Rose, Fowler, fall short at US Open qualifier

Justin Rose and Rickie Fowler came up short in their US Open qualifying bids Monday, a day after Rose out-dueled Fowler to win the US PGA Tour's Memorial.

Major champions Tom Lehman, Davis Love and Ben Curtis all made the field for the 110th US Open, to be held at Pebble Beach June 17-20.

Aussies Stuart Appleby and Aaron Baddeley and Bo Van Pelt were also among the 15 qualifiers to advance from the 36-hole sectional event at the Lakes and Brookside courses in Columbus.

Love punched his ticket in a six-player playoff for the last five spots. He will return to the US Open after seeing his streak of 18 consecutive starts in the event end last year.

Rocco Mediate, who battled with Tiger Woods but lost in a playoff in the 2008 US Open at Torrey Pines, was eliminated with a bogey on the third playoff hole.

For Rose the disappointment comes a day after he claimed his first US PGA Tour title, to go with half a dozen prior victories worldwide.

He charged from four shots back to win the Jack Nicklaus-hosted Memorial at Muirfild Village in Dublin, Ohio, beating Fowler, the 21-year-old rookie who had taken a three-shot lead into the final round.

Monday saw 13 sectional qualifiers around the country to complete the 156-man field for the Open.

Most of the spots came from Columbus and Memphis, Tennessee, where the US PGA Tour plays this week.

Three berths were up for grabs in Houston, where weather delays pushed the conclusion to Tuesday.

The disruption prompted Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo to withdraw, because of commitments to his NFL team the rest of the week.

In other qualifiers, India's Arjun Atwal was among seven to book their spots in Rockville, Maryland.