Sam Torrance put aside a nasty Ryder Cup rift and qualified Monday for the British Open, keeping alive his streak of 29 years of being eligible to play in golf's oldest championship.
Torrance was among 44 players to fill out the field for the 129th British Open, which starts Thursday at St. Andrews. Also getting in were 20-year-old Adam Scott of Australia and English amateur Luke Donald, who plays college golf for Northwestern.
Brad Faxon was among those who failed to qualify. He planned to return to the United States in time to defend his title this week in the B.C. Open.
Others who failed to qualify were '95 Open runner-up Costantino Rocca, Glen Day, amateur Matt Kuchar, Justin Rose and Gary Nicklaus. Mark McCumber, who had played in the last three Opens at St. Andrews, was eliminated on the fourth playoff hole at Leven Links.
Torrance, the European captain for the 2001 Ryder Cup, has been caught in the middle of a battle between Nick Faldo and Mark James, the losing captain at The Country Club who will be Torrance's vice captain at The Belfry.
James has come under fire for his tell-all book about the Ryder Cup, in which he criticizes Faldo and says he trashed a good-luck note Faldo had sent the team. Faldo was not selected for the Ryder Cup, missing the matches for the first time since 1975.
``You'd need to be in Outer Mongolia to get away from it and even then you probably wouldn't,'' Torrance said. ``But it doesn't bother me at all. My game hasn't suffered because of my Ryder Cup commitments and I'm playing very solid.''
Torrance was eligible for last year's Open at Carnoustie, but had to withdraw because of a bad back. He had a 5-under 66 at Scotscraig, the first time he has had to qualify in almost 30 years.
While Faxon failed to qualify, he leaves Scotland with his head held high. Faxon had been critical of Americans who did not bother to even try to qualify for a major championship. He had a good reason to miss this year -- defending champion of the B.C. Open -- but made the trip anyway.
Jack Nicklaus, who will be playing his final British Open, arrived to Lundin Golf Club on Monday in time to watch his 31-year-old son Gary try to join him in the field. But young Nicklaus shot himself out of contention with a 74 in the first round, and his 68 was of little use to qualify for his first major of the year.
Aaron Baddeley, the promising Australian amateur who was given exemptions to the Masters and U.S. Open, failed to qualify.
Also missing out is Santiago Luna of Spain, whose absence is noticeable for one reason -- he was the last player to beat Tiger Woods at St. Andrews, in the semifinals of the 1998 Dunhill Cup.
Ladybank (par 71)
135 P Affleck 70 65
136 A Oldcorn 69 67
137 S Little 70 67, S Watson 71 66, J-F Remesy (Fra) 68 69, G Emerson 69 68
138 P Golding 69 69, S Leaney (Aus) 69 69
139 (after play-off) I Poulter 70 69, I Garbutt 69 70, L Alexandre (Fra) 72 67
NON-QUALIFIERS
139 (x) M Griffiths 71 68, (x) G Wolstenholme 71 68
