Complete Open qualifying
roundup & scoresZane
Scotland, a 16-year-old Surrey amateur with a father from the Dominican Republic
and a mother from Northern Ireland, booked his place in the Open on Monday. Scotland
added a 71 at Downfield to go with his opening 69 to finish six under par and
will now rub shoulders with the game's greatest names on Thursday. A
member of the England Boys squad, he faced an anxious wait at the Dundee course
to see if he had made the cut for Carnoustie. But
on Monday night he is celebrating with his dad Bernie, who has been at his side
the past two days, after becoming one of the youngest players ever to appear in
the championship. Spanish
sensation Sergio Garcia played at Lytham in 1996 at the age of 16 years and six
months after being exempt from qualifying. Zane is 17 on Saturday. A
member of Woodcote Park, where he holds the course record, he arrived at Downfield
as 35th alternate after scoring a 71 in pre-qualifying at Romford. Scotland
said: "I felt I was on line to get through today and it is marvellous to
be going to Carnoustie. "I
have been striking the ball really well recently and the last two days have been
all that I could have hoped for. "Downfield
is a fantastic course and was playing really true, which helped my game a lot." Scotland
wasn't put off by the fog-delayed start today and went to the turn in 36 to remain
four under par. He
opened with a birdie three at the 425-yard first only to follow it with two bogeys. However
he quickly recovered by picking up shots at the fifth and the seventh to stay
with the leading pack. Followed
by a large gallery and in the company of the experienced Robert Allenby, Scotland
kept a cool head in the blistering summer sun. And
he had the crowd gasping in astonishment at the 515-yard 14th with an audacious
birdie. Scotland
hooked his drive into the undergrowth and could only push his second behind a
group of tall trees. He
lofted a seven iron high into the air, only to find a greenside bunker and it
seemed he would have to settle for a par at best. But
he played a marvellous recovery from the sand to hole his approach. Scotland
picked up a par at the next but was out of luck at the 16th when his putt for
a birdie lipped the hole and stayed up. Scotland
said: "The bunker shot at the 14th was definitely the highlight of the round. "I
think one of my strengths is that I tend to put bad shots behind me and get on
with my game." Scotland
first picked up a club when he was 11 after caddying for his dad, who is a 12-handicap
member at Woodcote Park. His
progress has been nothing short of startling and he took the senior club championship
in 1996 and 1997. He
became indebted to Derek Keppler for his support and encouragement and was deeply
saddened when the club's junior organiser died last December. Scotland
then went on to lift the prestigious Lagonda Trophy for top amateurs in May to
become the youngest ever winner. Just
a couple of weeks later he broke the course record at Woodcote Park with a 64
during a club medal. Woodcote
Park secretary Tony Fensom said: "Everyone in the club is absolutely delighted. "We
had a big tournament here yesterday but all everyone wants to talk about was Zane.
He is the nicest lad you would care to meet and the experience won't go to his
head." Luke
