Goggin, Lyle gain US Open starts

BY Bruce Young | US PGA Tour | 2008 US Open | General | 03 Jun 2008

Mathew Goggin

(Photo: Anthony Powter)

Australians have not fared too well at sectional qualifying for the US Open with only the in-form Mathew Goggin and Jarrod Lyle gaining a start at Torrey Pines.

Goggin survived a playoff for one of the final two spots available at his venue in Cordova in Tennessee while for Lyle it was a lot easier, finishing in a share of 7th of the 24, who advanced from his venue in Columbus, Ohio.

Qualifying was held at thirteen venues across the USA plus one in Surrey, England. The Japan Sectional qualifying was held a week earlier with Craig Parry claiming one of the two places available there.

Goggin, who 24 hours earlier finished runner up at the Memorial Tournament in Columbus Ohio, chose to play in Cordova in preference to a venue in Columbus as he is playing this week’s St Jude Stamford Championship in nearby Memphis.

Nine players were on the score for the final two places at that particular venue and it would be Goggin and Casey Wittenberg, who would make it through.

Other Australians, who went close without gaining a place in next week’s field at this stage were Steve Elkington who finished as 1st alternate at his venue in Texas and Adam Bland, who finished as 2nd alternate at his venue, which was the second venue in Columbus, Ohio.

Nine Australians now have places at Torrey Pines including Adam Scott, Geoff Ogilvy, Aaron Baddeley, Robert Allenby, Stuart Appleby, Rod Pampling, Craig Parry, Jarrod Lyle and Mathew Goggin while Michael Campbell is the only New Zealander.

