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Waterford lad makes U.S. Open
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09-06-2010 10:55am#1
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grindelwald wrote: »Must say my husband won the DHL Junior World Championship in 1995 and he is a clare man born and bred. It was on sky sports and he was even in The Star. Only a couple of the lads he won went on to play golf in some major tournaments and another is a presenter on tv in the uk.
He has now started our 10 year old lady golfing.
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I don't see what the big deal is in Rose not getting qualification for the US Open.
All these pros know exactly what tournament wins and top X finishes get exempt for any futures tournaments. No matter how they decide on what players actually play, someone is going to have a gripe either way.
So you're saying the guy who wins a PGA Tour event in a world class field less than 2 weeks in advance of the tournament starting should not be exempt. Come on that's rubbish!
It not saying the pro's don't know the rules/criteria but am saying the rules/criteria are wrong and should be changed.
Read the below article which looks at it from both perspectives but backs up my view:
U.S. Open minus Rose raises questions about who should get exemptions
By Doug Ferguson, Golf Writer - AP
DUBLIN, Ohio -- When it comes to the U.S. Open, winning the Memorial doesn't mean jack.
No one can appreciate that like Justin Rose.
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He shot a bogey-free 66 in tough conditions at Muirfield Village for his first victory on American soil, beating the strongest field so far this year among regular PGA Tour events and getting endless plaudits from tournament host Jack Nicklaus. He moved up to No. 33 in the world. The next day, Rose couldn't finish among the top 15 at a U.S. Open qualifier to lock up a tee time at Pebble Beach.
Fair? Few things about the U.S. Open are ever fair.
The humor in all this came from his wife, Kate, who couldn't help but notice that Rose most likely will be exempt for the U.S. Open next year through either world rankings or money lists. He just can't play in the one that starts next week.
"How screwed up is that?" said Ben Curtis after he qualified at the Columbus sectional. "How do you not get the 30th-ranked player in the world? It just blows my mind."
But it shouldn't. The U.S. Open is supposed to be the toughest test in golf, not have the toughest field in golf.
"I keep saying this until I'm blue in the face," David Fay said Tuesday as he drove to the Curtis Cup. "It's not the best field in golf. It never pretended to be. It's the most democratic championship. In a perfect world, we wouldn't have special exemptions. But if you can keep half the field open to qualifiers ... that's why we have 9,000 entries."
That's what major championship golf used to be all about.
The most famous example might be Ben Hogan winning the Masters and U.S. Open in 1953, then having to qualify for the British Open in the summer before he could win the Claret Jug at Carnoustie. Two of the last five U.S. Open champions -- Michael Campbell in 2005 and Lucas Glover last year -- earned a spot through qualifying.
Still, this one doesn't pass the smell test.
Kenny Perry won the Memorial two years ago and didn't play the U.S. Open because he didn't want to. Perry never liked Torrey Pines, and he sure didn't like the idea of a 36-hole qualifier at age 48. In that case, no one felt terribly outraged.
This case has the attention of the USGA. Fay said he expects USGA officials to review its U.S. criteria after the champion is crowned at Pebble Beach, although he offered no promises what they would do, if anything.
"Anytime we don't sit down and try to learn, then we're nuts," he said. "We'll definitely be exploring that."
But it's not the simple. It's not always that equitable.
The reason the USGA's cutoff for top 50 in the world is a month before the U.S. Open is to figure out how many spots should be allocated for 13 sectional qualifying sites across the country. For the U.S. Open, college kids should have every right as a PGA Tour player.
Even so, it's easy to make an exception for the Memorial, which typically has one of the best fields in golf on one of the top courses, is run by the greatest name in golf (Jack Nicklaus) and is played just two weeks before the U.S. Open.
The USGA can alter its criteria to find a spot for the Memorial champion without causing any problems. Remember, Bo Van Pelt and Bill Haas were among the players who could have been exempt from qualifying had they won because it would have been their second victory since the last U.S. Open.
The Masters saves room for PGA Tour winners until the very last week, although it never has a full field. It rarely has 100 players. The British Open takes the leading player not already eligible from among the top 10 at the two PGA Tour and European Tour events before the British Open.
It can be done.
Considering what Nicklaus means to the game and the prestige with which he runs the Memorial -- not to mention that he is a four-time U.S. Open champion -- the USGA should offer an exemption to the Memorial winner.0 -
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He stayed at home to boost Ryder Cup chances. I was disappointed he didnt go but Kenny Perry is a ledge!
whatever it suited his ryder cup plans
, he's a choker in my eyes, who knows he may have won despite himself not liking the places
failed to play torrey pines too in 2008 cause he didn't like the course,it didn't suit him.....boo de boo hoo0 -
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Jerry Seinfeld wrote: »Yeah but they're chalk,cheese and something else
All I said in the first post was they were 3 from the US;)0 -
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