eight shots over Erik Compton and Rickie Fowler. Kaymer fired a 69 in the final round to record the second-lowest score in U.S. Open history. It was his second major title, he also won the 2020 PGA Championship at Whistling Straits. A huge part of the mystique surrounding the U.S. Open is the qualifying process that allows any golfer with a handicap of less than .4 a chance qualify via sectional and regional tournaments. Every young American golfer visualizes sinking a putt to win the U.S. Open. Scottie Scheffler’s brother-in-law, Andrew Paysse, who is married to Scheffler’s older sister, Callie, made it through a sectional qualifier in Texas and will compete in the U.S. Open Qualifier held in Springfield, Ohio. LPGA legend, Peggy Kirk Bell’s grandson, Michael McGowan carded a 3-under 68 in a U.S. Open local qualifier at Hillendale Country Club in Phoenix, Maryland last month. The former University of North Carolina golfer and Indiana Golf Journal
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