2009 Irish Open Champion Shane Lowry, Peter Lawrie and Paul McGinley missed out on one of the 10 places available for the Open Championship at Royal at the International Final Qualifying at Sunningdale on Monday.
Lowry tied 21st on two-under, two strokes outside a five-man play-off for the final two berths,
posting one-under-par rounds of 69 and 68 on the Old and New courses.
Peter Lawrie was two-over for his 36 holes after shooting 72 and 69.
McGinley was one of more than two dozen players to withdraw after their first round after opening with a 75.
Victory for the Dubluer this week at Royal Portrush would see McGinley through on the seven-tournament 'Open Mini-Order of Merit', which concludes on Sunday - third place in the Irish Open probably would be good enough.
England's James Morrison led on eight-under at Sunningdale. He'll be joined at Lytham by Sam Walker, Alejando Canizares, Richard Finch, Matthew Baldwin, Jamie Donaldson, Ross Fisher, Marcus Fraser, Lee Slattery and Thorbjorn Olesen.
Colin Montgomerie and Jose Maria Olazabal missed out on places at The Open in a 36-hole qualifier at Sunningdale on Monday.
Monty needed to hole a bunker shot to go into a play-off but failed, finishing with rounds of 66 and 70.
Olazabal, his successor as Ryder Cup skipper, had rounds of 67 and 71.
Sam Walker will finally make his debut at Royal Lytham next month after 10 attempts. Walker, 34, a Challenge Tour winner in Scotland at the weekend, was on the road at 5am to make his tee-time.
Jamie Donaldson made it through by one shot after equalling the course record of 62, but BMW weekend winner Danny Willett missed out, as did Tom Lewis, who led after the opening round at Sandwich last year.
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