5 with Alabama ties advance
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Five players with ties to Alabama, including Hoover’s Chris Devlin, made it through local qualifying for the U.S. Senior Open Championship Thursday at Wynlakes Golf and Country Club.
Roger Rowland of Ocala, Florida, Chris Devlin and Todd Ormsby of LaGrange, Georgia, each posted three-under 69 to secure co-medalist honors and earn the first three qualifying positions.
The following players will also advance to the Final Qualifying stage of the 45th U.S. Senior Open Championship:
- Brad Adamonis of Cumberland, Rhode Island (70)
- Scott Cornette of Montgomery (70)
- Wendell Akins of Baton Rouge, Louisiana (71)
- John L Smith of Statesboro, Georgia (71)
- Reginald Adams of Shreveport, Louisiana (72)
- Jack Hall of Savannah, Georgia (72)
- Neil Thompson of England (73)
- Ted Tryba of Orlando, Florida (73)
- Tommy Jean of Sumiton, Alabama (73)
- Claud Cooper of Mountain Brook, Alabama (73)
Chris Hummel of Birmingham was named first alternate and Michael Hammett of Hattiesburg, Mississippi claimed the second alternate position.
Neil Thompson is the PGA director of instruction at the Thompson Golf Academy in Birmingham.
Two PGA Tour Champions competitors with ties to Alabama are exempt into the U.S. Senior Open Championship – Florence native Stewart Cink who now lives in Atlanta and Joe Durant of Pensacola, Fla., who played collegiately at Huntington College in Montgomery.
Shane Childress, another golfer from Alabama advanced to the final stage of qualifying at Franklin Bridge Golf Club in Franklin, Tenn. Childress shot 1-under 69 to easily qualify.
Fifty-eight players teed it up at Wynlakes attempting to advance to the final stage.
The 2025 U.S. Senior Open Championship will be played at The Broadmoor (East Course) in Colorado Springs, Colorado, June 26-29.
The 2025 U.S. Senior Open Championship Local Qualifying is conducted by the Alabama Golf Association.
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