Miles Russell, 17, qualifies for US Open with Woods’ son as caddie

Miles Russell, 17, earned a spot for the US Open on Monday, with 15-time major champion Tiger Woods’ son serving as his caddie for his 36-hole qualifier.

Russell, the No 10 amateur in the world, survived a bogey on the first play-off hole to grab the fourth and final spot from the Florida qualifier.

Russell smiled when asked if he would have Charlie Woods – one of his close friends, who has the same commercial agent as him – also caddie for him at Shinnecock Hills, saying only: “We’ll see what he’s doing. To be determined.”

Ten final qualifying events took place simultaneously on June 8, dubbed ‘golf’s longest day’, with former USA Ryder Cup players Tony Finau and Max Homa both failing to make it through their respective qualifiers in Ohio-Springfield and Canada.

Finau missed out by two shots and will not be at the US Open for the first time since 2017, while Homa was undone for the second straight year in qualifying by a play-off.

Ireland’s Seamus Power also failed to qualify from the field in Canada, as did England’s Matt Wallace, while Billy Horschel was among the five to make it through at Ohio-Springfield.

They were among 715 players at 10 sites across the US and into Canada, all of them vying for 43 spots available for the 126th US Open.

Previous qualifiers were held in England, Japan and Dallas.

126th US Open qualifiers

(*a-amateur)

Ohio-Springfield
QUALIFIERS: Neal Shipley, Zac Blair, Dylan Wu, Billy Horschel, Nick Hardy.
NOTABLE PLAYERS MISSING: Brandt Snedeker, Tony Finau, Cam Davis.

Florida
QUALIFIERS: a-Giuseppe Puebla, Ben Silverman, a-Ryder Cowan, a-Miles Russell.
NOTABLE PLAYERS MISSING: Matt Kuchar, Matthieu Pavon, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Luke Clanton, Luke Poulter.

Canada
QUALIFIERS: Emiliano Grillo, Alejandro Tosti, Marcelo Rozo, William Mouw, John Parry, Max McGreevy.
NOTABLE PLAYERS MISSING: Max Homa, Matt Wallace, Garrick Higgo, Seamus Power.

Maryland
QUALIFIERS: Jackson Suber, Ben Kohles, a-Logan Reilly, Jake Sollon.
NOTABLE PLAYERS MISSING: Blades Brown, Michael Thorbjornsen, Karl Vilips.

Ohio-Columbus
QUALIFIERS: Davis Thompson, J.B. Holmes, a-Vaughn Harber, a-Arni Sveinsson.
NOTABLE PLAYERS MISSING: Lucas Glover, Jhonattan Vegas, Bud Cauley, Austin Eckroat, Denny McCarthy, Erik van Rooyen.

North Carolina
QUALIFIERS: a-Jackson Ormond, Carl Yuan, Jackson Van Paris, Brandon Wu, Cole Hammer.
NOTABLE PLAYERS MISSING: Aaron Wise, Ryo Ishikawa, Bill Haas, Troy Merritt.

New York
QUALIFIERS: Kevin Roy, Max Greyserman, Ben James, James Nicholas.
NOTABLE PLAYERS MISSING: Matt Jones.

Georgia
QUALIFIERS: Chris Kirk, Jake Peacock, Keith Mitchell, Robbie Higgins, a-Chase Kyes.
NOTABLE PLAYERS MISSING: Aldrich Potgieter, Stephan Jaeger, Jason Dufner, Patton Kizzire.

California
QUALIFIERS: Taylor Montgomery, a-Eric Lee, a-Matthew Robles, a-Marek Fleming.
NOTABLE PLAYERS MISSING: Geoff Ogilvy, Michael Block, Stewart Hagestad.

How does Final Qualifying work?

Local qualifying took place in 108 sites across the United States, Canada and Mexico, with the leading players in those 18-hole events then progressing to the final qualifying stage.

A series of 36-hole qualifying events are played in May and June to finalise the field, with 10 sites used in the United States alongside one in each of Canada, England and Japan.

Each venue has a different number of qualifying spots available based on field size and strength.

Ten final qualifying events took place simultaneously on June 8, dubbed “Golf’s longest day”, with the US Open then taking place in from June 18-21 at Shinnecock Hills and exclusively live on Sky Sports.

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