140 P Nilbrink (Swe) 70 70, P Lyons 68 72, E Carlberg (Swe) 71 69, A McLardy
(Rsa) 68 72, E Darcy 69 71
141 R Claydon 75 66, S Ames (Tri) 70 71, A Bossert (Swit) 71 70, D Park 71 70,
A McLean 72 69, N Joakimides (Fra) 69 72, D Lynn 71 70, B Lane 68 73, S Whiffin
71 70, D Howell 70 71, P O'Malley (Aus) 71 70
142 G Furey 73 69, M Tunnicliff 74 68, M Mamat (Sin) 75 67, N Zitny (Aut) 70
72, M Pullan 72 70, J Rivero (Spa) 74 68, J Little 71 71, P Quirici (Swi) 69 73,
M McLean 72 70, B Rumford (Aus) 70 72, M Gronberg (Swe) 72 70
143 G Chalmers (Aus) 72 71, K Felton (Aus) 73 70, A Hansen (Den) 74 69, G
Morales (Ven) 71 72, M Blackey 72 71, S Luna (Spa) 72 71
144 T Gillis (USA) 71 73, M King 73 71, D De Vooght (Bel) 72 72, G Hutcheon 71
73, A Cruse (Rsa) 71 73, J Barnes 73 71, S Richardson 75 69, U Van denBerg (Rsa)
70 74
145 (x) G McDowell 74 71, B Barham 74 71, B Mason 72 73, B Dredge 75 70, C
Rocca (Ita) 71 74, K Saunders 77 68, A Clapp 72 73, M Allen (Aus) 73 72
146 P Simpson 70 76, P Edwards 78 68, (x) M Booker 75 71, G Casey 71 75, G
Dodd (Aus) 72 74, R Backwell 72 74, I Taylor 70 76, J Partridge 72 74
147 O Eliasson (Swe) 76 71, S Edwards 75 72, L Mattiace (USA) 73 74, D Lucas
72 75, B Jones 74 73, S Townend 73 74, (x) A Baddeley (Aus) 71 76, R Sadler 73
74
148 M Baker 75 73, S Hurd 73 75, (x) J Farnsworth 74 74, S Taylor (USA) 76 72,
(x) A Mork (Fra) 73 75, R Green (Aus) 73 75, M Cort 69 79, (x) S Parry 74 74, A
Sproston 74 74
149 J Dodds 75 74, G Cox 74 75, M Pinero (Sp) 75 74, (x) D Henley 74 75, T
Munoz (Spa) 74 75, R Mugglestone 76 73, N English 79 70
150 S Brown 76 74, C Fogden 74 76, E Stedman (Aus) 79 71
151 M Gray 79 72, G Winter 75 76, C George 72 79, (x) N MacRae 80 71,
IBhalotia (Ind) 75 76
152 E Doyle 77 75
153 (x) T Jackson 80 73, G Laing 78 75, (x) A Gray 78 75, (x) I Parnaby 75 78
154 S Wordsworth 75 79
155 G Coysh 79 76, M Cayeux (Zim) 80 75
156 (x) K Freeman 77 79, A Beal 79 77, (x) C Russell 76 80
157 H Lavie (Ven) 79 78, M Keeling 76 81
159 P Davies 82 77, (x) M Jones 76 83
160 L Graves 82 78
Withdrew J Kingston (Rsa)
Leven Links (par 71)
127 M McNulty (Zim) 62 65
130 R Chapman 64 66
131 (x) L Donald 63 68, E Romero (Arg) 66 65, G Owen 64 67
135 (after play-off) T Johnstone (Zim) 68 67, A Da Silva (Zim) 69 66
NON-QUALIFIERS
135 M Mouland 64 71, C Sands 71 64, J Wade (Aus) 69 66, M McCumber 68 67, M
Hilton 68 67, R Wessels (Rsa) 68 67, G Houston 68 67
136 M Brier (Aut) 65 71, G Ogilvy (Aus) 71 65, A Forsbrand (Swe) 67 69,T
Gogele (Ger) 68 68
137 A Binaghi (Ita) 68 69, S Field 68 69, S Wakefield 69 68, P Jenkinson 66
71, C Hainline (USA) 68 69
138 R Huxtable (USA) 68 70, J Olver (Rsa) 67 71, M Sanders 72 66, Y Fukuzawa
(Jap) 69 69, J Rose 70 68, M Reid (USA) 67 71, S Kjeldsen (Den) 69 69, R Fenwick
68 70, R Wragg 71 67, A Hare 69 69, I Pyman 70 68, D Jones 71 67
139 A Sherborne 67 72, H Walters (Rsa) 67 72, G Ralph 69 70, S Emery 71 68
140 (x) S O'Hara 70 70, R Rojas (Arg) 72 68, P Robshaw 71 69, R Rafferty 70
70, (x) F Nicolas (Bel) 71 69, (x) M King 70 70, HP Thuel (Ger) 69 71, P Bagshaw
