If U.S. Open exemptions were awarded for experience, enthusiasm and embracement, Peter Uihlein and John Hahn would be packing their bags for Chambers Bay.
A return trip to Chambers Bay, it should be noted, because the first one rendered such an unforgettable memory that it’s a shame they won’t be teeing it up at the 115th U.S. Open next week. European Tour-based Americans, Uihlein and Hahn missed opportunities to qualify in different manners.
Uihlein teed it up at the sectional in England, but missed the playoff by one. Hahn wasn’t high enough in the Official World Golf Ranking to go straight to sectional qualifying and, because his local qualifier would have been in the U.