2019 United State Open Qualifying: The Road to Pebble Beach

[Darth Putter]

76 men have already qualified with the thirty plus added today from the top 60 in the OWGR.

That list is here.

https://www.usopen.com/qualifying/exemptions.html

 

Sectional Qualifying started today in Dallas. 102 players are playing for 10 spots

Scoreboard here https://www.usopen.com/qualifying/sectional/Dallas-texas.html#!&tab=results

 

Yes, Mike Weir IS on the verge of making a trip to Pebble Beach. Fox TV's Shane Bacon is not.

 

Japan's qualifier is May 27.

The rest including England and the pros in Canada are June 3.

 

Watch and see if your favorites make it to the US Open this year.

FS1 will again have a US Open Qualifying Show on June 3 at 11pm EDT. We'll have wait and see if the USGA does anything earlier in the day on their website.

[SkiSchoolPro]

Golf is a funny sport...#1841 Weir hasn't earned any OWGR points in 23 starts during 2018 & 2019, missing 17 cuts, mostly in Web.com events. Good for him to hang in there and get into his 2nd Major of the year.

[jdl]

It's 2019 and still no way to simply search by name to find if a particular person has made it through or not. I saw one of the golf beat writers hinting about such a feature on the usga web site but never saw a response and I sure can't find it if it exists.

[Darth Putter]

> @jdl said:

> It's 2019 and still no way to simply search by name to find if a particular person has made it through or not. I saw one of the golf beat writers hinting about such a feature on the usga web site but never saw a response and I sure can't find it if it exists.

 

We just need the rest of the former Illini to take Charlie Danielson's lead and make it easy by finishing near the top of the leaderboard.

[b81smith]

LOL I thought this was your 'road to pebble' thread. but its about others making the field, I was getting happy for ya darth

[tiderider]

what will the fox show look like? ... is it just a review or will it show actual footage? ... that would be kind of cool ...

[Darth Putter]

> @tiderider said:

> what will the fox show look like? ... is it just a review or will it show actual footage? ... that would be kind of cool ...

 

If I remember correctly, the USGA had live video from the two sites where the pros were in Columbus and Memphis. They also had taped coverage from elsewhere.

The show on FS1 at night had coverage with video from most of the US sites. A couple had to go into Tuesday.

[Darth Putter]

Qualifying countinues right now in Japan.

33 golfers (down to 25 after the WDs) for 3 spots.

https://www.usopen.com/qualifying/sectional/Japan.html#!&tab=results

[jim rockford]

i might off myself up for caddying at least one of the two rounds at wine valley in walla walla......anyone know the course? hilly (i'm guessing yes. but how hilly?)

is it a good spectator event? (not expecting it to be the phoenix open...... but are there lots of scoreboards so you know what's going one?)

lastly, i noticed there are quite a few amateurs in the field. exempted to this stage? similarly, are any of the players at sectional qualifying "dead money" so to speak?

 

 

[jdl]

Good article on the different sites and who's at each:

http://www.amateurgolf.com/golf-tournament-news/23927/U-S--Open-Sectional-Qualifying--The-Road-to-Pebble-Beach

[Darth Putter]

> @jdl said:

> Good article on the different sites and who's at each:

> http://www.amateurgolf.com/golf-tournament-news/23927/U-S--Open-Sectional-Qualifying--The-Road-to-Pebble-Beach

 

Cole Hammer and Ashkay Bhatia taking the easy way out and playing in Columbus with the PGA Tour pros. :D

[Darth Putter]

The final day of sectional qualifying begins in just a few hours at Walton Heath in England.

Here's the page to take you to all the sites and see the tee times for your favorite qualifiers.

 

https://www.usopen.com/qualifying/sectional.html

 

 

At the moment, the USGA has not updated how many spots each site is playing for. I expect that will happen shortly.

 

Good luck to your favorites on "Golf's Longest Day."

[Golfer4Life]

Believe it or not, this is my favorite part of the U.S. Open apart from Championship Sunday.

[jdl]

[cardoza]

Sam Saunders out in 29 in Columbus.

[Birdie Mac]

The leaderboard does indeed look like a typical opposite field event. Lots of names I would have thought would be exempt or previously qualified. Go Cameron Champ!

[MilkyButterCuts]

I love this aspect of the US Open. Wish everyone would stfu and stop bitching about the USGA. If you dont like it dont play/watch!!

[Christosterone]

> @"Darth Putter" said:

> Qualifying countinues right now in Japan.

> 33 golfers (down to 25 after the WDs) for 3 spots.

> https://www.usopen.com/qualifying/sectional/Japan.html#!&tab=results

 

I’m shocked to see Hideto Tanihara missing out...

He is such a good golfer...heck, he dang near won a WGC 2 years ago if memory serves..

 

Let me check YouTube:

 

[jdl]

Bobby Clampett with a first round 79, not going to happen.

