Paul McGinley
Paul McGinley and Shane Lowry failed to make the make the field for the next month's Open Golf Championship following the final international qualifying event at Sunningdale on Monday.
10 places were up for grabs in the 36-hole qualifier, but McGinley with a combined total of 137 and Lowry on 141, were both well outside the score of 127 set by England's Graeme Storm.
The duo could still make Royal St George's with a top-five finish at either the French or Scottish Opens, while two spots are available through a mini-money list on the European Tour which continues at this week's Italian Open.
Colin Montgomerie saw his hopes of competing at a 22nd straight Open end when he finished last in the 36-hole qualifying event.
Wales Open winner Alex Noren and 2002 Open runner-up Thomas Levet booked their spots along with Gary Boyd, Peter Whiteford, Alejandro Canizares, Kenneth Ferrie, Gregory Bourdy, Richard McEvoy and George Coetzee.
In the United States Sergio Garcia, who only last month said he would not try to qualify, squeezed into the US Open by surviving a seven-man playoff for four spots in one of Monday's 11, nationwide, 36-hole qualifiers.
Vijay Singh's did not bother showing up for the 36-hole qualifier in Columbus, just one day after closing with a 65 at the Memorial.
He has not missed a major since the 1994 US Open, a stretch of 67 majors in a row which had been the longest current streak in golf.
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