IFQ offers last chance for Open hopefuls

BY Bruce Young | European PGA Tour | 2008 British Open | General | 25 Jun 2008

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The final stage of International Final Qualifying (IFQ) for the Open Championship at Royal Birkdale in Southport from July 19 – 22 will be played over two courses in Dearborn in Michigan and one in Surrey, England on Monday June 30th.

The venues in Michigan are some 90 minutes drive to the south of this week’s venue for the Buick Open, the Warwick Hills Golf Club in Grand Blanc, while for those playing in Surrey they will be required to make a mad dash across the English Channel following this week’s French Open in Paris in order to tee it up on Monday.

Already sixteen Australians and two New Zealanders have earned the right to play the Open and Monday offers one last chance for many others who, until this point, have been unable to earn exemption through the various qualifying categories.

Local Final Qualifying for those who have chosen not to tackle IFQ will take place the week before the Open at venues around Southport.

In Michigan approximately 60 players at each of the two venues will tee it up for a total of 12 places in the Open field, while at Sunningdale 120 players will tee it up for 12 spots.

The Australasians currently in the Open field are Robert Allenby, Stuart Appleby, Aaron Baddeley, Adam Blyth, Michael Campbell, Peter Fowler, Richard Green, Brendan Jones, Brad Lamb, Geoff Ogilvy, Greg Norman, Nick O’Hern, Rod Pampling, Craig Parry, Ewan Porter, Adam Scott, David Smail and Andrew Tampion.

