KIWI MARK BROWN BOOKS A PLACE AT MUIRFIELD THIS SUMMER

FROM THE PGA OF AUSTRALASIA WEBSITE
New Zealand's Mark Brown has eclipsed the course record at Kingston Heath Golf Club as he booked a place in the 2013 Open Championship via the Australasian International Final Qualifying.
Brown shot a 10-under 62, shading the previous course record of nine-under 63 set by amateur Cruze Strange, to earn a ticket to Muirfield in July, along with Australians Steven Jeffress (nine under) and Stephen Dartnall (eight under).
Starting five shots off the pace this morning after an even-par first round of 72, Brown's extraordinary round earned him what will be his second appearance at the Open.
He missed the cut at Turnberry in 2009.
"Yesterday I was a fair way back, so today I wasn't really thinking about it too much - I just went out and tried to enjoy it," Brown said.
"I made six birdies in the first nine, then it got serious and it wasn't so much fun anymore.
"I've got so much respect for the place; it's quite a thrill to hold the course record."
Jeffress, 37, will tee off at his first major championship after a composed round got him over the line.
"It's pretty impressive - it probably hasn't even sunk in yet, it's going to be great, it's going to be unbelievable," Jeffress said.
"I had a number that I wanted to get to; 10 under. I thought if I get to that then it's going to be competitive.
"I had two under around the front nine and then I parred through to 15 which I was pretty frustrated at.
"I said to my caddy that we have to do something here because only the top three gets in and then I birdied 15 and 16."
The other Australian to progress to his first major, Dartnall, recovered from an indifferent start to do enough to get through.
"I started off a bit scratchy actually - I was one over after six then made a few birdies and just played solid from there on in. It wasn't quite as good as yesterday but it was enough, I guess," Dartnall said.
"I have never played a major before so will be a good learning experience, to go there and obviously try and play well."
The 142nd Open Championship will be played at Muirfield from the 14-21 July.


 International Final Qualifying for The Open continues in Asia at Amata Spring Country Club in Bangkok, Thailand on 28 February and 1 March. IFQ Africa takes place at Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club in South Africa on 5 and 6 March. It is followed by IFQ America at Gleneagles Country Club in Texas on 20 May and IFQ Europe at Sunningdale in England on 24 June.
For the full list of final results visit TheOpen.com.
Final Results

Pos	Player	Country	R1	R2	Total	To Par	Status
1	BROWN, Mark	New Zealand	72	62	134	-10	Qualified
2	JEFFRESS, Steven	Australia	68	67	135	-9	Qualified
3	DARTNALL, Stephen	Australia	67	69	136	-8	Qualified
T4	BASIC, Neven	Australia	72	65	137	-7
T4	O'MALLEY, Peter	Australia	71*	66	137	-7
T4	LAYCOCK, Scott	Australia	69	68	137	-7
T4	SUMMERS, Anthony	Australia	68	69	137	-7
T4	SMITH, Cameron (A)	Australia	67*	70	137	-7
T9	CRAWFORD, Adam	Australia	71*	67	138	-6
T9	MCKENZIE, David	Australia	69	69	138	-6
11	WILSON, Peter	Australia	69	70	139	-5
T12	JONES, Steven	Australia	72*	68	140	-4
T12	BLIZARD, Rohan	Australia	71*	69	140	-4
T12	BROWN, Anthony	Australia	69	71	140	-4
T15	WRIGHT, Michael	Australia	72*	69	141	-3
T15	TSCHUDIN, Andrew	Australia	72	69	141	-3
T15	SCRIVENER, Jason	Australia	70*	71	141	-3
T15	BALLARD, Matthew	Australia	70	71	141	-3
T15	FOX, Ryan	New Zealand	69*	72	141	-3
T20	GROOM, Adam	Australia	72	70	142	-2
T20	NINYETTE, Brody	Australia	72*	70	142	-2
T20	MARTIN, Andrew	Australia	71	71	142	-2
T20	HALL, Ashley	Australia	70*	72	142	-2
T20	GRIFFIN, Matthew	Australia	69*	73	142	-2
T20	MILLAR, Matthew	Australia	73*	69*	142	-2
T26	HENDRY, Michael	New Zealand	71	72	143	-1
T26	BROWN, Mitchell	Australia	71*	72	143	-1
T26	BRANSDON, David	Australia	71*	72	143	-1
T26	HIGGINBOTTOM, Jake	Australia	70	73	143	-1
T26	BLAND, Adam	Australia	68*	75	143	-1
T26	HALLER, Ryan	Australia	72*	71*	143	-1
T26	NORRIS, Jason	Australia	72*	71*	143	-1
T26	NISBET, Daniel	Australia	74*	69*	143	-1
T34	BARNES, Kurt	Australia	70*	74	144	Par
T34	FELTON, Kim	Australia	72*	72*	144	Par
T34	GOW, Paul	Australia	73	71*	144	Par
T34	BOTH, Marcus	Australia	74*	70*	144	Par
T34	PADDISON, Gareth	New Zealand	76	68*	144	Par
T39	WOOD, Timothy	Australia	74*	71*	145	+1
T39	WATT, Brady (A)	Australia	74*	71*	145	+1
T39	HASTHORPE, Craig	Australia	76	69*	145	+1
T42	POPOVIC, Daniel	Australia	71*	75	146	+2
T42	STIEGER, Matthew	Australia	73	73*	146	+2
T42	SHEEHAN, Paul	Australia	74*	72*	146	+2
T42	DEAGAN, Leigh	Australia	76	70*	146	+2
T42	FOX, Daniel	Australia	76	70*	146	+2
T42	O'REILLY, Callan (A)	Australia	76	70*	146	+2
T48	PIKE, Aaron	Australia	71	76	147	+3
T48	COOKE, Peter	Australia	73	74*	147	+3
T50	PRATT, Kieran	Australia	74*	74*	148	+4
T50	MCKENDRICK, David	Australia	77*	71*	148	+4
T50	FOWLER, Peter	Australia	78*	70*	148	+4
T53	JAGER, Matt	Australia	70	79	149	+5
T53	MOORE, Michael	Australia	73	76*	149	+5
T53	EPSTEIN, Henry	Australia	74	75*	149	+5
T53	MCCULLOUGH, Brent	Australia	77*	72*	149	+5
T53	JOYNER, Glenn	Australia	77	72*	149	+5
T58	GEARY, Josh	New Zeland	72*	78*	150	+6
T58	SHILTON, Brad	New Zealand	78	72*	150	+6
60	ROBERTSON, Hamish	New Zealand	75*	76*	151	+7
61	TOWNSEND, Aaron	Australia	73*	79*	152	+8
62	ARNOLD, Jamie	Australia	80	73*	153	+9
	WELSFORD, Damon	Australia	73	NR	NR
	CAMPBELL, Christopher	Australia	74*	NR	NR
	MCCARTHY, Ryan	Australia	80	WD	WD
	RICE, Clint	Australia	77	WD	WD
	YOUNGER, Joshua	Australia	78	WD	WD
	CULLEN, Nicholas	Australia	76*	WD	WD