US Open Final Qualifying: Jordan Smith tops leaderboard at Walton Heath as Edoardo Molinari secures primary go back

Ryder Cup vice-captain Edoardo Molinari and two-time DP World Tour winner Jordan Smith had been a number of the gamers to protected US Open spots by means of Final Qualifying at Walton Heath.

Final Qualifying is held throughout 13 venues – 10 in America, one in Japan, one in Canada and one in the United Kingdom, with every path webhosting a 36-hole match for gamers to check out and protected their access into subsequent month’s US Open.

Eight puts had been up for grabs at Monday’s match in Surrey, performed around the Old and New Course at Walton Heath, with Smith carding rounds of 64 and 70 to best the leaderboard and declare a 3rd US Open look.

“I’m really, really happy,” Smith mentioned. “I am really looking forward to that week. I have heard that it is going to be absolutely brutal, they don’t want any under-par scores winning so it’s going to be good fun, a good test and I’m just really happy with how I played today.”

Smith completed one forward of Frenchman Frederic Lacroix and Swede Joakim Lagergren – who will each make their primary debuts at Oakmont Country Club from June 12-15, continue to exist Sky Sports – with Italy’s Guido Migliozzi additionally one again within the tie for 2d.

“I’ve heard things about Oakmont,” Lacroix mentioned. “It’s almost definitely one of the crucial very best exams of golfing there’s and the set-up is meant to be right kind difficult, however I do not know the path. I’ve now not performed within the U.S. a lot so it is going to be great.

Migliozzi completed tied-fourth at america Open in 2021 and can hope for the same efficiency in Pennsylvania, with England’s Sam Bairstow completing on 8 below and progressing via Final Qualifying for a 2d successive 12 months.

A play-off was once required to make a decision the 3 3 closing puts and the 2 exchange spots, after six gamers completed on seven below, with Molinari – who bogeyed two of the final 4 holes in his 2d around – amongst the ones to growth.

Jacques Kruyswijk and Andrea Pavan secured the opposite two spots after two further holes, whilst Robin “Tiger” Williams and England’s Matthew Jordan claimed the exchange spots.

Haotong Li, Martin Couvra, Johannes Veerman and England’s Richard Mansell had been a number of the 2025 DP World Tour winners to fail to growth, with Alex Fitzpatrick – brother of former US Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick – taking flight after an opening-round 76.

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