Sheffield amateur Barclay Brown will tee it up at this month’s US Open after making it through Final Qualifying in California last night.
The 22-year-old Stanford student will join fellow Hallamshire member and defending champion Matt Fitzpatrick at the Los Angeles Country Club on June 15th.
Brown, who last month finished fourth in the in the NCAA Championship – the top collegiate event of the season – was one of three players to book their places at Hillcrest Country Club in Los Angeles yesterday.
Rounds of 65 and 67 saw him qualify in joint second, two shots adrift of Mexican amateur Omar Morales. The Yorkshireman’s ten-under final total left him in a tie alongside Spaniard David Puig.
Brown birdied his final hole to avoid having to make it through a play-off alongside Charley Hoffman, amateur Preston Summerhays and Josh Anderson. The American trio were due to battle it out for the two remaining spots via a play-off this morning.
At last year’s 150th Open at St Andrews, Brown also qualified through Final Qualifying. In the main event he made the cut after opening up with a superb 68.
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The World No 60 has enjoyed another solid year in the US in his senior year and is certain to make the Walker Cup team for the second time should he remain as an amateur. The Old Course at St Andrews hosts the biennial showpiece showdown in September (2-3). He was part of the victorious GB&I side that beat the Continentals in the St Andrews Trophy last year.
For all the US Open Final Qualifying scores click here.