With the 2025 Open Championship at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland just two weeks away, the R&A staged four qualifiers on Tuesday, each advancing the top five to the championship.
Burnham & Berrow, Royal Cinque Ports and West Lancashire in England, as well as Dundonald Links in Scotland were the host venues. The R&A reported that 288 golfers were spread across the four courses.
LIV Golf’s Sam Horsfield was one of more than a dozen players from the fledgling circuit who flew to the United Kingdom from a LIV event in Dallas and attempted to qualify. Horsfield’s shot came at West Lancashire, where five players would receive a berth in the tournament after a grueling 36 holes of play.
And while another LIV Golf member, Lucas Herbert, finished with the low score and a spot in the field at Royal Portrush, Horsfield left the event after just nine holes with a 43 on his scorecard. He also didn’t alert anyone to the decision, meaning he was disqualified from the event.
Why?
On Tuesday, Horsfield took to social media to plead his case, saying in an Instagram story that he was “completely dizzy and out of it all day.”
Horsfield said a fire alarm forced him out of bed, and he slept through his alarm, although he was fortunate that his caddie woke him up.
The Manchester, England, native made the cut at the 2021 British Open at Royal St. George’s and finished tied for 67th, but he missed the cut in his other two appearances (2022 at St. Andrews and 2024 at Royal Troon).
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