Indian golfers Jeev, Kapur will miss cancelled US Open qualifiers

Most Indian golfers have come through the qualifiers to realise their dreams of playing the US Open and its cancellation this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic has left them a bit disappointed.

According to most golfers, the US Open is the toughest Major to win and weeks running up to it, more than 10,000 dreamers hope to get to that starting line.

But this year, with COVID-19 looming large, the United States Golf Association has announced there will no qualifiers at all. The tournament scheduled to be held in June has also been shifted to September.

As many as six Indians have figured in the US Open with all of them coming through the qualifiers at least once.

Shiv Kapur, who loves the challenge of qualifiers, has played five Majors and each time he came through the qualifiers. Three times he did that for The (British) Open - in 2006, 2013 and 2016. Twice he got into the US Open by the same route - in 2014 and 2015.

"What a pity, there will be no qualifiers this time. The Open is ...