Aussie trio earns British Open berth
Matt Millar, Kurt Barnes and Rick Kulacz are heading to the 140th Open Championship at Royal St. George's in Sandwich, England.
Australians Matt Millar, Kurt Barnes and Rick Kulacz earned spots in the 2011 Open Championship on Tuesday after surviving 36 holes of International Final Qualifying at Kingston Health Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia.
Millar earned medalist honors at 10-under 134, one shot ahead of Barnes, to earn his first Open berth. The last spot went to Kulacz, who defeated Stephen Leaney, the runner-up at the 2003 U.S. Open, with a par on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.
The British Open will be held July 14-17 at Royal St. George's in Sandwich, England.
“I can’t wait,” Millar said. “This has been a goal I set this year and it’s good to achieve one so now I can move on to the next one.
The next International Final Qualifying event will be held Jan. 19-20 at Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club in Africa.
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Final scores from International Final Qualifying, held Jan. 10-11 at Kingston Heath Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia (x-qualified):
x-Matthew Millar 66-68--134
x-Kurt Barnes 66-69--135
x-Rick Kulacz 70-66--136
DID NOT QUALIFY
Stephen Leaney 66-70--136
James Nitties 71-66--137
Matthew Griffin 70-68--138
Aaron Townsend 68-70--138
Peter Fowler 67-71--138
Adam Crawford 67-71--138
Andre Stolz 71-67--138
Heath Reed 69-69--138
Paul Sheehan 69-69--138
Stephen Allan 70-69--139
Alistair Presnell 70-69--139
Rohan Blizard 69-71--140
Anthony Summers 72-68--140
David Bransdon 71-70--141
Gareth Paddison 75-66--141
David McKenzie 70-72--142
Ashley Hall 69-73--142
Steven Jones 71-71--142
Andrew Tschudin 72-71--143
Bronson La’Cassie 74-69--143
Ben Wharton 74-69--143
Steven Jeffress 71-73--144
Andrew Martin 74-70--144
Mike Hendry 71-73--144
Mitchell Brown 73-71--144
Andrew Buckle 67-77--144
Peter O’Malley 69-75--144
Anthony Brown 68-76--144
Michael Long 73-72--145
Kim Felton 72-73--145
Leigh McKechnie 73-72--145
Craig Parry 73-72--145
Scott Laycock 75-70--145
Kieran Pratt 77-68--145
Peter Senior 69-76--145
Henry Epstein 73-72--145
Michael Wright 72-75--147
Adam Blyth 72-75--147
Ryan Haller 76-72--148
Chris Gaunt 74-74--148
Bradley Smith 74-75--149
Clint Rice 74-75--149
Adam Bland 75-79--154
DQ Timothy Wood DQ
WD Peter Wilson WD
WD Neven Basic 75-WD
WD Michael Curtain 72-WD
WD Terry Pilkadaris 72-WD
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