COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) The range of emotions was to be expected when some 750 players were spread across 10 cities to compete for 53 spots in the U.S. Open.
Only that wasn’t limited to the final stage of U.S. Open qualifying.
Or even the golf course.
”It kills me not to be there,” Patrick Rodgers said.
”It was a tough decision,” Geoff Ogilvy said. ”Obviously, that’s a tournament that means a lot to me.”
They were among nearly two dozen PGA Tour players who withdrew from U.S. Open qualifying before it even began on Monday.