70 70, J Bevan 69 71, D Smyth 70 70
141 A Raitt 73 68, C Lee 72 69, I Giner (Spa) 69 72, T Carolan (Aus) 67 74, C
Anderson (USA) 70 71, J Powell 69 72, C Evans 73 68
142 A Hemsley 72 70, D Hospital (Spa) 70 72, J Murray 72 70, J Hugo (Rsa) 70
72, A Spring (USA) 74 68, (x) M Kuchar (USA) 68 74, A Johl (Ind) 71 71, D
McGuigan (Can) 70 72, K Spurgeon 67 75, A MacDonald 68 74, J Proctor 68 74
143 I Lyner 70 73, M Ulyett 72 71, P Creamer 70 73, P Mitchell 73 70,
ALjunggren (Swe) 69 74, M Watkins 70 73, R Drummond 71 72, A Atwal (Ind) 73 70,
S Hend (Aus) 71 72
144 S Hansen (Den) 70 74, P Youngman 75 69, P Nyman (Swe) 71 73, C Clark 68
76, C Robinson 73 71, (x) S Horkan 77 67, S Haberstroh (USA) 74 70, S Gallacher
70 74
145 M Cain (Aus) 72 73, P Malmgren (Swe) 71 74, J Lovell 71 74
146 J Fuller 73 73, R Gray 71 75, S McGavin 71 75, G Goich (USA) 73 73, C
Fromant 70 76
147 D Crawford 74 73, T Sheaff 73 74, A Hill 73 74, M Quigley 77 70, C Liley
(Fra) 73 74, M Brunton 72 75, D Pearce 75 72
148 G Marks 75 73
149 J Harrison 76 73, S Russell 78 71, G Watson 77 72
151 G Maly 73 78, G Shoesmith 71 80
152 L Suleiman (Swi) 74 78, (x) G Evans 73 79<153 F Mann 81 72
154 V Guest 76 78
156 R Adby 81 75
No return (x) M Payne, M Watson, G Key, V Phillips
Withdrew R Arnott
Lundin (par 71)
133 P Fulke (Swe) 67 66, JM Carriles (Spa) 67 66, R Russell 68 65
134 D Sutherland (USA) 66 68
135 D Botes (Rsa) 68 67, M Farry (Fra) 71 64, M Lafeber (Ned) 68 67, G Brand
Jnr 66 69
136 P Dwyer 68 68, D Robertson 69 67 137 (after play-off) K Tomori (Jap) 71 66
NON-QUALIFIERS
137 F Lindgren (Swe) 68 69, G Storm 67 70, A Wall 71 66, J Kernohan (USA) 68
69, R Winchester 69 68, J Edwards (USA) 69 68, P Fowler (Aus) 69 68
138 D Terblanche (Rsa) 69 69, M Urquhart 67 71, R Davis (Aus) 67 71, R
Gonzalez (Arg) 68 70, J Haeggman (Swe) 72 66, M Ure 67 71, P Baker 67 71
139 (x) A Frayne 73 66, J Greaves 69 70, B Faxon (US) 67 72, T Van der Walt
(SA) 69 70
140 S Allan (Aus) 72 68, G Hamerton 69 71, O Karlsson (Swe) 71 69, (x) S
Robinson 72 68, G Clough 69 71, D Carter 71 69
141 M Lanner (Swe) 71 70, J Robinson 75 66, P Barber 69 72, (x) C Heap 71 70,
S Griffiths 72 69, H Stenson (Swe) 71 70, M McGuire 67 74, A Forsyth 71 70, (x)
C Watson 68 73, P Stankowski 71 70
142 M Sparrow 74 68, M Kusakabe (Jap) 75 67, N Van Rensburg (Rsa) 70 72, S
Mudford 70 72, S Green 71 71, G Nicklaus (USA) 74 68, E Boult (Nzl) 72 70, S
Farrell 74 68, L Thompson 70 72, S McAllister 68 74, A Balicki (Fra) 70 72, G
Ghei (Ind) 70 72, J Mathews 70 72, (x) O Wilson 71 71, (x) P Casey 69 73
143 C Hanell (Swe) 71 72, P Talbot 71 72, P Lonard (Aus) 73 70, R Jacquelin
(Fra) 68 75
144 G Bell 74 70, M Mackenzie 72 72, E Fryatt 73 71, F Tarnaud (Fra) 71 73
145 R Sailer (Aut) 72 73, (x) S Richards 74 71, S Wilkinson 74 71
146 H Buhrmann (Rsa) 75 71, R Berry 75 71, P Allan 73 73, (x) R Caldwell 74
72, C Mallon 74 72, D Mee 73 73, (x) M Thomson 73 73, (x) N Soto 74 72, (x) M
Ramsdale 71 75, R Sjoberg (Swe) 72 74, D Parris 73 73 , P Archer 71 75
