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June 10, 2008

Grzebien earns Open berth

The Rhode Island area will be well represented in both U.S. Open championships this month.

The men’s Open will begin Thursday at Torrey Pines with three area players in the field. And now Point Judith's Anna Grzebien has given the area a representative in the Women’s Open, as well.

The Duke grad and former NCAA champion shot 144 for 36 holes in qualifying at Woodmont and Manor CC in Rockville, Md., to earn a spot in the women’s Open at Interlachen in Edina, Minn., June 26-29. LPGA veteran Kelli Kuehne led the qualifying there with 136 and Michelle Wie was second at 137. Grzebien, a part-time player on the LPGA Tour this year, made it with one stroke to spare.

In San Diego, Warwick’s Patrick Sheehan, Barrington’s Brett Quigley and New Bedford’s Kevin Silva, all have spots. Sheehan will be in the first group off the tee in the opening round and Quigley three groups behind him. Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Adam Scott will be three groups behind Quigley. They will all be done the first round before Silva begins. He will be in the next-to-last threesome to begin, at 2:31 Pacific time.

Posted by Paul Kenyon  at 5:08 PM to Paul Kenyon on Golf | Permalink

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