Only 17 players went through local and sectional qualifying at this year's US Open. Five more than the equivalent system for The .
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I too like the qualifying series events.
Yes 17 went through local and sectional for the US Open, but 68 got in via the Sectional-that's still a separate qualifier
Only 12 get in via the Open version of the sectional (called a "Final" qualifier)
as far as local and sectional qualifying(what they call Regional and Final qualifying) you're forgetting that many in The Open are exempt through the Regional to the Final as well, so 17 to 12 is not an accurate comparison.
For instance, the year I got through to Final Qualifying, as first alternate from Regional qualifying, I took Retief Goosen's place, who had elected not to use his exemption from Regional qualifying into the Final Qualifier, so in theory anyone who was exempt through to Final qualifying and made it would not count in your 12 (making it through both local and sectional)
But I like their method and 12 spots is more than they had a few years ago when they reinstated the Regional and Final Qualifying.