147 T Yamanaka (Jap) 76 71, S Bainbridge 76 71, (x) L Harper 74 73, (x) W
Wood 74 73, GJ Brand 75 72, (x) Z Scotland 71 76, J Healey 74 73, I Hutchings 72
75, N Price 70 77, S Stiff 70 77
148 B Cathal 74 74, S Cage 73 75
149 A Hay 75 74, B Squires 73 76, S Richardson 74 75, (x) N Knighton 70 79, J
Nielsen (Den) 70 79, (x) G Wright 75 74
150 D Eddiford 75 75, N Tidder 73 77, (x) A Fells 73 77
151 (x) D Lomas 73 78
152 N Ludwell 79 73
153 E Korblah (Gha) 72 81, J Taylor 77 76, P Gilbert 80 73, C Brock 80 73
155 E Eriksson (Swe) 78 77, C Duplessis (Fra) 77 78, S O'Grady 77 78
159 J Lassagne (Fra) 77 82
160 S Crooks 80 80
Withdrew M Booth, B Teilleria (Fra), G Hjertstedt (Swe)
No return D Tapping
Scotscraig (par 71)
131 J Spence 66 65
133 S Dyson 71 62
134 P Eales 64 70
135 J Randhawa (Ind) 68 67, S Torrance 69 66
136 J Harris 73 63, S Webster 69 67
137 B Marchbank 70 67
138 (after play-off) C Gillis 69 69, S Khan 67 71, (x) P Rowe 66 72
NON-QUALIFIERS
138 D Waldorf (USA) 69 69,S Hurley 70 68
139 E Canonica (Ita) 71 68, L Stanford 70 69, K Hutton 73 66, T Jaidee (Tha)
69 70, J Eddolls 67 72
140 C Kamps (SA) 69 71, R McFarlane 71 69, J Robson 72 68, M Scarpa (Ita) 71
69, A Butterfield 69 71
141 S Scahill (NZ) 70 71, A Mednick (Swe) 70 71, (x) D Patrick 70 71, NFasth
(Swe) 69 72, G Turner (Nzl) 70 71, G Ritchie 73 68, I Goroneskoul (Fra) 70 71, M
Thompson 66 75, J Cook 71 70, B Rimmer 70 71
142 B Kontak (USA) 76 66, M Florioli (Ita) 70 72, J Lomas 72 70, C Larrain
(Ven) 72 70, S Drummond 68 74, S McCarthy 69 73, K Ferrier 69 73
143 D Prosser 72 71, D Shacklady 74 69, S Henderson 71 72, (x) J Donaldson 70
73, R Beem (USA) 73 70, D Ray 73 70, F Mansson (Swe) 69 74
144 M Green (Rsa) 70 74, L Kelly 72 72, J Berendt (Arg) 73 71, J Loughnane 71
73, A Thomas 76 68, J Senden (Aus) 75 69, D Lee 72 72, J Rystrom (Swe) 71 73
145 (x) S Davis 75 70, K Brink (Swe) 72 73, B Omelia 74 71, (x) D Berry 72
73, J Payne 72 73, A Roberts 70 75, M Norgren (Swe) 72 73, O Sellberg (Swe) 74
71, A Lovelace 70 75, P Sherman 73 72, M Davis 73 72, C Gray (Aus) 69 76, (x) J
Fanagan 71 74
146 S Struver (Ger) 74 72, R Johnson (Swe) 71 75, R Beames 75 71, P Walton 72
74, H Otto (Rsa) 71 75
147 A Evans 73 74, (x) R Pimlott 79 68, S Plane 75 72, T Levet (Fra) 70 77,
(x) G Harris 73 74, R Lewis 71 76, S Lilly 76 71, PG Nyman (Swe) 72 75, P
Hansson (Swe) 72 75, (x) G Lacy 74 73, S Bennett 74 73
148 R Rock 74 74, G Murphy 75 73, O Edmond (Fra) 72 76, G Woodman 71 77, A
Meeks (Rsa) 70 78
149 S Renfrew 77 72, G Day (USA) 77 72, D Ayers (USA) 72 77, P Sheehan 76 73,
K Williams 80 69, P Teravainen (USA) 72 77, B Hurt 71 78, P Wilby 76 73
150 J Millan (Spa) 76 74, (x) F Bibby 77 73
151 (x) S Lord 74 77
152 N Edwards 78 74, S Walker 77 75
153 R Ponce (Ecu) 75 78, B Chapman 81 72, K Duke (USA) 80 73, W Sargent 80 73
154 D Bragg 80 74
155 N Thompson (USA) 74 81, G Williams 75 80, G Crickmay 77 78
158 D McKenzie (Aus) 76 82
159 (x) P McKechnie 80 79
Withdrew R-J Derksen (Ned), J Skold (Swe), R Muntz (Ned), C Tucker
