Columbus, Ohio - It seemed like everything went wrong on a long day, Cameron Young opened his U.S. Open place in Oakmont in two weeks.
The series is coast-to-coast and even enters Canada on the northern border, with 47 locations available in 10 qualified locations to fill the toughest tests in the field.
Young's clutch performance goes forward, while Rickie Fowler is eliminated by bogey.
Young, who had endured a tough year, forced him to play the 36-hole qualifier, hit 9 to 8 feet on the 15th, hit Birdie in 16 and then reached 18 inches on the last hole to win a spot in 1 playoff 5-1 playoffs.
"I feel like I've shown myself something today," he said. "I haven't seen anything for a long time today."
The playoffs began on the 10th hole, and the young batting driver entered the left side rough and judged the wedge perfectly 12 feet below the hole.
"I started the day here 12 hours ago and did 3 so I tried to do it again," he said.
Erik Van Rooyen opened at Kinsale at 64 and headed to Oakmont for the U.S. Open from June 12 to 15. He was on the field for six shots. Other qualifiers are Bud Cauley, Lanto Griffin, Justin Lower, No. 2,651 in the world rankings, Harrison Ott.
Cauley is ranked 56th in the world and will likely stay in the top 60 after the Canadian Open and enter the category. If that happens, Chase Johnson will win his first U.S. Open. He won two alternative postseasons with Eric Cole.
Zac Blair won the playoffs under his last spot in another Ohio qualifier at Springfield, former PGA Tour player John Peterson retired, and was then asked to return to an amateur.
Four positions in the Florida qualifiers did not end due to delays in rainfall.
Three of the five attractions from the Atlanta qualifiers entered the amateurs, with 17-year-old Mason Howell leading the way. The high school student bogeyed with a score of 126 below 126. Auburn's Jackson Koivun has also locked in the PGA Tour card, while Florida State sophomore Tyler Weaver has also locked in the PGA Tour.
Toronto and North Carolina qualifiers offer seven attractions respectively - the PGA Tour is held in Canada this week with Korn Ferry Tour on its Carolinas swing.
Thorbjorn Olesen of Denmark and Emiliano Grillo of Argentina are one of seven qualifiers in Canada, and Kevin Velo leads the field. Florida's junior Luke Clanton ranked No. 1 in the amateur world rankings in the United States. He gave up his professional debut at the Canadian Open and failed to pass the open qualifying match.
In North Carolina, Zach Bauchou led seven players to Oakmont. Two years ago, Bauchou won the memorial in Hovland, his college roommate, Viktor Hovland, in the qualifiers in Ohio State.
Most LIV golfers trying to qualify or take this into account are competing for four positions in Maryland. Australia's Marc Leishman has not been eligible for professionals in the past two years since joining LIV, beating Liv player Sebastián Muñoz to win one of four positions.
The 15 players from LIV were originally in Maryland. When it became clear that they wouldn't do that, the five didn't turn in - not uncommon for Tour players - and the five retreated before they started, including Bubba Watson and Lee Westwood.
Matt Vogt led two qualifiers at Walla Walla in Washington and won various destinations. He is a caddie in Oakmont and now an Indiana dentist.
The Associated Press contributed to the story.