Byrd Qualifies for US Open

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Clemson, SC-Former Clemson All-American and current PGA Tour player

Jonathan Byrd has qualified for the 2003 US Open. Byrd qualified on

June 4 after finishing 36 holes at six-under-par at the Woodmont

Country Club in Rockville, MD. He finished tied for ninth in the

156-player field thanks to a final round 67. He was one of 34

players to qualify from that site.

This year's US Open will be played at Olympia Fields outside of

Chicago June 12-15. Byrd is one of 83 golfers who got into the field

through sectional qualifying, while 73 reached the field as the

result of exempt status.

This is the first time Byrd has qualified for the US Open. Earlier

this year he finished tied for eighth at The Masters, the highest

finish ever for a former Clemson golfer at that tournament. Byrd is

currently 54th on the PGA Tour money list with nearly $600,000

heading into this week's event at the TPC in Avenel.

Byrd will become the third former Clemson golfer to play in the

Masters and the US Open in the same year. Chris Patton (1990) and

Dillard Pruitt (1992 and 1989) are the other former Clemson golfers

to do it.

This will mark the fourth straight year at least one former Clemson

golfer has played in the US Open. In 2000 Charles Warren and Kevin

Johnson both participated, while the 2001 event saw Johnson and Joey

Maxon qualify. Last year former Clemson golfer Lucas Glover

qualified. Overall, Byrd is the ninth different former Clemson

golfer to qualify for the US Open.

Former Tigers who have qualified for the US Open

Parker Moore		1981


Chris Patton		1990, 1994


Dillard Pruitt		1992, 1989


Oswald Drawdy    	1995


Charles Warren  	2000


Kevin Johnson		2000, 2001


Lucas Glover		2002


Joey Maxon		2001


Jonathan Byrd		2003

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