[DavePelz4]

> @MilkyButterCuts said:

> I love this aspect of the US Open. Wish everyone would stfu and stop bitching about the USGA. If you dont like it dont play/watch!!

 

The USGA doesn't do the course set up on the qualifier sites.

[Ferguson]

> @MilkyButterCuts said:

> I love this aspect of the US Open. Wish everyone would stfu and stop bitching about the USGA. If you dont like it dont play/watch!!

 

It's like a car fire - you just can't look away.

[MilkyButterCuts]

> @DavePelz4 said:

> > @MilkyButterCuts said:

> > I love this aspect of the US Open. Wish everyone would stfu and stop bitching about the USGA. If you dont like it dont play/watch!!

>

> The USGA doesn't do the course set up on the qualifier sites.

 

I actually wasn't aware of that. More or less referring to the actual tournament. Figured it was a good time to get it off the chest w/ out starting a fire in the US Open thread.

[jdl]

Nice, Thomas Pieters birdies his final hole of the day to avoid a playoff and get into the field at PB.

[DavePelz4]

> @MilkyButterCuts said:

> > @DavePelz4 said:

> > > @MilkyButterCuts said:

> > > I love this aspect of the US Open. Wish everyone would stfu and stop bitching about the USGA. If you dont like it dont play/watch!!

> >

> > The USGA doesn't do the course set up on the qualifier sites.

>

> I actually wasn't aware of that. More or less referring to the actual tournament. Figured it was a good time to get it off the chest w/ out starting a fire in the US Open thread.

 

No worries...this is one of the greatest days of the entire golf year now that Q school has a different meaning. The Golf Channel used to have quite a bit of real time content on this day but with the move to Fox, that's dissipated.

[Darth Putter]

> @jdl said:

> Nice, Thomas Pieters birdies his final hole of the day to avoid a playoff and get into the field at PB.

 

Lots of surprises at Walton Heath. Pieters may be the only Top 100 player to advance.

 

Bernd Wiesberger, coming back from injury, looks to be in a 5 for 1 playoff for the last spot.

[MilkyButterCuts]

> @DavePelz4 said:

> > @MilkyButterCuts said:

> > > @DavePelz4 said:

> > > > @MilkyButterCuts said:

> > > > I love this aspect of the US Open. Wish everyone would stfu and stop bitching about the USGA. If you dont like it dont play/watch!!

> > >

> > > The USGA doesn't do the course set up on the qualifier sites.

> >

> > I actually wasn't aware of that. More or less referring to the actual tournament. Figured it was a good time to get it off the chest w/ out starting a fire in the US Open thread.

>

> No worries...this is one of the greatest days of the entire golf year now that Q school has a different meaning. The Golf Channel used to have quite a bit of real time content on this day but with the move to Fox, that's dissipated.

 

That was going to be my next comment. Pretty bummed about the lack of content. Just set up a camera on 18 or something.

[Darth Putter]

> @DavePelz4 said:

> > @MilkyButterCuts said:

> > I love this aspect of the US Open. Wish everyone would stfu and stop bitching about the USGA. If you dont like it dont play/watch!!

>

> The USGA doesn't do the course set up on the qualifier sites.

 

I imagine they do something. Probably more along the lines of double checking hazard lines are clear rather than is everything stimping at 14.

For instance, the European Tour runs the qualifier at Walton Heath with a couple of USGA staff on hand.

The USGA staff at the the US sites are probably much more worried about running the competition, tee times, scoring and rules decisions.

[Darth Putter]

> @MilkyButterCuts said:

> > @DavePelz4 said:

> > > @MilkyButterCuts said:

> > > > @DavePelz4 said:

> > > > > @MilkyButterCuts said:

> > > > > I love this aspect of the US Open. Wish everyone would stfu and stop bitching about the USGA. If you dont like it dont play/watch!!

> > > >

> > > > The USGA doesn't do the course set up on the qualifier sites.

> > >

> > > I actually wasn't aware of that. More or less referring to the actual tournament. Figured it was a good time to get it off the chest w/ out starting a fire in the US Open thread.

> >

> > No worries...this is one of the greatest days of the entire golf year now that Q school has a different meaning. The Golf Channel used to have quite a bit of real time content on this day but with the move to Fox, that's dissipated.

>

> That was going to be my next comment. Pretty bummed about the lack of content. Just set up a camera on 18 or something.

 

There will be a recap show on FS1 tonight at 11 PM EDT.

 

The USGA already had a program on their website earlier. I would think they'll be back later this afternoon.

 

It costs Fox a lot less to show Colin Cowherd in a studio for three hours saying nothing of value than golf. And he probably gets much higher ratings, so I can see why things are the way they are.

[Darth Putter]

One story from last year was a near record 19 amateurs qualified for Shinnecock.

We started the day with six already in, but the ams have showed up well in New York, California and Georgia.

[Darth Putter]

Coming down the stretch in New York and 15 year old Garrett Engle leads the way.