University of California, Los Angeles, Athletics
Three Former UCLA Players Earn Berths in U.S. Open
June 7, 2005
Three former UCLA golfers earned berths in the 105th U.S. Open to be played at Pinehurst #2 in North Carolina, June 16-19.
Scott McCarron, John Merrick and Brandt Jobe all qualified at the Columbus, OH site June 6 where the top 20 players earned berths to this year's second major championship.
McCarron, a 14-year PGA TOUR player, tied for second with scores of 68-65--137 at the Brookside Golf and Country Club and the Lakes Golf and Country Club. Merrick, in his first season as a professional, tied for sixth with scores of 67-69--136. Jobe, a member of UCLA's 1988 NCAA championship team, tied for 15th with scores of 68-69--137.
Veteran PGA TOUR player Duffy Waldorf, a 1985 UCLA graduate, failed to qualify at the same site, despite carding scores of 68-72--140.
Other former UCLA players who did not qualify included three from the El Caballero site in Tarzana: Travis Johnson, Steve Pate and Eddy Lee.
In other news, sophomores UCLA sophomores Chris Heintz and Joakim Renstrom were named to the All-Pac-10 Academic Honorable Mention Team.