The USGA conducted sectional qualifying for spots in the U.S. Open yesterday. The list of pros who failed to qualify reads like a who’s who in golf. Former U.S. Open champions Steve Jones (1996), Corey Pavin (1995) and Larry Nelson (1983) won’t be teeing it up at Oakmont in two weeks. Neither will former major winners Mark Calcavecchia, Tom Lehman, Mark O’Meara, Bob Tway, John Daly, and Mark Brooks. Others who will be sitting home watching on television include: Rocco Mediate, Jesper Parnevik, John Cook, Brad Faxon, Billy Andrade, Matt Kuchar, Chip, Beck, Len Mattaice, Kevin Stadler, Steve Flesch, Robert Gamez, Skip Kendall, Troy Matteson, Charley Hoffman, Mark Wilson, Frank Lickliter, Duffy Waldorf, Bob May, Briny Baird, Dan Forsman, Jeff Maggert, Dicky Pride, Hank Kuehne, and Tommy Armour III.
Hitting range balls while wondering whatever happened to Lou Graham.
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- Mr. Fairway’s love affair with the game of golf began in junior high. He once made his living as a journalist covering high school sports, cops and robbers and politics. Today, Mr. Fairway is a public relations consultant and a widely-published freelance golf writer. His current USGA handicap index is 9.3 and he averages 50-plus rounds a year.