U.S. Open Sectional Qualifying: Who’s moving on to Shinnecock?
120 players for 14 spots at Brookside Golf & CC/Lakes Golf & CC
T1. Sungjae Im (South Korea) -9, Shane Lowry (Ireland) -9
T3. Keegan Bradley (USA) -8, Brian Gay (USA) -8
T5. Michael Putnam (USA) -7, Shubhankar Sharma (India) -7, Russell Knox (Scotland) -7, Patrick Rodgers (USA) -7, Will Zalatoris (USA) -7
T10. Harold Varner III (USA) -6, Ollie Schniederjans (USA) -6, Aaron Baddeley (Australia) -6, Ryan Lumsden* (Scotland) -6, Adam Scott (Australia) -6
Alt. 1: Ted Potter Jr. (USA) -5, Alt. 2: Kevin Tway (USA) -5
Adam Scott qualified by the skin of his teeth at -6 to preserve his streak of playing in every major since 2001.
Sungjae Im won earlier this year on the Web.com Tour and has two runner-ups to secure his 2018-18 PGA Tour card. He is world No. 101 and finished tied at the top of the toughest U.S. Open sectional qualifier field out there.
India’s Shubhankar Sharma is continuing a stellar season as a 21-year-old by qualifying with shots to spare.
Notables to miss the cut: Nick Watney (-5), Stewart Cink (-5), Patton Kizzire (-5), Kevin Streelman (-5), David Lingmerth (-4), Julian Suri (-3), Ryan Moore (-1), Grayson Murray (WD), Ricky Barnes (WD), Vijay Singh (WD), Joaquin Niemann (WD), Andrew Landry (WD), Beau Hossler (WD), Curtis Luck (WD)