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Three-time major winner Padraig Harrington will miss his first US Open for 15 years after failing to advance from a 36-hole qualifying event.
The Dubliner, whose best US Open finish is fourth in 2012, shot rounds of 75 and 71 at Walton Heath, leaving him six strokes short of qualification.
Fellow Irishman Shane Lowry topped the leaderboard in Surrey to secure his spot at Pinehurst next month.
Last month, Harrington also failed to qualify for the Masters for the first time in 14 years, his five-year qualifying exemption dating from his 2008 USPGA win having expired.
In February, the two-time Open winner and six-time Ryder Cup player revealed he had undergone treatment for skin cancer.
He has failed to achieve a win on either the European or PGA Tours since that 2008 USPGA triumph, slipping to 214th in the world rankings.
"I made a few mistakes in not knowing the golf course and I was never comfortable with the pace of the greens, as there was a number of three-putts thrown in there," said Harrington.
Ryder Cup-winning captain Jose Maria Olazabal, a two-time major winner, also missed out after finishing alongside Harrington with a two-over-par total of 146.
The US Open takes place from 12-15 June.
"The damage was done in the morning with that 75, and just made a few mistakes in not knowing the golf course, and I was never comfortable with the pace of the greens, as there was a number of three-putts thrown in there," he said.
Harrington will now take a week's break before returning to the PGA Tour for the June 5 start of the FedEx St. Jude Classic in Memphis.
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