Jason Gore qualifies for U.S. Open

DALY CITY - Jason Gore has booked his return to the U.S. Open.

The 34-year-old Southern California native will be making his first appearance in America's national championship since his storied run at Pinehurst in 2005 (where he led after two rounds and played in the last group in the final round). After turning in a bogey-free, five-under-par 67 in the morning round of the 36-hole qualifying, Gore coasted to a second-round 73 for a 140 total and co-medalist honors.

"It's pretty big," Gore said regarding qualifying. "It's kind of like it was three years ago. I was playing poorly, got to sectional and figured some things out. Being a California boy, playing at Torrey, it's going to be fun. I've been dreaming about this since they announced it." This will be Gore's third U.S. Open after first cracking the field in 1998 at the Olympic Club.

The 86-player field (55 professionals, 31 amateurs) was competing for seven spots in the Open field, to be contested next week at Torrey Pines in San Diego, California. Held at 6,863-yard Lake Merced Golf and Country Club in San Francisco, qualifiers faced cold and windy conditions most of the day.

Other qualifiers include co-medalist John Ellis of San Jose, a member of the Canadian Tour, co-medalist Michael Allen, a 49-year-old San Mateo native and PGA Tour member, amateur Jordan Cox (above), a member of the national runner-up Stanford University Golf Team, who is making his first trip to the Open, Garrett Chaussard, a University of Illinois alum and member of the Gateway Tour, Jeff Wilson of Fairfield (left), a career amateur who played in the 2000 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach and Craig Barlow of Henderson, NV and the PGA Tour. Chaussard, Cox, Barlow and Wilson all finished one shot out of a tie for first, all firing a two-round, one-under-par score of 141.
After a one-hole playoff, J.T. Kohut of Stockton earned first-alternate status. Jeff Brehaut of Los Altos is second alternate.

Results

Jason Gore, Valencia 67 73 140
John Ellis, San Jose 69 71 140
Michael Allen, Scottsdale 70 70 140
Craig Barlow, Henderson 71 70 141
Garrett Chaussard, Millbrae 68 73 141
Jeff Wilson (a), Fairfield 70 71 141
Jordan Cox (a), Redwood City 70 71 141
Failed to Qualify
J T Kohut, Stockton 68 74 142 First Alternate
Jeff Brehaut, Los Altos 68 74 142 Second Alternate
Joshua Warthen, Arroyo Grande 72 71 143
Scott McGihon (a), Bermuda Dunes 71 72 143
Tim Hogarth (a), Northridge 70 73 143
Benoit Beisser, Scottsdale 72 72 144
Eric Meichtry, Murrieta 72 72 144
Martin Trainer (a), Palo Alto 72 72 144
Steve Conway, Murrieta 75 69 144
Kevin Sutherland, Sacramento 75 70 145
Michael Lavery, Mission Viejo 68 77 145
Nickolas Jones, Los Angeles 72 73 145
Zack Miller, San Rafael 74 71 145
Geoffrey Goldstein, San Diego 74 72 146
Michael Ruiz, Las Vegas 73 73 146
Nicholas Seymour, Irvine 70 76 146
Ryan Hallisey (a), Granite Bay 74 72 146
Spencer Anderson (a), Pacific Palisades 72 74 146
Warren Schutte, Phoenix 71 75 146
Daniel Miernicki (a), Santee 76 71 147
Tyler Ley, Santa Barbara 74 73 147
Cheng Tsung Pan (a), Upland 71 77 148
Jason Schmuhl, Windsor 72 76 148
Josh Anderson (a), Murrieta 77 71 148
Stephen Hale (a), Bakersfield 75 73 148
Tyler Pitt, Coldstream 77 71 148
C D Howard, Redding 75 74 149
Chris Van Der Velde, Sisters 75 74 149
Cortland Lowe, San Diego 73 76 149
Dan Buchner, Long Beach 73 76 149
Eric Hird, Santa Ana 73 76 149
Jong Yoon, San Ramon 78 71 149
Joshua Wooding, Riverside 76 73 149
Nathan Pistacchio (a), Davis 75 74 149
Brian Hughes, Centralia 78 72 150
Craig Steinberg, Oak Park 80 70 150
Douglas Diemer, San Diego 74 76 150
Joel Kribel, Phoenix 76 74 150
Matt Hoffenberg (a), Simi Valley 73 77 150
Yun Gi (Kenny) Kim (a), Cerritos 73 77 150
Brandon Knight, Scottsdale 77 74 151
Dean Vomacka, Oro Valley 76 75 151
John Huh (a), Montrose 77 74 151
John Young Kim (a), Los Alamitos 75 76 151
Michael McRae (a), Park City 74 77 151
Alexander Miller (a), Rancho Palos Verdes 75 77 152
Brandon Ditullio (a), Thousand Oaks 75 77 152
Jarin Todd (a), Woodinville 73 79 152
Nathan Celusta, Ventura 74 78 152
Ashley Marsay, San Francsico 75 78 153
Carlo Borunda, Corona Del Mar 78 75 153
Chris Heintz, Brea 76 77 153
Dan Hornig, San Jacinto 75 78 153
Jared Becher (a), Reno 76 77 153
Andrew Reynolds, Fort Mohave 81 73 154
Martin Matsuzaki, Bermuda Dunes 73 81 154
Zach Macdougall (a), Coquitlam 77 77 154
Brad Bell, Sacramento 77 78 155
Bryan Martin (a), Thousand Oaks 81 74 155
Damien Jamila, Kailua 77 78 155
Kory Storer (a), Hillsborough 76 79 155
Scott Miller, Simi Valley 75 80 155
Adam Lewis, Windsor 82 74 156
Andrew Scott, Henderson 74 82 156
James Hahn, Alameda 75 81 156
John Burckle, San Clemente 78 78 156
Jeremy Gearhart (a), Atascadero 77 80 157
Marco Fortades (a), Glendale 83 74 157
Tze Huang Choo (a), Seattle 74 83 157
Jake Ellison, Las Vegas 79 79 158
Eric Wang, Cypress 74 85 159
Ian Coffman (a), San Diego 76 83 159
Cory Oride (a), Lihue 80 80 160
Hank McCusker (a), Mendocino 77 83 160
Kentoku Eda (a), Los Angeles 83 79 162
Joe Debock, San Diego 85 81 166
T J Figueroa, Kahului 81 88 169