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Hurley could miss Open because of sister's wedding

Billy Hurley III qualified Sunday for his second Open Championship, but he might not make the trip overseas.

Hurley’s sister, Megan, is getting married Saturday of Open week, and Hurley said he’d “have to get a pass” before playing at Royal Troon.

“Something tells me it’s going to be a pretty hard sell,” Hurley said Sunday night after winning the Quicken Loans National. “We’ll have to figure it out. Some of my team kept telling me: ‘If you get in the Open, you’re going. Send them a nice present, you’re going.’ I don’t know.

“That’s certainly not a foregone conclusion that I’m going, to be honest with you.