reaching eight below par with plenty of teams nonetheless to complete.
A play-off was finally required to determine the 2 alternate spots obtainable. 5 opponents completed on seven below par, with Casey Jarvis and Andrea Pavan incomes the alternate spots after 4 additional holes.
Of the 102 gamers that took half within the event, 26 both withdrew or retired after the primary spherical or in the course of the early a part of the second spherical.
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