Donald, who used to be a room-mate of Justin Rose during their time at junior
level, equalled the course record at Panmure to seal his place at Carnoustie. Donald,
a member of the Great Britain and Ireland team which won the World team title
in Chile, shot a five-under par 65 for a total of 135. He
chalked up six birdies during his round, with his only blemish coming at the fifth
where he three-putted. The
21-year-old from Beaconsfield attributed his success to the coaching he is receiving
in the United States where he is halfway through a four-year course at North Western
University, Chicago. He
has won five times on the college circuit, including the top event, the NCAA tournament. "My
game has come on a lot while I have been over there," he said. "My college
has one of the best facilities in America." Donald
twice came up against Sergio Garcia on the amateur circuit and remains unbeaten
against the Spaniard, beating him in one match and halving the other. Now
he would like nothing better than to emulate Rose, who took the Open by a storm
last year. "For
the moment I am just happy to qualify and I will take one step at a time,"
said Donald. "My first aim is to make the cut." Padraig
Harrington, one of the Ryder Cup hopefuls squeezed through at Panmure thanks to
a second round 67 to finish on a two under par 138. "I
got the putts when I needed them but I also missed several good chances,"
said Harrington, who is currently 17th in the table. Two
players had holes in one at the course, Gordon Sherry at the fourth, and Andrew
Hare at the 11th. But both failed to make the cut. Panmure
also saw the hard luck story of the day with Sheffield's John Mellor driving out
of bounds at the last for a triple bogey seven. One shot less would have given
him a place in the play-offs. Sweden's
Per Ulrik Johansson, another Ryder Cup contender and a member of the last two
teams, led the qualifiers at Montrose. He
added a 69 today to his opening 63 to boost his hopes of playing against the United
States. "I
really tried to play as well as I could but the motivation wasn't there,"
said Johansson, who also qualified for the US Open. Alex
Cejka, lying tenth in the Ryder Cup table and currently an automatic selection,
failed to make it to Carnoustie after finishing on 140 at Montrose. There
was disappointment for John Bickerton at Monifieth where he failed to make the
cut after carding a 67 for a 141 total. Overnight
leader, the South African Wayne Westner, blew his chances with an 81 to miss out
by eight shots. Harrington's
World Cup-winning partner Paul McGinley, himself 20th in the Ryder Cup race, made
it through at Panmure, but only after a four-hole play-off. Five
players were gunning for four places and after Surrey's Andrew Raitt and Spaniard
Santiago Luna made it through with birdies at the first and Mancunian Ross McFarlane
at the second McGinley qualified when American David Sutherland bogeyed the fourth. Scottish
professional Allan MacDonald sank a dramatic 35-foot putt to settle the five-for-three
play-off at Monifieth - a play-off which started on the second hole because a
flock of swans landed on the first fairway. Japan's
Toru Kinoshita went out straightaway, Spain's Pedro Linhart and Venezuelan Gilberto
Morales parred the next to qualify and then MacDonald's putt ended the hopes of
Cheshire professional Neil Price. Six
