Northwestern’s Chun among Open qualifiers
(Left to right) Danny Chia, Seung-Yul Noh, Hiroyuki Fujita and Eric Chun of South Korea pose with the Claret Jug after qualifying for the British Open.
Northwestern sophomore Eric Chun qualified for the British Open Thursday at International Final Qualifying in Asia. It was an event of international golf significance, and not just because it involved a Korean native who attends an American college qualifying for a tournament in Scotland (at the Home of Golf, nonetheless) via a tournament in Malaysia.
Chun shot 67-71 to grab the fourth and final spot at Saujana Golf and Country Club in Kuala Lumpur. Seung-yul Noh, an 18-year-old Korean who bettered K.J. Choi to win last week’s Malaysian Open, Malaysia’s Danny Chia and Japan’s Hiroyuki Fujita will join Chun at St. Andrews for this year’s British Open.
“I have never been so nervous in my life and I’m just happy it worked out well,” said Chun, who turned 20 Monday.
Chun’s accomplishment can soothe the nerves of the Asian Amateur’s organizers because it adds credibility to the ...
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