The third men’s Major of the season is fast approaching and the full field is all but finalized for the 2024 US Open.
156 golfers will tee it up at Pinehurst No.2 next week, with each hoping to etch their respective names into the history books via victory in one of golf’s greatest championships.
Yet, only three of the 17 LIV Golf League players who attempted US Open qualifying this week have made it through and will have a chance to do so. 35 LIV players out of the 47 who are not already otherwise exempt were set to enter final qualifying in 2024.
10 North American sites hosted ‘Golf’s Longest Day’ on Monday, with three locations around the world having already held qualifying events two weeks ago. 44 spots were available on Monday, on top of the 23 previously clinched places.
One of those players who was already able to start planning for a week in North Carolina was LIV Golf’s Eugenio Chacarra after he qualified a fortnight ago in Texas alongside nine others – including Francesco Molinari and SH Kim.
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And on Monday, he was joined by David Puig and Dean Burmester following successful 36-hole stints for the pair.
A member of Fireballs GC, Puig secured one of four spots at Lake Merced in Daly City, California by carding a remarkable 12-under score which featured a bogey-free afternoon round of eight-under.
It was Puig’s second successive year making it through US Open qualifying in California after securing his first Major start at Los Angeles’ Hillcrest Country Club last year.
Meanwhile, Burmester teed it up in an extremely competitive field at The Bear’s Club in Jupiter, Florida but managed to maintain his fine streak of form via a six-under total and pick up one of the five available tee times at Pinehurst.
The South African’s story was a little more chaotic than Puig’s, though, with a wild second round of 70 (two-under) that featured seven birdies, three bogeys, and a double. Burmester had earlier put himself in a strong position courtesy of a bogey-free 68.
Stinger GC’s Dean Burmester
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Both players have enjoyed excellent recent spells on the golf course and are able to boast multiple victories between them as well as a handful of strong results otherwise.
Burmester won two titles in his home country on the DP World Tour…
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