We are officially in the home stretch for the next major of the season: the U.S. Open at Brookline in Massachusetts. Today, the Monday before Open week, is known as Sectional Qualifying Monday. Or as Golf Channel likes to call it, The Longest Day in Golf.
Sectional Qualifying is a grind for plenty of the best amateurs in the world, but also for some of the best pros on the planet, too. Forty-nine players will look to qualify from nine qualifiers across North America. There’s a handful of pros playing up in Canada, already set for this week’s Canadian Open. There’s also 21 spots being dished out across two qualifiers in Ohio, near where Billy Horschel won the Memorial tournament on Sunday.
Just down the leaderboard from Horschel? Sahith Theegala, who finished seven shots back, is set to play 36 holes on Monday as he attempts to qualify for Brookline. Rickie Fowler is competing in sectionals again this year after failing to qualify last year. He’s down at the Jupiter, Fla. qualifier, closest to home. So is Matthew Wolff. Perhaps the most fun story is also in Ohio: Danny Woodhead. Woodhead is a former NFL running back who has put together an impressive start to his amateur golf career. He’s playing among many of the pros at Springfield Country Club in Springfield, Ohio.
This all, of course, adds to the two qualifiers that took place already, in Japan and Dallas. You can find results for both of those qualifiers and follow along for live updates at the nine others taking place below.
MONDAY QUALIFIERS
Rattlesnake Point Golf Club, Milton, Ontario:
26 players, 3 qualifying spots
Qualified:
Jonas Blixt (-10)
Callum Tarren
Satoshi Kodaira (-9)
Notables who failed to qualify:
Brandon Hagy
Ryan Armour — WD
Martin Trainer
JJ Spaun
Olympic Club, San Francisco, Calif.:
88 players, 5 qualifying spots
William Mouw (a) (-12)
Charles Reiter (a) (-7)
Luke Gannon (-6)
Taylor Montgomery
Jesse Mueller
Notables who failed to qualify:
Maverick McNealy
Preston Summerhays
Daniel Summerhays
Norman Xiong
Spencer Levin
Tyler Strafaci — WD
The Club at Admiral’s Cove, Jupiter, Fla.:
73 players, 4 qualifying spots
Qualified:
Ryan Gerard (-5)
Sean Jacklin
Keith Green (-4)
Fred Biondi (-3)
Notables who failed to qualify:
Rickie Fowler (-2)
Matthew Wolff — WD
Ansley Golf Club, Roswell, Ga.:
67 players, 4 qualifying spots
Qualified:
Chase Seiffert (-7)
Harry Hall
Erik Barnes (-6)
Matt Mccarty
Notables who failed to qualify:
Patton Kizzire (-6)
Brendon Todd (-3)
Blayne Barber (-2)
Ted Potter Jr. (-1)
Keith Mitchell — WD
Bill Haas — WD
Roberto Castro — WD
Richy Werenski — WD
Will Wilcox — WD
Woodmont Country Club, Rockville, Md.:
75 players, 4 qualifying spots
Qualified:
Joseph Bramlett (-8)
Grayson Murray (-6)
Kevin Chappell (-3)
Andrew Beckler
Notables who failed to qualify:
Taylor Pendrith — WD (rib injury)
Wesley Bryan
Harry Higgs
Billy Hurley III
Century CC & Old Oaks CC, Purchase, N.Y.:
92 players, 5 qualifying spots
Qualified:
Chris Gotterup (-3)
Caleb Manuel (a)
Brandon Matthews (-2)
Michael Thorbjornsen
Fran Quinn
Notables who failed to qualify:
Ricky Barnes
Johnson Wagner
Jamie Lovemark
Haotong Li — WD
Wedgewood CC & Kinsale G&F Club, Columbus, Ohio:
108 players, 13 qualifying spots
Qualified:
Lanto Griffin (-12)
Chan Kim
Davis Riley (-11)
Chris Naegel (-9)
Sam Bennett (a) (-8)
Danny Lee
Adam Schenk
Denny McCarthy (-7)
Joel Dahmen (-6)
Patrick Rodgers
Wyndham Clark
Andrew Putnam
Sean McCarty (-5)
Hayden Buckley
Adam Svensson
Bob Sowards
David Lingmerth
Notables who failed to qualify:
Cameron Champ
Jason Dufner — WD
Doug Ghim — WD
Garrick Higgo — WD
Lucas Glover — WD
Nick Watney — WD
Hudson Swafford — WD
Brendan Steele — WD
Springfield Country Club, Springfield, Ohio:
78 players, 8 qualifying spots
Qualified:
Matthys Daffue (-7)
Brian Stuard
Beau Hossler (-5)
Maxwell Moldovan
Troy Merritt (-4)
Bo Hoag
Samuel Stevens
Adrien Dumont de Chassart
Notables who failed to qualify:
Cameron Davis
Jim Herman
Scott Piercy
Robert Streb
Brandt Snedeker
Zac Blair
Sahith Theegala
Danny Woodhead
Doc Redman — WD
Pronghorn Resort, Bend, Ore.:
65 players, 3 qualifying spots
Qualified:
Brady Calkins (-8)
Isaiah Salinda
Ben Lorenz (a) (-6)
Ty Travis (a)
Notables who failed to qualify:
Charlie Beljan
QUALIFIERS FINISHED PRIOR TO MONDAY
Caledonian Golf Club, Chiba Prefecture, Japan:
31 players, 3 qualifying spots
Qualified:
Tomoyasu Sugiyama (-9)
Dajiro Izumida
Todd Sinnott (-6)
Notables who failed to qualify:
Scott Vincent
Hideto Tanihara
Ryo Ishikawa
Shugo Imahira
Hideto Tanihara
Lakewood CC & Royal Oaks CC, Dallas, Texas:
102 players, 13 qualifying spots
Qualified:
Kurt Kitayama (-11)
Matthew Nesmith (-11)
Jinichiro Kozuma (-11)
Sean Crocker (-11)
Andrew Novak
Mackenzie Hughes
Rikuya Hoshino
Ben Silverman
Nick Taylor
Travis Vick (a)
Scott Stallings
Davis Shore
Roger Sloan (-7)
Notables who failed to qualify:
Adam Hadwin
Graeme McDowell
Stephan Jaeger
Justin Harding
Rory Sabbatini
James Hahn
Dylan Frittelli
Matt Kuchar
Takumi Kanaya
Sung Kang
Parker Coody (a)
Kramer Hickok
John Huh
Charley Hoffman
Matt Jones
Carlos Ortiz
Pat Perez