Top 10
AUS/NZ

Position	Score	Player	R 1	R 2	R 3	R 4	Total
1	+3	Padraig Harrington	74	68	72	69	283
2	+7	Ian Poulter	72	71	75	69	287
T3	+9	Greg Norman	70	70	72	77	289
T3	+9	Henrik Stenson	76	72	70	71	289
T5	+10	Chris Wood	75	70	73	72	290
T5	+10	Jim Furyk	71	71	77	71	290
T7	+12	Anthony Kim	72	74	71	75	292
T7	+12	Ben Curtis	78	69	70	75	292
T7	+12	David Howell	76	71	78	67	292
T7	+12	Ernie Els	80	69	74	69	292
T7	+12	Paul Casey	78	71	73	70	292
T7	+12	Robert Allenby	69	73	76	74	292
T7	+12	Robert Karlsson	75	73	75	69	292
T7	+12	Stephen Ames	73	70	78	71	292
T7	+12	Steve Stricker	77	71	71	73	292
T16	+13	Adam Scott	70	74	77	72	293
T16	+13	Justin Leonard	77	70	73	73	293
T16	+13	K.j. Choi	72	67	75	79	293
T19	+14	Alexander Noren	72	70	75	77	294
T19	+14	Anders Hansen	78	68	74	74	294
T19	+14	Davis Love Iii	75	74	70	75	294
T19	+14	Fredrik Jacobson	71	72	79	72	294
T19	+14	Graeme Mcdowell	69	73	80	72	294
T19	+14	Grégory Havret	71	75	77	71	294
T19	+14	Jean Van De Velde	73	71	80	70	294
T19	+14	Paul Waring	73	74	76	71	294
T19	+14	Phil Mickelson	79	68	76	71	294
T19	+14	Rocco Mediate	69	73	76	76	294
T19	+14	Simon Wakefield	71	74	70	79	294
T19	+14	Thomas Sherreard	77	69	76	72	294
T19	+14	Trevor Immelman	74	74	73	73	294
T32	+15	Andres Romero	77	72	74	72	295
T32	+15	Heath Slocum	73	76	74	72	295
T32	+15	Nick O'hern	74	75	74	72	295
T32	+15	Retief Goosen	71	75	73	76	295
T32	+15	Richard Green	76	72	76	71	295
T32	+15	Todd Hamilton	74	74	72	75	295
T32	+15	Tom Lehman	74	73	73	75	295
T39	+16	Ariel Canete	78	71	76	71	296
T39	+16	Bart Bryant	70	78	74	74	296
T39	+16	Camilo Villegas	76	65	79	76	296
T39	+16	David Duval	73	69	83	71	296
T39	+16	Graeme Storm	76	70	72	78	296
T39	+16	Grégory Bourdy	74	74	75	73	296
T39	+16	Jay Williamson	73	72	77	74	296
T39	+16	Mike Weir	71	76	74	75	296
T39	+16	Ross Fisher	72	74	71	79	296
T39	+16	Simon Khan	77	72	71	76	296
T39	+16	Thomas Aiken	75	71	82	68	296
T39	+16	Woody Austin	76	72	74	74	296
T51	+17	Anthony Wall	71	73	81	72	297
T51	+17	David Frost	75	73	73	76	297
T51	+17	Doug Labelle Ii	78	70	74	75	297
T51	+17	Michael Campbell	75	74	74	74	297
T51	+17	Sergio Garcia	72	73	74	78	297
T51	+17	Stuart Appleby	72	71	79	75	297
T51	+17	Zach Johnson	73	72	76	76	297
T58	+18	Colin Montgomerie	73	75	74	76	298
T58	+18	Kevin Stadler	72	75	78	73	298
T58	+18	Peter Hanson	71	72	78	77	298
T58	+18	Richard Finch	75	73	78	72	298
T58	+18	Scott Verplank	77	67	78	76	298
T58	+18	Tom Gillis	74	72	79	73	298
T64	+19	Jonathan Lomas	75	73	76	75	299
T64	+19	Søren Hansen	75	69	77	78	299
T64	+19	Wen-chong Liang	77	71	77	74	299
T67	+20	David Horsey	74	70	79	77	300
T67	+20	Jean-baptiste Gonnet	75	72	73	80	300
T67	+20	Lee Westwood	75	74	78	73	300
T70	+21	Brendan Jones	74	73	83	71	301
T70	+21	Craig Parry	77	70	77	77	301
T70	+21	Jeff Overton	72	75	75	79	301
T70	+21	John Rollins	73	75	77	76	301
T70	+21	José-filipe Lima	73	76	75	77	301
T70	+21	Justin Rose	74	72	82	73	301
T70	+21	Martin Wiegele	75	74	78	74	301
T70	+21	Pablo Larrazabal	75	74	73	79	301
T78	+22	Lucas Glover	78	71	77	76	302
T78	+22	Nick Dougherty	75	71	79	77	302
80	+23	Martin Kaymer	75	72	79	77	303
81	+24	Phillip Archer	75	74	78	77	304
82	+26	Sean O'hair	75	73	80	78	306
83	+31	Chih Bing Lam	72	75	83	81	311
Cut +9
CUT	+10	Aaron Baddeley	75	75	-	-	150
CUT	+10	Alex Cejka	76	74	-	-	150
CUT	+10	Azuma Yano	74	76	-	-	150
CUT	+10	Damien Mcgrane	79	71	-	-	150
CUT	+10	James Kingston	77	73	-	-	150
CUT	+10	Jon Bevan	78	72	-	-	150
CUT	+10	Joshua Cunliffe	79	71	-	-	150
CUT	+10	Pat Perez	82	68	-	-	150
CUT	+10	Paul Lawrie	77	73	-	-	150
CUT	+10	Pelle Edberg	76	74	-	-	150
CUT	+10	Peter Appleyard	74	76	-	-	150
CUT	+10	Peter Baker	75	75	-	-	150
CUT	+10	Prayad Marksaeng	77	73	-	-	150
CUT	+10	Richard Sterne	78	72	-	-	150
CUT	+10	Scott Mccarron	75	75	-	-	150
CUT	+10	Stewart Cink	75	75	-	-	150
CUT	+10	Tom Watson	74	76	-	-	150
CUT	+10	Yoshinobu Tsukada	75	75	-	-	150
CUT	+11	Andrew Tampion	78	73	-	-	151
CUT	+11	Brandt Snedeker	72	79	-	-	151
CUT	+11	Charles Howell Iii	76	75	-	-	151
CUT	+11	Craig Barlow	79	72	-	-	151
CUT	+11	Geoff Ogilvy	77	74	-	-	151
CUT	+11	Hideto Tanihara	76	75	-	-	151
CUT	+11	Mark Calcavecchia	76	75	-	-	151
CUT	+11	Mark O'meara	74	77	-	-	151
CUT	+11	Oliver Wilson	77	74	-	-	151
CUT	+11	Ryuji Imada	77	74	-	-	151
CUT	+11	Søren Kjeldsen	81	70	-	-	151
CUT	+11	Vijay Singh	80	71	-	-	151
CUT	+12	Barry Hume	76	76	-	-	152
CUT	+12	Benjamin Hebert	79	73	-	-	152
CUT	+12	David Smail	76	76	-	-	152
CUT	+12	Hunter Mahan	80	72	-	-	152
CUT	+12	Johan Edfors	78	74	-	-	152
CUT	+12	Matt Kuchar	79	73	-	-	152
CUT	+12	Michael Letzig	78	74	-	-	152
CUT	+12	Niclas Fasth	79	73	-	-	152
CUT	+12	Paul Goydos	77	75	-	-	152
CUT	+12	Simon Dyson	82	70	-	-	152
CUT	+13	Boo Weekley	80	73	-	-	153
CUT	+13	Gary Boyd	77	76	-	-	153
CUT	+13	Tim Clark	76	77	-	-	153
CUT	+14	Angel Cabrera	77	77	-	-	154
CUT	+14	Angelo Que	76	78	-	-	154
CUT	+14	Douglas Mcguigan	79	75	-	-	154
CUT	+14	Jeff Quinney	79	75	-	-	154
CUT	+14	Miguel Angel Jiménez	72	82	-	-	154
CUT	+14	Rod Pampling	77	77	-	-	154
CUT	+14	Rory Sabbatini	79	75	-	-	154
CUT	+15	Ewan Porter	76	79	-	-	155
CUT	+15	Rohan Blizard	78	77	-	-	155
CUT	+16	Hennie Otto	79	77	-	-	156
CUT	+16	J.b. Holmes	79	77	-	-	156
CUT	+16	Jamie Elson	78	78	-	-	156
CUT	+16	Scott Strange	84	72	-	-	156
CUT	+17	Hiroshi Iwata	73	84	-	-	157
CUT	+17	Reinier Saxton	80	77	-	-	157
CUT	+18	Adam Blyth	81	77	-	-	158
CUT	+18	Michio Matsumura	82	76	-	-	158
CUT	+18	Tim Petrovic	82	76	-	-	158
CUT	+19	Brad Lamb	85	74	-	-	159
CUT	+19	Philip Walton	77	82	-	-	159
CUT	+19	Steve Webster	79	80	-	-	159
CUT	+20	Darren Fichardt	82	78	-	-	160
CUT	+20	Jerry Kelly	83	77	-	-	160
CUT	+21	Shintaro Kai	80	81	-	-	161
CUT	+23	Danny Chia	76	87	-	-	163
CUT	+24	Peter Fowler	82

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IFQ offers last chance for Open hopefuls

BY Bruce Young | European PGA Tour | 2008 British Open | General | 25 Jun 2008