Dallas Final Qualifying Live Scores: Who Is On Their Way To Shinnecock Hills?

OVER AT WALTON HEATH...

It's not just the action unfolding at Dallas Golf Club today. There's also a final qualifier at Walton Heath in England.

There are seven qualifying places available there, and it was won by Nathan Kimsey.

Matthew Jordan, Angel Hidalgo, Nicklas Nørgaard, Rocco Repetto Taylor and Fillipo Celli have also qualified.

A 4-for-1 playoff will determine the final spot.

GHIM HALFWAY HOME AT -7

Now Doug Ghim's out in front on his own. He's just finished a -7 first round on the Blue Course.

Ghim has two US Open appearances under his belt, missing the cut in both. He's halfway to his next go at it.

THREE TIED FOR THE LEAD

We now have three sharing the lead in Dallas, with Tom Kim joined by fellow PGA Tour pros Hayden Springer and Doug Ghim.

RELIEF FOR DAVID PUIG

One player who had been in the field for today's marathon session in Texas is LIV Golf's David Puig.

That would have meant getting from Philadelphia, where he played in the PGA Championship, to Dallas for an early tee time on Monday morning.

How to avoid it? A good PGA Championship finish to get inside the world's top 60 and book his US Open slot. He placed T18 at Aronimink to reach 58th in the rankings and save an overnight dash south.

WHAT THEY'RE AIMING TO REACH...

TOM KIM ON THE WAY BACK?

Are we beginning to see a return to the kind of form that saw Tom Kim win three times early in his PGA Tour career?

He's since dropped out of the world's top 100, but he placed T6 at the ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic a week or so ago, and he's currently the solo leader in Dallas on -7.

It's early days after just 12 of 36 holes, but the signs are good so far for the South Korean.

LIV GOLFERS IN THE FIELD

Considering their limited pathways to the US Open, it's no surprise to see a good chunk of the LIV Golf roster teeing it up in Dallas.

Peter Uihlein is currently the highest-placed of them, in T5, but the likes of Sebastian Munoz, Jose Luis Ballester, Scott Vincent and Branden Grace are all involved too.

Perhaps the biggest names for the field are 2010 US Open champion Graeme McDowell and Sergio Garcia. Both McDowell and Garcia are -1 at the moment, with -4 the score that currently gets you to T9 and at least a playoff.

TIED AT THE TOP

It's early days, but there are already some notable names towards the top of the leaderboard.

PGA Tour pro Frankie Capan III is T1 after 15 of his opening round alongside three-time winner on the circuit Tom Kim. This is the first time Kim has had to go through final qualifying, owing to a slump in form in recent months.

His best finish at the US Open was a T8 in 2023...

WITHDRAWALS

The first group was off at 7am local time, but there's plenty of golf ahead, with 36 holes to get through and most yet to complete their first round.

Having said that, some players didn't make their tee time, with LIV Golfer Tom McKibbin, 2016 Masters champion Danny Willett, PGA Tour pro Ryan Moore and the Korn Ferry Tour's Parker Coody all missing out.

A BIG DAY IN DALLAS...

It's not quite Golf's Longest Day just yet - that falls on June 8th, when 10 sites across the US and Canada will hosts hundreds of pros and amateurs dreaming of a US Open place.

But today is when US Open final qualifying began. Walton Heath in England hosts one of the 36-hole contests, with the other coming from Dallas Athletic Club's Blue and Gold Courses.

That's the action I'll be focusing on here, so settle in and let's see which nine from the more than 100 players can reach Shinnecock Hills.

WELCOME

Hello and welcome to Golf Monthly's coverage of the Dallas US Open Final Qualifier. Stay tuned to see which players will book their spot in next month's Major at Shinnecock Hills.