Langer - qualified for next 'major' (Getty Images)
LANGER BOOKS PINEHURST PLACE
Last year's Ryder Cup captain Bernhard Langer has qualified for next week's US
Open at Pinehurst.
The twice Masters champion had two rounds of 67 in Columbus, Ohio, to earn his
20th US Open appearance.
A total of 144 players were competying for 20 spots and Langer finished
fourth.
Swede Carl Pettersson also made it through in joint sixth place.
However,
Welshman Phillip Price was the one to lose out in a seven-man play-off for the
last six places.
Fredrik Jacobson missed that play-off by one stroke, Greg Owen and Justin Rose
by two, Jose Maria Olazabal by three, Jesper Parnevik by seven and Alex Cejka
and Ireland's Richie Coughlan by 10.
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