players were left to battle for one place at Downfield - but that instantly became
five for one when Spaniard Diego Borrego, having made the play-off despite a triple
bogey eight at the last, failed to return in time. Welshman
Michael Macara bogeyed the first to go out and there was no joy either for Yorkshire's
Stephen Field or Hertfordshire amateur David Griffiths, who broke the Copt Heath
course record in regional qualifying last Monday. Swede Pierre Fulke emerged successful.
Collated final totals
in the Open championship 36-hole final qualifying competition (Gbr and Irl unless
stated):(x) denotes amateurs DOWNFIELD
(par 73) 135
T Gillis (US) 67 68 137
A Hansen (Den) 68 69 138
W Bennett 69 69, M Thompson 68 70, G Ogilvy (Aus) 68 70 140
(x) Z Scotland 69 71, P Lawrie 71 69, S McCarthy 70 70, B Davis 70 70
141 T Levet (Fra) 69 72,
L Thompson 74 67 142
P Fulke (Swe) 68 74 Non-qualifiers
142 (after play-off)
(x) D Griffiths 71 71, M Macara 71 71, S Farrell (Zimb) 67 75, D Borrego (Spain)
70 72, S Field 69 73 143
F Lindgren (Swe) 74 69, F Jacobson (Swe) 72 71, P Wesselingh 73 70, B Rimmer 74
69, J Payne 77 66, (x) O Lindsay 72 71, J Wade (Aus) 70 73 144
D Drysdale 67 77, R Allenby (Aus) 72 72, H Bjornstad (Nor) 76 68, R Coughlan 73
71, I Harrison 73 71, D Morland (Can) 72 72, D Lee 75 69 145
A Beal 72 73, J Haeggman (Swe) 74 71, J Taylor (Aus) 71 74, C Cevaer (Fra) 72
73, S Downton 72 73 146
M Santi (Italy) 71 75, C Pena (US) 77 69, (x) F McLaughlan 73 73, E Meeks (US)
77 69, T Milford 74 72, (x) R Fenwick 71 75 147
L Parsons (Aus) 70 77, M Archer 76 71, N Preston 74 73, J Coceres (Arg) 69 78,
R Winchester 74 73 148
G Spring 77 71, S Bennett 74 74, J Greaves 72 76, J Lomas 74 74, G Houston 71
77 149 A Stokes
75 74, M Jones 74 75, P Harrison 73 76, O Karlsson (Swe) 75 74, M Lofthouse 74
75, M Litton 77 72, V Bhandari (India) 73 76 150
D Crowle 71 79, C Dennis (US) 75 75, S Townend 71 79, K Saunders 74 76, (x) J
Franks 77 73, S Khan 76 74, (x) M Warren 79 71, (x) M Strong 78 72, R Boxall 73
77, S Stiff 72 78, K Kelsall 76 74, D Chopra (Swe) 74 76 151
L Corcoran 77 74, D Durnian 79 72, (x) S Brennan 77 74, J-P Cixous (Fra) 72 79,
A Collison 78 73, L Stanford 73 78 152
(x) A Pasanen (Fin) 76 76, (x) P Thomas 76 76, D Copsey 77 77, D McCallum 78 74,
J Harrison 78 74, L McNeill (Zimb) 74 78, K Waters 75 77, S Reynolds 76 76, L
Cocker 75 77, D Armor 80 72 153
(x) C Watson 75 78, (x) L Kelly 75 78, (x) A Carey 76 77, G Winter 72 81, M Newman
78 75, (x) D Henley 76 77, G Laing 74 79 154
S Pardoe 81 73, O Minamimoto (Jap) 77 77, S Taylor 78 76, A Kang (S Korea) 78
76, F Ali (India) 78 76, (x) J Webber 74 80 155
S Smith 79 76, D Fletcher 78 77 156
M Ramsden 77 79, N Rothe 79 77, M Warwick 79 77 157
M Jones 74 75, T Sims 79 78<159 (x) P Duke 81 78, (x) J MacDougall 80 79
160 S Lilly 80 80
163 D Mansell 85 78
165 (x) D Ryles 88 77
Retired J Chung (S
Korea), F Mann Withdrew
B Lane Disqualified
S Dodd MONIFIETH
(par 71) 134
J Van de Velde (Fra) 67 67 135
C Hanell (Swe) 67 68, L Mattiace 68 67 136
S Gallacher 69 67 137
P Nyman (Swe) 71 66, M McNulty (Zimb) 69 68, P Marksaeng (Thai) 66 71, G Owen
68 69, M Weir (Can) 71 66 138
G Morales (Ven) 72 66, P Linhart (Spain) 67 71, A MacDonald 69 69
Non-qualifiers 138
(after play-off) N Price 70 68, T Kinoshita (Jap) 69 69 139
