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BBC News
30-06-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Youtuber and dream chaser Finch aiming for Open spot
Along with two major champions, a former world number one and several Ryder Cup heroes, a popular YouTuber will be among the players looking to secure a spot at the 153rd Open in Tuesday's final qualifying events. Influencer Peter Finch, who has a huge social media following, will be one of the most intriguing storylines at Dundonald 38-year-old is one of 288 players featuring in events in Scotland, Burnham & Berrow, Royal Cinque Ports and West Lancashire, aiming to earn one of the 20 spots still available for the final men's major of the year at Royal Portrush from 17-20 July."I'm feeling a little bit nervous but also quite excited in some respects," said Finch, who is known for his course vlogs, golfing challenges and match-ups with professionals on his social channels. "Dundonald is a course I know well and I really love it in this part of the world. I'm playing with two European Tour pros, so you are going see something good," he as content creator, golfer and dream chaser on the official Open X account,, external the man from Lancashire is well aware that he is a rank outsider to advance ahead of players who have all won on the DP World has never played at that level and likely never will. And the scale of his task is underlined by the fact that he tees off in the 36-hole event at 07:50 BST at the same time as Lee Westwood. Now 52, Westwood deposed Tiger Woods at the top of the world rankings in 2010 and has half a dozen second- and third-placed finishes in golf's four major Englishman, who last played at the Open in 2022, was a shot away from a place in a play-off in 2009 and finished in a tie for fourth at Portrush in golfer, Adrian Meronk a four-time winner on the DWP Tour before his defection to the Saudi-backed series will also be a serious contender to claim one of the five places on offer at the links course in Ayrshire. While Johannes Veerman and Angel Hidalgo, have also triumphed on main professional tour in Europe, while Welshman Jamie Donaldson appeared for the continent in the 2014 Ryder Marc Warren, who has played the Open five times, most recently at Royal Liverpool in 2023 is in Finch's group along with Jack Senior.
The Independent
03-06-2025
- General
- The Independent
Max Homa and Rickie Fowler miss out on US Open as Ryder Cup hopeful Matt Wallace qualifies
Max Homa and Rickie Fowler were among the big names to miss out on a place at the US Open as British amateur Tyler Weaver booked his spot at Oakmont in qualifying. Homa finished tied for third at last year's Masters but has endured a nightmare year, tumbling down the rankings amid poor form and splitting recently with caddie Joe Greiner. Carrying his own bag at a qualifying event in Columbus, Ohio, the 34-year-old missed out alongside Fowler in a five-man play-off as Cameron Young claimed the final spot at the upcoming major. South Africa's Erik van Rooyen topped the leaderboard to ensure a return to the US Open after missing the cut last year. Qualifying hopefuls played 36 holes at 10 venues across the United States and Canada in a bid to seal one of 47 spots available on a Monday known as 'golf's longest day' ahead of the year's third major at Oakmont from 12-15 June. 22-year-old amateur Weaver - born in Newmarket and now studying at Florida State University - tied for third at 11-under in Atlanta, one of three amateurs to qualify with 17-year-old American Mason Howell also sealing his place. There was a potential Ryder Cup boost, meanwhile, for England's Matt Wallace, one of seven qualifiers in Ontario. The five-time DP World Tour winner finished tied for third at the PGA Championship in 2019 at Bethpage Black, which will host the biennial battle between Europe and the United States in September. 2010 US Open winner Graeme McDowell remains in contention to return after making a first-round 70 before play was suspended in West Palm Beach, Florida. Tom McKibbin, McDowell's fellow Northern Irishman and LIV golfer, is out of the running to qualify, though.
Associated Press
09-05-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
Tiger Woods' son Charlie misses out on US Open qualifying again
WELLINGTON, Fla. (AP) — Charlie Woods failed to get out of local qualifying for the U.S. Open, the second straight year the son of Tiger Woods missed out. The 16-year-old Woods was among a record 10,202 entries for the U.S. Open. He improved from last year's score in 18-hole local qualifying, posting a 3-over 75 at Wellington Golf Club on Thursday. That left him seven shots short of being among those who advanced to the 36-hole final stage. A year ago, he shot 81 in the local U.S. Open qualifier. Tiger Woods, who has three U.S. Opens among his 15 professional majors, never had to go through the first stage of local qualifying. According to the USGA, Woods was exempt from the local qualifying in 1992 through 1994, presumably from his U.S. Junior Amateur titles. Woods failed to make it through the final qualifying stage in 1992 and 1993 when he was still in high school. He played his first U.S. Open in 1995. The U.S. Open is June 12-15 at Oakmont. Tiger Woods is not playing this year while recovering from a ruptured Achilles tendon. ___ AP golf:
