{"id":630327,"date":"2026-06-10T02:05:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T02:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/630327\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T02:05:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T02:05:19","slug":"pga-tour-winner-loses-vital-us-open-spot-with-rule-break-on-final-hole-of-qualifying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/630327\/","title":{"rendered":"PGA Tour winner loses vital US Open spot with rule break on final hole of qualifying"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PGA Tour star Adam Svensson made a major error at US Open qualifying on Monday, costing himself a crucial spot in the event.<\/p>\n<p>Svensson, who has won one event on tour in his career, broke the rules on the final hole to concede the first alternate position.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Adam Svensson drive\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/adam-svensson-canada-plays-shot-1084722411.jpg\" data-caption=\"Svensson's rule break in qualifying has cost him a guaranteed place at the US Open\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/adam-svensson-canada-plays-shot-1084722411.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>Svensson&#8217;s rule break in qualifying has cost him a guaranteed place at the US OpenCredit: Getty<\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old Canadian <a aria-label=\"picked up his marker (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GolfChannel\/status\/2064157980862427373?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\">picked up his marker<\/a> on the green despite still having the chance to putt for par, which, if he had made it, would have continued the play-off he was competing in.<\/p>\n<p>He featured in an eight-for-three play-off following a tight qualifying session in Canada, making it to the last three contenders. <\/p>\n<p>William Mouw and John Parry had already secured their places in the <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/topic\/us-open\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">US Open<\/a>, with Svensson, Max McGreevy and Matt Wallace left.<\/p>\n<p>English golfer Wallace made par on the third hole in Ontario, while McGreevy made birdie, securing his spot in the major. <\/p>\n<p>READ MORE ON GOLF<\/p>\n<p>However, after McGreevy putted, Svensson instantly broke the rules, picking up his marker and not attempting his own putt. <\/p>\n<p>That meant he forfeited the hole &#8211; but he didn&#8217;t appear to realise that if he had made par, the play-off would have continued.<\/p>\n<p>After Svensson picked up his marker, the three golfers shook hands before an official entered the green to inform him that, as he&#8217;d picked up, it would be Wallace who claimed a vital <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/golf\/4305551\/us-open-2026-dates-location-tee-times-leaderboard-schedule\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">US Open<\/a> place.<\/p>\n<p>The Englishman took the first alternate position for the event at Shinnecock Hills, following Svensson&#8217;s mistake.<\/p>\n<p>And the first alternate position from the qualifying in Canada is almost guaranteed to get a spot in the field.<\/p>\n<p>Svensson&#8217;s error, which appeared to come in a split-second decision, may now cost him a place in the US Open completely.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Adam Svensson rule break at US Open qualifying\" height=\"567\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Golf Channel \/ X\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NINTCHDBPICT001087174296.jpg\" data-caption=\"Svensson (right) could be seen picking up his marker after McGreevy (left) made birdie\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NINTCHDBPICT001087174296.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>Svensson (right) could be seen picking up his marker after McGreevy (left) made birdieCredit: Golf Channel \/ X<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Adam Svensson reaction after rule break at US Open qualifying\" height=\"552\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Golf Channel \/ X\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NINTCHDBPICT001087174297.jpg\" data-caption=\"A US Open qualifying official then entered the green to inform him of his error\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NINTCHDBPICT001087174297.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>A US Open qualifying official then entered the green to inform him of his errorCredit: Golf Channel \/ XWho else qualified for the US Open?<\/p>\n<p>Alongside McGreevy, Mouw and Parry, Emiliano Grillo, Alejandro Tosti and Marcelo Rozo all qualified for the US Open in Canada. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, across the other nine events held on Monday, some more standout names booked their spots in the major.<\/p>\n<p>Max Greyserman and Kevin Roy qualified from New York, with Chris Kirk among those claiming a place in Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>Neal Shipley, Taylor Montgomery and Jackson Suber all secured a US Open ticket in Ohio, California and Maryland. <\/p>\n<p>Davis Thompson and Billy Horschel will also be in the field.<\/p>\n<p>The US Open will take place from Thursday, June 18 to Sunday, June 21 at Shinnecock Hills in Southampton, New York.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Shinnecock Hills gold course with US Open\" height=\"615\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/general-view-u-s-open-1085975701.jpg\" data-caption=\"Shinnecock will host the 126th edition of the US Open next week\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/general-view-u-s-open-1085975701.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>Shinnecock will host the 126th edition of the US Open next weekCredit: Getty<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/who\/scottie-scheffler\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scottie Scheffler<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/who\/rory-mcilroy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rory McIlroy<\/a>, Cam Young and <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/who\/justin-rose\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Justin Rose<\/a> will be sure to contend for major glory, along with <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/golf\/3290934\/us-open-champion-jj-spaun-prize-money-tiger-woods\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reigning champion J.J. Spaun<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>talkSPORT will have regular updates from Shinnecock throughout the week with Rupert Bell, Gabbie Partington and Sean O&#8217;Brien.<\/p>\n<p>Read More on talkSPORT<\/p>\n<p>To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 through the website, click <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/radioplayer\/live\/index.html?interstitial=true\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HERE for the live stream<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>You can also listen via the <a href=\"https:\/\/app.talksport.com\/EDmeyTmEEub\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">talkSPORT app<\/a>, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PGA Tour star Adam Svensson made a major error at US Open qualifying on Monday, costing himself a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":630328,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[142194,5904,213555,213554,8693,101,56,54,55,6545,213552,213553],"class_list":["post-630327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-adam-svensson","tag-golf","tag-matt-wallace","tag-max-mcgreevy","tag-pga-tour","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-us-open","tag-us-open-qualifiers","tag-us-open-qualifying"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=630327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/630328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}