Top 10
AUS/NZ

Position	Score	Player	R 1	R 2	R 3	R 4	Total
T24	+6	Luke Donald	71	71	77	-	219
1	-1	Tiger Woods	72	68	70	73	283
2	-1	Rocco Mediate	69	71	72	71	283
3	Ev	Lee Westwood	70	71	70	73	284
T4	+2	D.j. Trahan	72	69	73	72	286
T4	+2	Robert Karlsson	70	70	75	71	286
T6	+3	Carl Pettersson	71	71	77	68	287
T6	+3	John Merrick	73	72	71	71	287
T6	+3	Miguel Angel Jiménez	75	66	74	72	287
T9	+4	Brandt Snedeker	76	73	68	71	288
T9	+4	Camilo Villegas	73	71	71	73	288
T9	+4	Eric Axley	69	79	71	69	288
T9	+4	Geoff Ogilvy	69	73	72	74	288
T9	+4	Heath Slocum	75	74	74	65	288
T14	+5	Ernie Els	70	72	74	73	289
T14	+5	Retief Goosen	76	69	77	67	289
T14	+5	Rod Pampling	74	70	75	70	289
T14	+5	Stewart Cink	72	73	77	67	289
T18	+6	Brandt Jobe	73	75	69	73	290
T18	+6	Chad Campbell	77	72	71	70	290
T18	+6	Hunter Mahan	72	74	69	75	290
T18	+6	Mike Weir	73	74	69	74	290
T18	+6	Phil Mickelson	71	75	76	68	290
T18	+6	Robert Allenby	70	72	73	75	290
T18	+6	Ryuji Imada	74	75	70	71	290
T18	+6	Sergio Garcia	76	70	70	74	290
T26	+7	Adam Scott	73	73	75	70	291
T26	+7	Anthony Kim	74	75	70	72	291
T26	+7	Boo Weekley	73	76	70	72	291
T29	+8	Aaron Baddeley	74	73	71	74	292
T29	+8	Bart Bryant	75	70	78	69	292
T29	+8	Jeff Quinney	79	70	70	73	292
T29	+8	Michael Thompson	74	73	73	72	292
T29	+8	Patrick Sheehan	71	74	74	73	292
T29	+8	Scott Verplank	72	72	74	74	292
T29	+8	Steve Stricker	73	76	71	72	292
T36	+9	Andres Romero	71	73	77	72	293
T36	+9	Daniel Chopra	73	75	75	70	293
T36	+9	Jim Furyk	74	71	73	75	293
T36	+9	Joe Ogilvie	71	76	73	73	293
T36	+9	Jon Mills	72	75	75	71	293
T36	+9	Justin Leonard	75	72	75	71	293
T36	+9	Oliver Wilson	72	71	74	76	293
T36	+9	Padraig Harrington	78	67	77	71	293
T36	+9	Pat Perez	75	73	75	70	293
T36	+9	Robert Dinwiddie	73	71	75	74	293
T36	+9	Stuart Appleby	69	70	79	75	293
T36	+9	Todd Hamilton	74	74	73	72	293
T48	+10	Dustin Johnson	74	72	75	73	294
T48	+10	Jarrod Lyle	75	74	74	71	294
T48	+10	John Rollins	75	68	79	72	294
T48	+10	Matt Kuchar	73	73	76	72	294
T48	+10	Tim Clark	73	72	74	75	294
T53	+11	Ben Crane	75	72	77	71	295
T53	+11	Davis Love Iii	72	69	76	78	295
T53	+11	Kevin Streelman	68	77	78	72	295
T53	+11	Martin Kaymer	75	70	73	77	295
T53	+11	Soren Hansen	78	70	76	71	295
T58	+12	Rory Sabbatini	73	72	75	76	296
T58	+12	Stephen Ames	74	74	77	71	296
T60	+13	Alastair Forsyth	76	73	74	74	297
T60	+13	Brett Quigley	73	72	77	75	297
T60	+13	David Toms	76	72	72	77	297
T60	+13	Nick Watney	73	75	77	72	297
T60	+13	Rickie Fowler	70	79	76	72	297
T65	+14	John Mallinger	73	75	78	72	298
T65	+14	Paul Casey	79	70	76	73	298
T65	+14	Trevor Immelman	75	73	72	78	298
T65	+14	Vijay Singh	71	78	76	73	298
T69	+15	D.a. Points	74	71	77	77	299
T69	+15	Derek Fathauer	73	73	78	75	299
T71	+16	Andrew Dresser	76	73	79	72	300
T71	+16	Andrew Svoboda	77	71	74	78	300
T71	+16	Woody Austin	72	72	77	79	300
T74	+17	Ian Leggatt	72	76	76	77	301
T74	+17	Jesper Parnevik	77	72	77	75	301
T74	+17	Justin Hicks	68	80	75	78	301
77	+19	Ross Mcgowan	76	72	78	77	303
T78	+20	Chris Kirk	75	74	78	77	304
T78	+20	Rich Beem	74	74	80	76	304
Cut +7
CUT	+8	Casey Wittenberg	72	78	-	-	150
CUT	+8	Hunter Haas	80	70	-	-	150
CUT	+8	J.b. Holmes	75	75	-	-	150
CUT	+8	Jon Turcott	77	73	-	-	150
CUT	+8	Kyle Stanley	72	78	-	-	150
CUT	+8	Mathew Goggin	77	73	-	-	150
CUT	+8	Robert Garrigus	77	73	-	-	150
CUT	+8	Scott Sterling	80	70	-	-	150
CUT	+8	Thomas Levet	74	76	-	-	150
CUT	+8	Toru Taniguchi	74	76	-	-	150
CUT	+8	Zach Johnson	76	74	-	-	150
CUT	+9	Ben Curtis	75	76	-	-	151
CUT	+9	David Hearn	76	75	-	-	151
CUT	+9	John Ellis	77	74	-	-	151
CUT	+9	Justin Rose	79	72	-	-	151
CUT	+9	K.j. Choi	74	77	-	-	151
CUT	+9	Mark O'meara	75	76	-	-	151
CUT	+9	Peter Tomasulo	76	75	-	-	151
CUT	+9	Richard Sterne	76	75	-	-	151
CUT	+9	Rob Rashell	81	70	-	-	151
CUT	+9	Ross Fisher	73	78	-	-	151
CUT	+9	Scott Piercy	78	73	-	-	151
CUT	+9	Steve Marino	73	78	-	-	151
CUT	+10	Nick Taylor	77	75	-	-	152
CUT	+10	Jonathan Byrd	75	77	-	-	152
CUT	+10	Michael Letzig	77	75	-	-	152
CUT	+11	Kevin Tway	75	78	-	-	153
CUT	+11	Charles Howell Iii	75	78	-	-	153
CUT	+11	Fredrik Jacobson	74	79	-	-	153
CUT	+11	Jason Bohn	76	77	-	-	153
CUT	+11	Lee Janzen	75	78	-	-	153
CUT	+11	Michael Allen	78	75	-	-	153
CUT	+11	Shingo Katayama	77	76	-	-	153
CUT	+12	Bubba Watson	77	77	-	-	154
CUT	+12	D.j. Brigman	79	75	-	-	154
CUT	+12	Henrik Stenson	78	76	-	-	154
CUT	+13	Joey Lamielle	76	79	-	-	155
CUT	+13	Travis Bertoni	82	73	-	-	155
CUT	+13	Angel Cabrera	79	76	-	-	155
CUT	+13	Charlie Beljan	76	79	-	-	155
CUT	+13	Dean Wilson	76	79	-	-	155
CUT	+13	Jason Gore	79	76	-	-	155
CUT	+13	Nick Dougherty	78	77	-	-	155
CUT	+14	Bob Gaus	80	76	-	-	156
CUT	+14	Kevin Silva	80	76	-	-	156
CUT	+14	Brad Bryant	77	79	-	-	156
CUT	+14	Colin Montgomerie	79	77	-	-	156
CUT	+14	Craig Barlow	80	76	-	-	156
CUT	+14	Craig Parry	75	81	-	-	156
CUT	+14	Johan Edfors	79	77	-	-	156
CUT	+15	Sean English	75	82	-	-	157
CUT	+15	Jerry Kelly	75	82	-	-	157
CUT	+15	Jordan Cox	80	77	-	-	157
CUT	+17	Philip Archer	78	81	-	-	159
CUT	+17	Jeff Wilson	78	81	-	-	159
CUT	+17	Jay Choi	79	80	-	-	159
CUT	+17	Steve Flesch	78	81	-	-	159
CUT	+18	Jeffrey Bors	81	79	-	-	160
CUT	+19	Bobby Collins	83	78	-	-	161
CUT	+19	Philippe Gasnier	86	75	-	-	161
CUT	+19	Chris Stroud	84	77	-	-	161
CUT	+19	Michael Campbell	78	83	-	-	161
CUT	+19	Yohann Benson	83	78	-	-	161
CUT	+20	Artemio Murakami	79	83	-	-	162
CUT	+20	Brian Kortan	78	84	-	-	162
CUT	+20	Garrett Chaussard	80	82	-	-	162
CUT	+21	Fernando Figueroa	78	85	-	-	163
CUT	+21	Jimmy Henderson	81	82	-	-	163
CUT	+22	Niclas Fasth	78	86	-	-	164
CUT	+23	Gary Wolstenholme	83	82	-	-	165
CUT	+25	Brian Bergstol	86	81	-	-	167
CUT	+25	Mike Gilmore

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Goggin, Lyle gain US Open starts

BY Bruce Young | US PGA Tour | 2008 US Open | General | 03 Jun 2008