Three Eagles For Beef To Qualify For US Open

Andrew 'Beef' Johnston made three eagles at Walton Heath during US Open qualifying to book his place at Erin Hills

Three Eagles For Beef To Qualify For US Open
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Andrew 'Beef' Johnston made three eagles at Walton Heath during US Open qualifying to book his place at Erin Hills

Three Eagles For Beef To Qualify For US Open

After the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth, golfers headed to Walton Heath to try and qualify for next month's US Open at Erin Hills.

And there was quite a story...

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Andrew 'Beef' Johnston, who came T21st at Wentworth, made THREE eagles on his way to qualifying, including a hole-in-one, a two on a par-4 and a three on a par-5.

Beef shot rounds of 68 and 66 for a tie for ninth to qualify for his second US Open.

Overall 15 players qualified for the US Open which takes place in the state of Wisconsin for the first time in two weeks.

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A fan even caught Beef's ace on camera:

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England's Aaron Rai won the qualifying with rounds of 66 and 64 which included five birdies and an eagle in his final nine holes!

Related: Walton Heath Old Course review

Other qualifiers included Haotong Li, Alexander Levy, Richie Ramsay, Bradley Dredge, Eddie Pepperell, George Coetzee and Brandon Stone.

Paul Dunne, Thomas Aiken, Matt Wallace and Wade Ormsby later qualified through a seven-man playoff.

Related: Walton Heath New Course review

The US Open takes place from 15th-18th June at Erin Hills which hosts a major for the first time.

World number one Dustin Johnson will defend after winning at Oakmont last year.

Elliott Heath
News Editor

Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!


Elliott is currently playing:


Driver: Titleist TSR4

3 wood: Titleist TSi2

Hybrids: Titleist 816 H1

Irons: Mizuno MP5 5-PW

Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore 50, 54, 58

Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5

Ball: Srixon Z Star XV