Scarlet Course Tough on PGA TOUR Pros During U.S. Open Sectional Qualifying – Ohio State Buckeyes
6/3/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
Davis Love III makes his 18th-consecutive U.S. Open field with a 66 on Scarlet
Complete U.S. Open sectional qualifying results
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – After playing four difficult days at the Memorial, Davis Love III made it through 36 holes on Monday to qualify for his 18th consecutive trip to the U.S. Open.
Fred Couples and several other PGA Tour players weren’t nearly so fortunate.
Love’s streak of 70 consecutive majors ended when he failed to qualify for the Masters, and there were no guarantees he would play in the next major until he followed a 72 at Brookside with a 5-under 66 at the tougher Ohio State Scarlet Course to become one of 23 players at the sectional qualifier to earn a trip to Torrey Pines.
It was one of 13 qualifiers held Monday in the United States, with another one in Europe.
Most of the PGA Tour players were at the Columbus sectional, having been in town for the Memorial. Love and Couples each played four days at Muirfield Village, then had to get up before the break of dawn.
“It’s a long week,” Love said. “That was a long, hard golf course to play and then to do anything on Monday, much less play 36 holes … I know the guys that played four rounds over there were battle-tested, but they were also tired.”
Couples, who had said this might be the last time he tries to qualify, opened with a 69 at Brookside, but a 72 on the Scarlet kept him out of the playoff by two shots. He didn’t sign his scorecard and was disqualified.
With an 11-man playoff for the final seven spots, Chad Campbell and Rocco Mediate were among those who made it through before darkness. Oklahoma State freshman Rickie Fowler was among three players who had to return Tuesday morning for two spots.
Carl Pettersson was the medalist at 131, followed by Bart Bryant at 134. Of those who made it, none was more thrilled than Pat Perez, who said last week he would rather qualify for the U.S. Open than win the Memorial.
“It was hard this morning on the first tee after getting up,” Perez said. “I’m absolutely dead. I’m not going to do anything until I get to Torrey on Saturday. I’m not touching a club until then. But it’s always worth it to play in a major especially this one.”
Perez grew up around Torrey Pines, worked at the public golf course as a teenager and figures he has played there over 1,000 times.
Others who qualified included Ben Crane, Joe Ogilvie, Nick Watney, Jesper Parnevik and Dean Wilson. Kevin Tway, a former U.S. Junior Amateur champion who plays at Oklahoma State and is the son of former PGA champion Bob Tway, also qualified.
Among those who failed to qualify were the father-son tandem of Jay and Bill Haas; Sam Saunders, the grandson of Arnold Palmer; Tom Lehman and Chris DiMarco.
Across town at Springfield Country Club, all six spots went to players who had to first go through 18-hole local qualifying, led by Peter Tomasulo with rounds of 63-65. Daryl Fathauer failed to qualify, while his twin brother, Derek, was among the 23 players who made it at the qualifier featuring PGA Tour players.
SCORES
Final scores with relation to par from U.S. Open Sectional Qualifying, played June 2 at the par 71 Ohio State University Golf Club (Scarlet) and par 72 Brookside Golf & Country Club in Columbus, Ohio (Note: y-alternate):
1. Carl Pettersson 64-67–131 -12
2. Bart Bryant 69-65–134 -9
3. Ben Crane 69-66–135 -8
3. Derek Fathauer 67-68–135 -8
3. Joe Ogilvie 66-69–135 -8
3. Robert Garrigus 63-72–135 -8
7. Kevin Tway 68-68–136 -7
8. Fredrik Jacobson 71-66–137 -6
8. Kyle Stanley 71-66–137 -6
8. Dean Wilson 69-68–137 -6
8. Jarrod Lyle 69-68–137 -6
8. John Mallinger 67-70–137 -6
8. Nick Watney 66-71–137 -6
14. Davis Love III 72-66–138 -5
14. Pat Perez 71-67–138 -5
14. Jesper Parnevik 69-69–138 -5
