Sergio Garcia loses in playoff to advance; Molinari brothers both qualify
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Garcia has played in the U.S. Open for 24 consecutive years and has recorded five top-10 finishes
next month’s US Open may look different than it has at any point in the last quarter Century that’s because Sergio Garcia failed to advance for the first time since 1999 which happened to be at Pinehurst host of this year’s championship Garcia 44 shot in opening 66 at Dallas Athletic Club in one of 13 U open Final qualifying events between now and June 3rd that put him in Prime position to advance late in the second round but he made a double bogey on the par 516th after finding the water he shot 73 which put him into a seven-man playoff for the final six spots he made bogy in the playoff and was the lone man out however Garcia is listed as an alternate so there is still a chance that he could get the nod to play once the dust settles over the next 3 weeks he has two second place finishes this year with Liv GF and missed the cut at the Masters Kevin stelman Oham aner Scott py Caleb soret Vincent Norman lanto Griffin Ryan Moore and cam champ were among others who did not qualify in Dallas meanwhile nicoo etaria the 2023 Puerto Rico Open winner was medalist at seven under total Franchesco Molinari the 2018 British Open champion shot 68 minus 70 to advance and finish one shot better than those in the playoff while Franchesco was in Texas older brother Eduardo qualified at Walton Heath Golf Club in England Eduardo shot 67 minus 69 for an eight underpar total he was an assistant Captain to Luke Donald on last year’s European Ridder Cup team and has already been announced as returning for Donald next year at the Ryder Cup at Beth Page black he hasn’t played in a major since the 2021 US Open Grant Forest Richard Manel and Brandon Robinson Thompson all tied for the lead in England Robert Rock a two-time winner on the DP World Tour who is now 47 and announced his retirement from professional golf two years ago to focus on being a swing instructor for other Pros shot 66 in his second round to take one of the nine spots Rock was once ranked as high as 55th in the world and was surprised he played so well I was coming for my last chance really at playing this event he said it’s a good opportunity just to see where my game was having not been out here for a couple years ‘ll just come and see where I fit he also noted that his back has been ailing him for a while and that he rarely plays more than nine holes at a time I didn’t think it’d make 36 said Rock who made 12 birdies on the day it’s amazing what a few pots do it keeps you going doesn’t it Mateo manisero was another who advanced out of England now 31 the former teen Stand Out From Italy rebounded with the 65 in his second round Monday he tied for 13th Place at the British Open in 2009 as a 16-year-old made the cut at the Masters the following year and was ranked as high as 25th in world when he was 20 after years of struggles manisero won on the DP World Tour earlier this year his first Victory on that tour in a decade
