Sobers from Burnham and Berrow (including Justin Rose and Abe Ancer).
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The US Open isn’t the only major that features a one-day 36-hole qualifier.
As the name suggests, the Open Championship runs open qualifiers, albeit on a much smaller scale than its American counterpart. Four 36-hole finals were played across Scotland and England on Tuesday as some of the game’s biggest names (including a few LIV golfers) and lesser knowns tried to get into the 152nd Open later this month at Royal Troon.
Only four spots were available for each match making for a total of 16 spots.
Continue reading below for a list of each site including players who qualified, notables who failed to qualify and more.
Open Final Championship Qualifying Sites
West Lancashire
4 places available
Ineligible:
Matthew Dodd-Berry (a), -6
Sam Horsfield
Daniel Brown, -5
Masahiro Kawamura
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Jack Hirsh
Notables who failed to qualify:
Sergio Garcia
Carlos Ortiz
Richard Mansell
Things to know:
– Sergio Garcia was trying to qualify for his 100th major but had a testy exchange with officials on the 8th hole of his first round after his team was put on the clock. He missed the cut by two shots after rounds of 71-70.
– Ortiz, who won LIV Golf earlier this year, did not play a major this season and has only played one since joining LIV Golf in 2022.
The Royal Cinque Ports
4 places available
Ineligible:
Matthew Southgate, -6
Elvis Smylie, -3
Jamie Montojo Fernandez
Luis Masaveu* (a), -2
*Advances 3-for-1 playoff
Notables who failed to qualify:
Brandon Grace
Things to know:
– Southgate, who finished T6 at Royal Birkdale in 2017, will play a second straight Open after not playing between 2018 and 2023.
– Both Luis Masaveu and Jaime Montojo Fernandez play out of the same club in Madrid, Royal Club La Moraleja
– On the second qualifying hole, Masaveu won the final spot by making a 25-foot birdie putt without his competitors, including Grace.
– Grace has not played any majors this year and has only played in doubles since joining LIV Golf in 2022. He was the first golfer to ever shoot 62 in a major, doing so at the 2017 Open Championship.
Dundonald Links
4 places available
Ineligible:
Sam Hutsby, -8
Angel Hidalgo, -5
Liam Nolan (a)
Jack McDonald*, -4
*Advances 3-for-1 playoff
Notables who failed to qualify:
Peter Uhlein
Robert Rock (Retired)
Things to know:
– Angel Hidalgo needed to birdie his final hole Tuesday to get into the playoff. He made the best of it by holing his second shot from 120 yards to secure his place in the Open Championship.
Burnham and Berrow
4 places available
Ineligible:
Justin Rose, -8
Dominic Clemons (a)
Abraham Ancer*, -5
Charlie Lindh*
*Improved in the playoffs 3-for-2
Notables who failed to qualify:
Anirban Lahiri
Justin Harding
Preston Summerhays (a) (WD)
Things to know:
– Rose was forced to advance to the finals after dropping out of the OWGR top 50 in March and failing to make it back before the Open cutoff in May, after the Charles Schwab Challenge. He birdied the 12th hole in his second round to finish as joint medalist.
“Obviously there was a lot of motivation,” he told the R&A’s Final Qualifying Radio. “The Open has been a fairytale and a love story for me since I was 14, to be honest with you.
“The Open has always been very special and you can take it for granted. As you get older, things get harder and in a way I think it’s a good thing to happen (to qualify) because it makes you appreciate how special it is.”
– Abraham Ancer is the only LIV golfer to advance to Royal Troon with a final win.
