Pairings for the US Open Qualifying at Walton Heath today

[richart]

We spoke to Steve Webster who was playing with a marker, and he said that his partner had pulled out after five holes in the afternoon round after going eight over. Seemed poor show to me, but Webster was not that fussed as it speeded up play.

Smiffy got chatting to Olly as he was about to cross the main road outside the clubhouse. For some reason Olly decided it was worth dicing with death by dashing across the road to get away from him.

 

[Imurg]

Just looked at the number of retirees in this one; only 64 players did the full 36 holes! 3 didn't even strike a ball. I can understand why some dropped out, but a morning 69 and you retire? And kudos to Gareth Maybin, 81 in the morning but toughed it out to do the full 36 holes rather than jack it in. Be interesting to see some of the reasons for retirement. Full list here;

http://www.europeantour.com/mm/document/tournament/tournaments/19/38/88/_english.pdf

I can kind of understand it - there's no money at stake as such, just a place the US Open. If, after 9 of the 2nd round, they're way off the pace with no chance of qualifiying then checking out and heading to Sweden for the next event does make a bit of sense.
There's also no real need to stick around to give spectators value for money as they haven't paid anything anyway.

Not ideal I know but I can see why many packed it in.

 

[TheJezster]

We spoke to Steve Webster who was playing with a marker, and he said that his partner had pulled out after five holes in the afternoon round after going eight over. Seemed poor show to me, but Webster was not that fussed as it speeded up play.

Smiffy got chatting to Olly as he was about to cross the main road outside the clubhouse. For some reason Olly decided it was worth dicing with death by dashing across the road to get away from him.

Ha! I saw him bolt across the road, I was walking towards him and wondered what the hell he was doing! I almost said hi but he seemed to be in a bit of a hurry with his caddy (i think) almost running behind him..