Twenty-eight players qualify for British Open

Bloomfield Hills, MI (Sports Network) - Michael Putnam won a British Open qualifier at Oakland Hills on Monday, shooting rounds of 69 and 67 to lead a group of 12 players who earned exemptions to Carnoustie in two weeks.
Putnam won the qualifier with a four-under 136 total, beating John Senden and Ryan Moore by two shots.
In England, Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell posted rounds of 67 and 64 to lead a qualifier at Sunningdale, where 16 players earned berths in the Open.
"I certainly did not want to be sitting at home while The Open is going on," said McDowell, who finished at nine-under 131.
Charley Hoffman, Matt Kuchar, Anders Hultman and Brian Davis shared fourth place at Oakland Hills, coming in at one-under 139. Jerry Kelly and Sean O'Hair qualified another shot further back at 140.
Duffy Waldorf, Mark Hensby and Spencer Levin escaped a six-way playoff for the final three spots. Kevin Streelman, Robert Oppenheim and Steve Allan were the other three players at one-over 141.
The 15 players who qualified behind McDowell at Sunningdale were Peter Hanson, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Nick Dougherty, Ross Fisher, Alastair Forsyth, Gregory Bourdy, Oliver Wilson, Benn Barham, Fredrik Andersson, Mattias Eliasson, Francesco Molinari, David Frost, Mark Foster, Jose-Filipe Lima and Peter Baker.
Last year's European Ryder Cup captain, Ian Woosnam, was among the players who did not qualify at Sunningdale.
Camilo Villegas, Rocco Mediate, Jesper Parnevik and Steve Elkington highlighted the names of players who failed to qualify at Oakland Hills.
Thirteen more players earned spots in qualifiers held in South Africa, Singapore and Australia earlier this year.