ROGER CHAPMAN PULLS OUT OF US OPEN, STALLINGS TAKES PLACE

FROM THE EUROSPORT WEBSITE
By Liam Happe

England's Roger Champion, last year's United States Senior Champion, has withdrawn from next week's US Open at Merion with a shoulder injury. 

Amerocam Scott Stallings will take Chapman's place.
The 28-year-old Stallings came up short at the Memorial where he tied for fourth, but after shooting 70-69 at sectional qualifying in Memphis, he was chosen to step up as first alternate.
The Massachusetts golfer admitted to the Knoxville News Sentinel that he thought the call from the USGA was a prank at first.
“I said, ‘Which one of my friends called you and told you (to do this)?’” he explained, according to the report.
“He said, ‘No, this is real. We just got out of a meeting.’ I said, ‘Absolutely. I’ll be honoured to be there.’”
It will be Stallings' debut at Merion, though he says he has caddied there before.
"I've walked it – I just caddied – and thought ‘That’s the hardest golf course I’ve ever seen,’” he said. “Now, after being on Tour for a little bit, you have a new appreciation for how to play it.”