Major champions Tom Lehman, Davis Love III and Ben Curtis led 15 players who earned spots in the US Open, while Rose and the youngster he beat at Muirfield Village — 21-year-old Rickie Fowler — did not.
Fowler, who was atop the leaderboard at the Memorial for 48 consecutive holes, had a 73 in the afternoon to miss by six shots.
“Being in contention definitely wears you out quite a bit, and this is my third week in a row playing,” Fowler said. “So I’m looking forward to some time off. It would have been nice to be playing in the Open, but it happens.”
Fowler moved up to No. 32 in the world on Monday, while Rose went to No. 33 with his first PGA Tour victory. The cutoff for getting into the US Open through the world ranking was two weeks ago because the USGA had to determine how many spots would be available through the qualifiers. Rose shot a 140 to miss by three shots.
The 36-hole day of survival at The Lakes and Brookside courses was among 13 qualifiers across the country to fill out the 156-man field at Pebble Beach on June 17.
Most of the spots came from Columbus and Memphis, Tenn., because of so many PGA Tour players.
Former PGA champion Shaun Micheel was among 12 players who qualified in Memphis. The list includes Paul Goydos, who played a practice round with Tiger Woods on the eve of the last US Open at Pebble Beach and predicted he would win by 10 shots. Woods ended up winning by 15.
Scott McCarron and Jarrod Lyle face a playoff Tuesday morning in Memphis for the final spot.
The medalist in Memphis was University of Georgia senior Hudson Swafford with rounds of 67-65. He missed this season with shoulder surgery and was playing his first competitive rounds.
“I was just happy to be playing again,” Swafford said.
Equally remarkable was Erik Compton, a former Walker Cup player who has had two hearts transplant. Compton made the cut at the Memorial, then played 36 holes in one day for the first time since his second heart transplant in May 2008. In the other Ohio qualifier with only three spots available, he earned one through a playoff. The US Open will be his first major.
Brian Davis, who famously called a penalty on himself at Hilton Head in a playoff this year, and Asian teenager Seong Nul Yoh earned the other two spots at Springfield Country Club in Columbus.
Only three spots were available in Houston, and one of them won’t be going to an NFL quarterback. Tony Romo of the Dallas Cowboys withdrew early in the second round after opening with a quadruple bogey, when rain delays pushed the conclusion to Tuesday.
Stuart Appleby, Aaron Baddeley and Bo Van Pelt also qualified in Columbus, along with Puerto Rico winner Derek Lamely and Eric Axley, the medalist with rounds of 64 and 63.
Love, whose streak of 18 consecutive US Open starts ended last year, birdied the final hole with a wedge to 5 feet, then earned his spot in a six-man playoff for the final five spots. The odd man out was Rocco Mediate, famous for losing a 19-hole playoff to Tiger Woods at Torrey Pines two years ago. Mediate was eliminated with a bogey on the third extra hole.
In other qualifiers:
• Ty Tryon was among seven qualifiers from Rockville, Md. Tryon made it through Q-school as a 17-year-old and has rarely been heard from since. He is 26 and will be playing in his first major. Others who qualified were Jason Gore and Arjun Atwal of India. Gore, who played in the final group at Pinehurst No. 2 in 2005, was married on the 18th green at Pebble Beach.
• Tom Kite, who won the 1992 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, missed by one shot in the Littleton, Colo., qualifier. The two spots went to Stephen Allan of Australia and Jason Preeo.
• US Ryder Cup captain Corey Pavin missed qualifying in Chicago by two shots. The spots went to Jerry Smith and Bennett Blakeman.
• Jon Curran earned the final spot in Summit, N.J., winning a playoff over PGA Tour winner Parker McLachlin. He was among four qualifiers at Canoe Brook Country Club.
• Gary Woodland was among three qualifiers in Hobe Sound, Florida.
• Russell Henley, the nation’s top-ranked amateur, earned one of two spots in Roswell, Georgia.
• The lone spot in St. Louis went to a local amateur, Scott Langley, who helped Illinois to the Big 10 team title this year.
• Jason Allred earned one of the three spots from Portland, Ore.
• Erick Justesen, a part-time caddie at Pebble Beach, led the four players to earn spots in Sacramento. “The US Open —period — is my dream. Pebble is just icing on the cake,” Justesen said.
