Scot left in disbelief as play-off goes ahead without him
Richie Ramsay was left feeling physically sick on Monday night after a US Open qualifying play-off went ahead without him at Walton Heath.
Johan Edfors beat Andreas Harto for the last of 11 spots on offer just before 9.30pm, just as a disbelieving Ramsay pulled into the car park.
Ramsay had finished his fog-delayed two rounds at four-under-par some four hours earlier, before deciding to go to Heathrow to try to catch a flight to Belfast and attend the wedding reception of fellow Tour player Gareth Maybin.
It was then that things took a distinct turn for the worse. Not only did he miss the plane, he was then told he could be in a play-off.
The expectations all day were that it would take place on Tuesday morning because of the time lost, but when the last group finished officials saw the opportunity to get at least one extra hole in.
Keen
Edfors and Harto were understandably keen, especially knowing that former US amateur champion Ramsay was likely to be absent, and with it being switched from a par four to a par three to speed things up Harto lost when he failed to get up and down from a bunker.
"I can't believe they played when it was pitch dark," said Ramsay after being told that it was all over and he had been made a reserve for Congressional on June 16-19.
"As I left at 5.30 guys were teeing off the first hole, but they made the decision and I can't do anything about it.
"It's not up to me to say it's right or wrong, but it's just been an horrific day - just an awful, awful day."
