After a nervy wait, Adam Scott managed to squeeze into the US Open field after all – meaning he’ll keep his remarkable streak of consecutive Major appearances going.
Sergio Garcia was also left with a nervous wait after missing out on qualifying in a playoff, but he also made the final field to extend his own run of consecutive US Opens to 25.
Robert MacIntyre’s place was officially confirmed as part of the final six players being named – with amateur Brendan Valdes, Otto Black and Maxwell Moldovan completing the 156-man field.
Scott agonisingly missed out on qualifying for the US Open at Pinehurst after losing a sudden death playoff against fellow Australian Cam Davis in Ohio, meaning he was in big danger of missing his first Major in 23 years.
However, despite slipping to 61 in the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) Scott has made the US Open field due to the USGA taking Grayson Murray out of the list after his tragic death.
Although he would have wanted to get in by other less tragic means, Scott is in, and he’s already arrived at Pinehurst to prepare for his 92nd consecutive Major appearance.
It’s an incredible achievement and keeps Scott on track to join Jack Nicklaus as the only two players ever to play in 100 consecutive men’s Major championships.
It’s hard to see anybody catching Nicklaus’ record of featuring in 146 straight Majors, but Scott can now continue his bid to join the great man in the 100 club – as barring injury he’s guaranteed to get another three under his belt.
After Pinehurst, Scott has already qualified to play in The Open at Troon and can play every year at The Masters as a past champion, so he’ll get to 94 before he has to then worry about next year’s PGA Championship at number 95.
The memorable run began at the 2001 Open at Royal Lytham, won by David Duval, with the last Major played without Scott in the field being the 2001 US Open just a month earlier at Southern Hills.
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It’s by far the longest active streak and just to show how impressive Scott’s run is – the next best current streak is held by Jordan Spieth with just 44 consecutive Major appearances.
But it’s becoming harder for Scott to continue this run unless his game improves – as he was so close to missing out on Pinehurst this year.
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