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We are officially in the home stretch for the next major of the season: the U.S. Open at Brookline in Massachusetts. Today, the Monday before Open week, is known as Sectional Qualifying Monday. Or as Golf Channel likes to call it, The Longest Day in Golf.
Sectional Qualifying is a grind for plenty of the best amateurs in the world, but also for some of the best pros on the planet, too. Forty-nine players will look to qualify from nine different qualifiers littered across North America. There’s a handful of pros playing up in Canada, already set for this week’s RBC Canadian Open. There’s also 21 spots being dished out across two qualifiers in Ohio, near where Billy Horschel won the Memorial tournament Sunday.
The runner-up to Horschel? Aaron Wise, who was four strokes away from a playoff, but who is also set to play 36 holes Monday as he attempts to qualify for Brookline. Rickie Fowler is competing in sectionals again this year after failing to qualify last year. He’s down at the Jupiter, Fla. qualifier, closest to home. So is Matthew Wolff. Perhaps the most fun story is also in Ohio: Danny Woodhead. Woodhead is a former NFL running back who has put together an impressive start to his amateur golf career. He’s playing among many of the pros at Springfield Country Club in Springfield, Ohio.
This all, of course, adds to the two qualifiers that took place already, in Japan and Dallas. You can find results for both of those qualifiers and follow along for live updates at the nine others taking place below.
MONDAY QUALIFIERS
Rattlesnake Point Golf Club, Milton, Ontario:
26 players, 3 qualifying spots
Notables:
Brandon Hagy
C.T. Pan
JJ Spaun
Martin Trainer
Satoshi Kodaira
Ryan Armour
Olympic Club, San Francisco, Calif.:
88 players, 5 qualifying spots
Notables:
Maverick McNealy
Preston Summerhays
Daniel Summerhays
Norman Xiong
Spencer Levin
Tyler Strafaci
The Club at Admiral Cove, Jupiter, Fla.:
73 players, 4 qualifying spots
Notables:
Rickie Fowler
Matthew Wolff
Kevin Tway
Ansley Golf Club, Roswell, Ga.:
67 players, 4 qualifying spots
Notables:
Keith Mitchell
Brendon Todd
Bill Haas
Roberto Castro
Patton Kizzire
Richy Werenski
Ted Potter Jr.
Will Wilcox
Blayne Barber
Woodmont Country Club, Rockville, Md.:
75 players, 4 qualifying spots
Notables:
Grayson Murray
Joseph Bramlett
Taylor Pendrith
Harry Higgs
Wesley Bryan
Billy Hurley III
Kevin Chappell
Century CC & Old Oaks CC, Purchase, N.Y.:
92 players, 5 qualifying spots
Notables:
Haotong Li
Ricky Barnes
Jamie Lovemark
Johnson Wagner
Chris Gotterup (a)
Wedgewood CC & Kinsale G&F Club, Columbus, Ohio:
108 players, 13 qualifying spots
Notables:
Rafa Cabrera Bello
Camillo Villegas
Peter Malnati
Cole Hammer
Wyndham Clark
Andrew Putnam
Luke Donald
Chez Reavie
Patrick Rodgers
Brendan Steele
Padraig Harrington
Hudson Swafford
Danny Lee
Denny McCarthy
Jason Dufner
Nick Watney
Lucas Glover
Joel Dahmen
Garrick Higgo
Cameron Champ
J.T. Poston
Davis Riley
Doug Ghim
Springfield Country Club, Springfield, Ohio:
78 players, 8 qualifying spots
Notables:
Aaron Wise
Jim Herman
Sam Ryder
Cameron Davis
Robert Streb
Brandt Snedeker
Michael Thompson
Sahith Theegala
Doc Redman
Zac Blair
Danny Woodhead (a)
Scott Piercy
Beau Hossler
Pronghorn Resort, Bend, Ore.:
65 players, 3 qualifying spots
Notables:
Isaiah Salinda
Charlie Beljan
Michael Block
QUALIFIERS FINISHED PRIOR TO MONDAY
Caledonian Golf Club, Chiba Prefecture, Japan:
31 players, 3 qualifying spots
Qualified:
Tomoyasu Sugiyama (-9)
Dajiro Izumida
Todd Sinnott (-6)
Notables who failed to qualify:
Scott Vincent
Hideto Tanihara
Ryo Ishikawa
Shugo Imahira
Hideto Tanihara
Lakewood CC & Royal Oaks CC, Dallas, Texas:
102 players, 13 qualifying spots
Qualified:
Kurt Kitayama (-11)
Matthew Nesmith (-11)
Jinichiro Kozuma (-11)
Sean Crocker (-11)
Andrew Novak
Mackenzie Hughes
Rikuya Hoshino
Ben Silverman
Nick Taylor
Travis Vick (a)
Scott Stallings
Davis Shore
Roger Sloan (-7)
Notables who failed to qualify:
Adam Hadwin
Graeme McDowell
Stephan Jaeger
Justin Harding
Rory Sabbatini
James Hahn
Dylan Frittelli
Matt Kuchar
Takumi Kanaya
Sung Kang
Parker Coody (a)
Kramer Hickok
John Huh
Charley Hoffman
Matt Jones
Carlos Ortiz
Pat Perez
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