THREE SCOTS IN US OPEN FIELD AT OAKMONT
There will be three Scots in the field for next week's United States Open championship at Oakmont Country Club - Colin Montgomery, Richie Ramsay and Martin Laird, the former Scottish youths champion, who has come through a final qualifier play-off at Riverside GC, Illinois with rounds of 72 and 71 for 143.
Laird is having a successful season on America's No 2 men's pro tour, the Nationwide Tour, on which he has beenn a winner and has won over $120,000.
Edinburgh-born Walker Cup player Rhys Davies, who won 10 events during four years (just ended) at East Tennessee State University, has earned a place in the field through a 36-hole sectional qualifying event.
Russell Knox, still an amateur, from Inverness survived a local qualifier but was eliminated in one of the many sectional qualifiers. Russell has just finished four years at Jacksonville University, Alabama.
There will be three Scots in the field for next week's United States Open championship at Oakmont Country Club - Colin Montgomery, Richie Ramsay and Martin Laird, the former Scottish youths champion, who has come through a final qualifier play-off at Riverside GC, Illinois with rounds of 72 and 71 for 143.
Laird is having a successful season on America's No 2 men's pro tour, the Nationwide Tour, on which he has beenn a winner and has won over $120,000.
Edinburgh-born Walker Cup player Rhys Davies, who won 10 events during four years (just ended) at East Tennessee State University, has earned a place in the field through a 36-hole sectional qualifying event.
Russell Knox, still an amateur, from Inverness survived a local qualifier but was eliminated in one of the many sectional qualifiers. Russell has just finished four years at Jacksonville University, Alabama.
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