17. Rocco Mediate 72-67–139 -4
17. Chad Campbell 67-72–139 -4
17. Justin Hicks 69-70–139 -4
17. Steve Marino 69-70–139 -4
17. Dustin Johnson 70-69–139 -4
17. Eric Axley 70-69–139 -4
17. Jonathan Mills 73-66–139 -4
Failed to qualify
17. y-Rickie Fowler 66-73–139 -4
17. y-Jonathan Moore 67-72–139 -4
17. Bo Van Pelt 75-64–139 -4
17. Tom Pernice Jr. 71-68–139 -4
28. Ewan Porter 71-69–140 -3
28. Bill Haas 70-70–140 -3
28. Charley Hoffman 70-70–140 -3
28. Todd Fischer 69-71–140 -3
32. Jeff Curl 75-66–141 -2
32. Troy Matteson 71-70–141 -2
32. Kevin Hall 71-70–141 -2
32. Skip Kendall 70-71–141 -2
32. Ken Duke 64-77–141 -2
37. George McNeill 74-68–142 -1
37. Chris Swanepoel 73-69–142 -1
37. Jay Haas 71-71–142 -1
37. Chez Reavie 71-71–142 -1
37. J.J. Henry 70-72–142 -1
37. Chris DiMarco 69-73–142 -1
37. Charles Warren 69-73–142 -1
37. Ted Purdy 69-73–142 -1
37. Stephen Gangluff 68-74–142 -1
46. Marion Dantzler 76-67–143 E
46. Bob Sowards 74-69–143 E
46. Seung-Su Han 73-70–143 E
46. Nathan Green 72-71–143 E
46. Mark Wilson 70-73–143 E
46. Tom Lehman 68-75–143 E
46. Kevin Na 66-77–143 E
53. Steven Wheatcroft 75-69–144 + 1
53. Aron Price 74-70–144 + 1
53. Garrett Osborn 73-71–144 + 1
53. Johnson Wagner 73-71–144 + 1
53. Taggart Ridings 72-72–144 + 1
53. Colby Beckstrom 72-72–144 + 1
53. Michael Putnam 72-72–144 + 1
53. Kevin Chappell 72-72–144 + 1
53. Martin Flores 71-73–144 + 1
53. B J Pitzen 70-74–144 + 1
53. Greg Kraft 70-74–144 + 1
53. Cliff Kresge 69-75–144 + 1
65. Sean Shahi 74-71–145 + 2
65. Nathan Lashley 73-72–145 + 2
65. Troy Merritt 73-72–145 + 2
65. Tony Mollica 73-72–145 + 2
65. Jhonattan Vegas 73-72–145 + 2
65. Robert Gamez 72-73–145 + 2
65. Nathan Sutherland 72-73–145 + 2
65. Nathan Smith 72-73–145 + 2
65. Parker McLachlin 71-74–145 + 2
74. Eddie Olson 74-72–146 + 3
74. Brady Schnell 74-72–146 + 3
74. Mitch Gillis 73-73–146 + 3
74. Ryan Moore 71-75–146 + 3
78. Chris Wilson 77-70–147 + 4
78. Peter Campbell 76-71–147 + 4
78. James Driscoll 74-73–147 + 4
78. Kevin Marsh 70-77–147 + 4
78. Jesse Massie 70-77–147 + 4
83. Tom Glissmeyer 77-71–148 + 5
83. Nicholas Mason 74-74–148 + 5
83. Matt Jones 73-75–148 + 5
83. Ryan Lenahan 73-75–148 + 5
83. Nicholas O’Hern 72-76–148 + 5
88. Berry Henson 77-72–149 + 6
88. Andrew Loupe 77-72–149 + 6
88. Walter Keating 76-73–149 + 6
88. Bill Rankin 75-74–149 + 6
88. Bob Jacobson 75-74–149 + 6
88. Jonathan May 75-74–149 + 6
88. Dave Womack 72-77–149 + 6
95. Mike Van Sickle 75-75–150 + 7
95. Chris Gallagher 75-75–150 + 7
95. James Volpenhein 74-76–150 + 7
95. Cameron Yancey 74-76–150 + 7
95. Ryan Armour 73-77–150 + 7
100. Garrett Frank 79-72–151 + 8
100. Anthony Paolucci 77-74–151 + 8
100. Josh Thompson 76-75–151 + 8
100. Chad Proehl 75-76–151 + 8
100. Steve Mulcahy 74-77–151 + 8
100. Jimmy Walker 73-78–151 + 8
106. Blake Moore 79-73–152 + 9
106. Randall McCracken 77-75–152 + 9
106. Brian Unk 77-75–152 + 9
106. Anthony Cordes 76-76–152 + 9
106. Mark Evans 76-76–152 + 9
106. Sam Saunders 75-77–152 + 9
106. John Powell 75-77–152 + 9
113. Jason May 78-75–153 + 10
113. Zach Gavlak 77-76–153 + 10
113. Michael Shonk 76-77–153 + 10
116. Mark Sommerfeld 76-78–154 + 11
116. Matt Stauch 76-78–154 + 11
116. James Donahoe 76-78–154 + 11
119. John Onions 80-75–155 + 12
119. Jared Jawor 78-77–155 + 12
119. Manuel Orozco 76-79–155 + 12
122. Rob McIver 79-77–156 + 13
123. Kevin Grady 82-75–157 + 14
123. Jeremy Defalco 79-78–157 + 14
123. Peter Badawy 77-80–157 + 14
126. Matthew Torrance 77-81–158 + 15
127. Terry Hertzog 80-79–159 + 16
127. Bradley Lanning 80-79–159 + 16
127. Adam Thomarios 76-83–159 + 16
130. Brad Bastion 79-81–160 + 17
131. Christopher Tilbury 80-81–161 + 18
132. Fred Brown Jr 82-82–164 + 21
133. Ryan Sparks 79-86–165 + 22
134. Fred Couples 69-DQ–DQ
135. Brad Brunner 75-NC–NC
136. David Bahr 80-NS–NS
136. Kevin Stadler 80-NS–NS
136. Brandon Brown 80-NS–NS
139. Matt Nolasco 83-NS–NS
140. Trent Karlik 85-NS–NS
