Bury St Edmunds’ Tyler Weaver has certified for the US Open at Oakmont, after taking pictures -11 throughout 36 holes at Piedmont Driving Membership, Atlanta.
Within the 84-player discipline, Weaver shot rounds of -5 and -6 on Monday to complete tied-Third to qualify for the third main males’s golf occasion of the season, which will likely be stay on Sky Sports activities from 12-15 June.
TYLER BEATS MAJOR WINNERS
In doing so, the 22-year-old pipped the likes of 2023 Ryder Cup Captain and a number of main winner Zach Johnson, in addition to one other main winner in Jason Dufner, and senior main champion KJ Choi.
There have been extra star names lacking out on qualifying for the key throughout the opposite venues, together with Rickie Fowler and Max Homa, in ‘golf’s longest day’, the place US Open hopefuls play 36 holes at 10 location throughout the USA and Canada.
47 spots had been out there and it was England Golf Males’s Squad member Weaver who picked up one of many 5 up for grabs in Georgia, being one in all three newbie qualifiers, together with American Mason Howell (-18), who simply final week competed at England Golf’s Brabazon Trophy, the place he made a hole-in-one and shot one of the rounds of the tournament.
Weaver stated: “It’s been a extremely optimistic season for me up to now with some good outcomes, however that is undoubtedly up there with my largest achievement. Enjoying in a significant championship is a dream of mine and nonetheless hasn’t fairly set in that I will likely be teeing it up at Oakmont this yr.
“My preparation goes to be much like another match. I’ve the Palmer Cup this week after which will likely be heading straight to Oakmont to spend a couple of days preparing for the Thursday.
“I’m extraordinarily fortunate to have the assist community that I do, and none of this may be doable with out them. I do know that each my mother and father and brother (Max) are planning to make the journey over. They’re simply as excited as I’m and I plan to have Max on the bag for the week.”
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Suffolk’s Weaver has had a nice yr, after successful the Cabo Collegiate (USA) which earned him an exemption into the World Extensive Know-how Championship PGA Tour occasion later this yr, whereas he additionally completed in 2nd place on the ACC Males’s Golf Championship, and loved top-10 finishes on the Watersound Invitational and NCAA Tallahassee Regional.
In 2024, he gained all three of his match play video games within the NCAA Finals for Florida State College and completed 2nd within the Seminole Intercollegiate. He represented England Golf on the 2024 European Crew Championship, whereas he was a winner of the 2023 Carris Trophy and runner-up on the 2023 English Males’s Novice Championship.
Elsewhere within the US Open Qualifiers, skilled English golfer Matt Wallace certified by the seven spots out there at Lambton, however Harry Corridor (at Lambton) and newbie Harrison Arnold (at Woodmont) sadly missed out.
One other newbie in Luke Poulter (Emerald) is presently within the top-four set to qualify from Emerald Dunes (Florida), however must watch for his likelihood, after climate pressured them off the course on Monday. After a primary spherical of -3, Poulter shot eagle, birdie, birdie (-5 by three holes) to start out his second spherical earlier than the klaxons went off! Check out the live scoring here
