The Open Last Qualifying: Lee Westwood qualifies for Royal Portrush as Ian and Luke Poulter miss out

Lee Westwood confirmed his place at The 153rd Open at Royal Portrush by coming by the Last Qualifying competitors for the occasion.

Westwood topped one of many two-round occasions going down throughout 4 completely different venues on Tuesday, with the Englishman capturing seven-under par at Dundonald Hyperlinks in Scotland.

Taking part in at Royal Cinque Ports, each Ian Poulter and his 21-year-old son Luke Poulter did not qualify as they completed exterior the highest 5 and that advance to the ultimate main of the yr, which begins on July 17 in Northern Eire.

Westwood, 52, who will play in golf’s oldest championship for a twenty eighth time after a two-year absence, had flown in from Dallas the place he had been competing in Sunday’s LIV Golf occasion.

“I have been up since half-past one this morning with jet lag so I used to be beginning to really feel it,” stated Westwood, whose transfer to the breakaway sequence eliminated his probabilities of qualifying for majors by common tour occasions.

“I have never tried to qualify for the final couple of years for one purpose or one other.

“Royal Portrush is a unbelievable golf course and I performed nicely there final time, completed fourth in 2019, in order that was one more reason to come back and play.

“The Open Championship is the best match on {the golfing} calendar. I am not getting any youthful, I am 52 now.”

Ian Poulter a minimum of completed the day with some delight intact as, having trailed Luke all day within the scoring, he ended up degree along with his 21-year-old son on one underneath.

Luke adopted a gap 67 with a 76 at Royal Cinque Ports in Kent, along with his dad capturing 72-71, as they and former US Open champion Graeme McDowell completed simply quick.

“I performed good on the primary 18, the final 18 not nice,” stated Luke.

LIV golfer Dean Burmester topped the leaderboard at Royal Cinque Ports after a superb eight-under, second-round 64 lifted him to 10 underneath.

That was three higher than Nathan Kimsey – whose skilled golfer girlfriend Lauren Taylor received the 2011 Ladies’s Beginner at Portrush – and Curtis Knipes, who certified for the 2019 Open.

Derbyshire novice Sebastian Cave and Dane John Axelsen accomplished the 5 qualifiers.

At Dundonald, novice Connor Graham received a play-off to affix fellow Scot Daniel Younger, Spain’s Angel Hidalgo, Swede Jesper Sandborg and Westwood in qualifying.

One other LIV golfer, Lucas Herbert, completed high at West Lancashire, close to Liverpool, with an eight-under whole after rounds of 69 and 67.

That was one higher than China’s Sampson Zheng, with England’s George Bloor third and novice Richard Teder – who holed out from the golf green for eagle on the third further gap to grow to be the primary Estonian to play at The Open – and Finland’s Oliver Lindell coming by a four-man play-off.

England’s Jacob McGoldrick endured a rollercoaster finish to his qualifying as a hole-in-one on the fifteenth put him in line to progress, solely to card two late bogeys to overlook the play-off by one.

At Burnham & Berrow in Somerset, Cornwall-born PGA Tour winner Harry Corridor certified alongside winner Justin Walters, who completed 9 underneath, Dane Jakob Skov Olesen, novice Frazer Jones and fellow Englishman OJ Farrell.

Who progressed from Last Qualifying?

Burnham & Berrow:

Justin Walters -9
Jacob Skov-Olesen -8
Harry Corridor -8
Frazer Jones (a) -7
OJ Farrell -6

Dundonald:

Lee Westwood -7
David Younger -6
Angel Hidalgo -6
Jesper Sandborg -5
Connor Graham (a)* -4

Royal Cinque Ports:

Dean Burmester -10
Nathan Kimsey -6
Curtis Knipes -6
Sebastian Cave (a) -5
John Axelsen -4

West Lancashire:

Lucas Herbert -8
Sampson Zheng -7
George Bloor -6
Oliver Lindell* -5
Richard Teder (a)* -5

*Certified after play-off

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There are seven hours of dwell protection on the Monday and Tuesday apply days at Royal Portrush earlier than a bumper 9 hours of dwell programming on Wednesday, beginning at 9am every morning.

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