John Daly withdraws from Open, replaced by Kevin Streelman
Streelman receives last-minute call up to next week's Open at Royal Portrush.
Kevin Streelman shot a round of 6-under on Monday afternoon to win the Rockford PRO/AM Championship, but the best part of his day was learning he had qualified for The Open at Royal Portrush following John Daly's withdrawal.
Yes please
@TheOpen
Here we go pic.twitter.com/hJr0g1xQFY
— Kevin Streelman (@Streels54) July 9, 2019
“My mind’s everywhere right now,” said Streelman, who was due to compete in this week's John Deere Classic.
“My passport is in Scottsdale at my house. I don’t have enough clothes, enough warm clothes, [so] I have to go shopping for them. My caddie is not going to go. I need to find a new caddie. Besides that it’s pretty exciting. I have a few things to iron out.”
Daly, the 1995 Open champion, was refused a golf cart by the R&A over the weekend, and then shortly revealed he had been forced to have surgery following a bite from a spider.
My life chapter 84k: Craziest event! Was in England last wk & incurred a spider bite, not really knowing (cont) https://t.co/f0eBAhpuvP
— John Daly (@PGA_JohnDaly) July 7, 2019