E Darcy 71 68, B Nelson (US) 68 71, H Walters (SA) 69 70, S Cage 68 71, J Singh
(India) 66 73, J Murray 67 72, A McLardy (SA) 72 67 140
(x) G Wolstenholme 66 74, R Lee 72 68, D Bransdon (Aus) 70 70, H Stenson (Swe)
70 70, (x) G Birch 68 72 141
B Partridge (Aus) 71 70, M Kuwertz 70 71, M Jonzon (Swe) 70 71, V Phillips 73
68, J Bickerton 74 67 142
K Preece 74 68, A Michell (SA) 72 70, S Young 70 72, S Quinlivan 71 71, (x) P
Kylliainen (Fin) 72 70, B Hreuchan (Can) 71 71, D Prosser 70 72 143
K Brink (Swe) 70 73, C Devers (US) 69 74, G Bothwell 72 71, H Nystrom (Swe) 71
72, (x) B Mason 72 71, (x) J Wells 71 72, P Simpson 74 69, (x) D Berry 72 71,
C Cowper 68 75, A White 73 70, M Hilton 72 71, N O'Hern (Aus) 69 74, F Cea (Spain)
70 73 144 M James
74 70, N Van Rensburg (SA) 73 71, Kyi Hla Han (Myanmar) 74 70, D Orr 75 69, C
Ronald 73 71, P Talbot 71 73, G Brown 71 73, G Mendoza (Col) 71 73, R Muntz (Holl)
73 71, T Johnstone (Zimb) 71 73, C Shaugnessy 71 73 145
H O'Neill 72 73, J Randhawa (India) 75 70, D McKenzie (Aus) 76 69, L Vannet 70
75, (x) M Kuchar (US) 71 74, B Taylor 74 71 146
M Plummer 75 71, B McGovern 74 72, C Percy (Aus) 70 76, D Leng 73 73, S Kjeldsen
(Den) 73 73, W Westner (SA) 65 81, G Haenen 71 75, A Millar 74 72 147
DA Russell 73 74, D Curry 73 74, M Mackenzie 72 75 148
R Bland 76 72, D Fitzsimmons 73 75 149
S Mantell 76 73, N Dulson 70 79, D Poulter 78 71, S Williams 71 78, R Davis (Aus)
73 76, (x) G Davies 71 78 150
(x) C McMonagle 78 72, L Lockwood 79 71, C Swinburn 76 74, S McDonagh 72 78, D
Thompson 74 76, C Gadd 73 77, E Rustand (US) 71 79, R Tate 77 73 151
A Duffin 74 77, A Da Silva (Zimb) 75 76, S Barber 73 78, M McGuire 75 76, S Noonan
(US) 77 74 152 A
Harrison 77 75, (x) T McLevy 74 78 153
R Aitken 79 74, C Tucker 77 76, D Boulet (Hong Kong) 79 74, F Cromarty 77 76
155 I Ball (Longcliffe)
75 80, (x) G Evans 79 76 156
J McCreadie 73 83 159
D Partridge 87 72, P Jenkinson 83 76 160
M Wootton 77 83 No
return M Ellis Disqualified
S Webster, T Gogele (Ger) MONTROSE
(par 71) 132
P-U Johansson (Swe) 63 69 133
A Sherborne 67 66, F Tarnaud (Fra) 68 65 134
M Long (NZ) 63 71 135
P Lonard (Aus) 66 69, P Affleck 69 66, J Rystrom (Swe) 67 68, G Hjertstedt (Swe)
66 69 136 C Hainline
(US) 69 67, R Green (Aus) 69 67, J Bevan 68 68, M Farry (Fra) 71 65 Non-qualifiers
137 G Dodd (Aus) 70 67,
G Furey 70 67, D Gammon (SA) 72 65, M Anglert (Swe) 68 69, S Watson 70 67
138 A Binaghi (Italy) 69
69, A Meeks (US) 68 70 139
G Davies 70 69, R Hutt 71 68, B May (US) 70 69, J Keely 71 68, (x) O David (Fra)
69 70, A Lovelace 69 70, M Brooks 71 68, C Watts 70 69 140
R Weir 70 70, M Pettigrew (NZ) 69 71, D Hospital (Spain) 69 71, R Dee 72 68, P
Sherman 71 69, F Valenti 71 69, S Bebb 72 68, W Riley (Aus) 69 71, G Emerson 68
72, Lu Chien Soon (Taiwan) 72 68, M King 72 68, A Cejka (Ger) 69 71, A Wall 68
72 141 M Pilkington
68 73, A Singh (India) 71 70, N Roderick 71 70, (x) R Duck 73 68, K Dickens 68
73, A Canessa (Italy) 70 71, A Sproston 72 69, R Neill 70 71 142
(x) M Sanders 73 69, T Charnley 69 73, A Clapp 67 75, A Oldcorn 71 71, A McKenna
72 70, (x) J Morgan 69 73, I Pyman 71 71, R Gonzalez (Arg) 73 69, S Hansen (Den)
66 76, (x) G Rankin 70 72, (x) M Ilonen (Fin) 70 72 143
M Poxon 72 71, J Loughnane (SA) 70 73 144
S Richardson 70 74, G Bell 75 69, D Jones 73 71, J Senden (Aus) 74 70, A George
75 69, R Hibbitt 74 70, R Chapman 74 70 145
