Curtis participated in the sectional round in Columbus and finished 36th.
View full sizeBen Curtis finished 36th in 36-hole U.S. Open qualifying in Dublin, Ohio on Monday, and will not be playing at Congressional in two weeks.COLUMBUS, Ohio -- UCLA freshman Patrick Cantlay made the field for his first U.S. Open, but Stow resident Ben Curtis came up short, as did three former U.S. Open champions. Vijay Singh didn't even try Monday.
Curtis participated in the sectional round in Columbus and finished 36th. He was in good company in not making the cut. Others who failed to earn spots out of Columbus was former British Open champions David Duval, Rocco Mediate, Sean O'Hair and Bob Hope winner Jhonattan Vegas.
Curtis burst onto the golf scene in 2003 when he stunned the golf world by winning the British Open.
Also failing to qualify was 16-year old Shaker Heights resident Andrew Bieber, who tied for 16th at a sectional qualifier in Glendale, Calif. Only the top four golfers made it in Glendale.
Cantlay, who wrapped up a sensational first season that earned him the Jack Nicklaus Award as the top college player, had rounds of 65-70 at two area courses that were filled with PGA Tour players. He was among 16 players who earned spots for the U.S. Open at Congressional, which starts June 16.
Singh didn't show up for the qualifier, making it likely his streak of 67 consecutive majors played will end. Singh, a three-time major champion who shot 65 in the final round of the Memorial, last missed a major at the 1994 U.S. Open.
Columbus was one of 11 sectional qualifiers across the country, all of them 36 holes for precious few spots in the U.S. Open, the one major in which half the field is open to anyone willing to try.
Sam Saunders, the grandson for Arnold Palmer, made it through a qualifier in Florida, while Fred Funk qualified in Maryland. Funk, a former golf coach at Maryland, will be 55 on Tuesday of the U.S. Open.
Jones, who made it through sectional qualifying in 1996 and went on to win at Oakland Hills, missed out on a playoff by four shots. Tom Kite, the 1992 winner at Pebble Beach, failed to qualify in Dallas, while two-time U.S. Open champion Lee Janzen just missed in Tennessee.
Brandt Jobe, a runner-up by one shot at the Memorial on Sunday, joined Chez Reavie as co-medalists in Columbus. Reavie had knee surgery a year ago and will be in his third U.S. Open. He was an amateur in the other two.
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