J Carvill 70 75146 P Teravainen (US) 71 75, P Broadhurst 72 74, S Cipa 73 73,
J Proctor 70 75, J Dignam 72 73, N Tidder 72 73, S Brown 73 72, M Smith 77 68
146 N Walton 73
73, A McLean (SA) 73 73, M Ure 75 71, R-J Derksen (Neth) 72 74, L Jones 72 74,
R Wragg 75 7 147
I Lyner 72 75, J Cowgill 73 74, T Christie (NZ) 79 68 148
R Ponce (Ecuador) 73 75, S Eaton 74 74, G Lister 74 74, G Crickmay 77 71, D Harris
76 72 149 G Pooley
75 74, R Arnott 75 74, A Marshall 73 76, G Marks 77 72, C Plaphon (Thai) 78 71
150 J Lovell 76
74, P Marsh 69 81, S McLaughlin 73 77 151
J Ablett 74 77 152
D Francis 75 77 153
C Clark 77 76, A Collins 76 77, A Hay 81 72, M Sparrow 77 76, (x) E Wilson 77
76 154 R Gray 78
76 155 P Creamer
77 78 157 L Farmer
78 79 158 A Smith
82 76 160 G Beddow
81 79 166 M Bothma
(SA) 84 82 Withdrew
A Forsbrand (Swe) Retired
A Bonhomme (Aus), J Rivero (Spain), J McHenry Disqualified
A Atwal (India), S Pigott
NMURE (par 70) 135
(x) L Donald 70 65 136
M Campbell (NZ) 68 68, M Allen (Aus) 68 68 137
J Robinson 69 68 138
P O'Malley (Aus) 69 69, D Cooper 73 65, K Tomori (Jap) 68 70, J Hugo (SA) 66 72,
P Harrington 71 67 139
A Raitt 72 67, S Luna (Spain) 70 69, R McFarlane 72 67, P McGinley 69 70
Non-qualifiers
139 (after play-off) D Sutherland
(US) 72 67 140 A
Marshall 70 70, B Longmuir 71 69, S Ginn (Aus) 72 68, A Forsyth 70 70, S Stevens
73 67, J Mellor 68 72, C Davison (SA) 72 68 141
I Hutchings (SA) 72 69, (x) S Wilson 70 71, E Romero (Arg) 75 66 142
N Turley 72 70, M Florioli (Italy) 72 70 143
M Cort 69 74, T Elliott (Aus) 73 70, C Hislop 71 72, M Osborne 73 70, J Berendt
(Arg) 76 67, M Sheppard 72 71 144
P Senior (Aus) 72 72, T Dier (Ger) 74 70, D Gleeson (Aus) 71 73, J King 74 70,
G Sherry 75 69 145
M Pullan 73 72, P Quirici (Switz) 70 75, I Garbutt 80 65, A Hill 71 74
146 A Hare 72 74, M O'Grady
(US) 71 75, S Taylor (US) 74 72, Gwang Soo Choi (S Korea) 75 71, J Harris 73 73,
S Hurd 72 74, (x) B Gonzalez (Col) 74 72, (x) B Barker 69 77 147
P Curry 75 72, K Wentworth (US) 72 75, P Dorelli 71 76, W Smith (Aus) 78 69, C
Whitelaw (SA) 72 75, (x) H Salonen (Fin) 77 70, J Little 73 74, J Fryatt 75 72
148 J Stevenson
74 74, S Armstrong 75 73, R Giles 75 73, R Drummond 75 73, D Zarate (Phil) 80
68 149 B Marchbank
78 71, B Toone 73 76, P Kent 75 74, GJ Brand 77 72, T Hussain (Pak) 76 73, (x)
P Snowden 75 74, L Walker 73 76, S Martin 72 77, S Tinning (Den) 72 77, (x J Donaldson
74 75, (x) P Bicknell 81 68 150
G Hutcheon 78 72, A Dawes 76 74, D Hill (Aus) 77 73, A Greenbank 78 72, G McQuitty
75 75, C Duplessis (Fra) 75 75, M Lanner (Swe) 74 76, J Marshall 76 74
151 G Collinson 73 78, J
Steenkamer (Holl) 77 74, S Griffiths 71 80, N McDonald 75 76, G Hamerton 74 77
152 P Walton 75
77, J Bolger 78 74, S Alker (NZ) 73 79, M Pinero (Spain) 7676 153
D Wilton 76 77, W Guy 76 77, T Bunyan 76 77, W Yellot 75 78, I Ellis 76 77
154 (x) N Soto 75 79, R
Bishton 75 79, S whiffin 74 80 155
(x) R Latham 82 73, M Hollingworth 77 78, G Hagues 79 76, B Hall 78 77
156 W Murray 79 77, P Toyer
79 77, (x) N Soto 75 79, A Turner 80 76 158
A Singh (India) 82 76, R Gray 81 77 159
A Hawkins 80 79 160
M Heinemann 79 81, M Oliver 83 77, R Critcher 84 76 169
K Vince 90 79 Withdrew
G Orr No Return
M Dack, C Rodiles (Spain), (x) M Betteridge, R Huxtable, M Nichols
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