Mikey Moyers, from Stannardsville, Va., fired a 5-under-par 67 to earn the medal in local qualifying for the U.S. Open Championship at Crofton Country Club, May 13. With five places available, there was a playoff at 71 for the final spot.

Moyers, 23, who graduated from Virginia Tech last December, started at No. 10,then birdied Nos. 17-18 to turn 1-under and start a string of six birdies in his last 11 holes. He highlighted the run with a 30-foot putt at the second, but later marred the round with a double-bogey at the seventh.

There was a tie for second at 69 between Ted Brown, a veteran mini-tour player who lives in Richmond, Va., and Jay Lindell, a Springfield (Va.) CC assistant professional, followed by Brice Busse, a Woodmont CC assistant pro, at 70.

Brown, a co-medalist in this event two years ago and a playoff loser last year, played the back first, had an early bogey, then ran off three brdies in five holes to dip 2-under. He stayed there, matching par with a birdie and a bogey. Lindell, who failed to qualify on several previous occasions, made it this time when he birdied two of his last three holes, Nos. 7 and 9. Busse got in when he collected three birdies on his final nine, the front side. He holed a bunker shot at the third, two-putted the par-5 sixth, and avoided the playoff with a 35-foot putt at the ninth.

Scott Shingler, an amateur from Haymarket, Va., took care of the playoff when he rolled in a six-foot birdie putt at No. 10, the first playoff hole. Joe Rice, IV, from Dunkirk, made par and became the first alternate. Matt Sughrue, from Arlington, Va., and Bethesda CC, and Marcus Manley. from Washington, D.C., had 5’s and went on, while Chris Navarro, a Crofton member from Davidsonville, failed to advance. The playoff continued on holes 11, 12, and 17, where Manley got the second alternate position, knocking in a long putt, then watching Sughrue miss from about 15 feet.

In his regulation round, Shingler, a former Washington Metropolitan Mid-Am Champion, dipped 2-under after an eagle-3 at the 554-yard 16th where he hit a 40-yard wedge for his third shot. On the front, he slipped back to even par with bogeys at Nos. 2 and 8.

Notes: The field of 88 players played the course at 7,082 yards to a par of 35-36–71 on a bright and sunny day with temperatures in the 80’s. . .Navarro had 18 straight pars in shooting par. . .In addition to Shingler, Nick Tremps, from Williamsburg, Va., also eagled the 16th. . .This will be Shingler’s fourth trip to Woodmont. A record 10,127 entries were accepted for the Open and about 100 places will be available in the qualifying process. Crofton (and Clustered Spires GC, May 14) are two of 111 local sites. . .On June 2, Woodmont CC in Rockville will be one of 10 sectional sites that will determine the final field for championship, listed for June 12-15 at Pinehurst (N.C.) CC.

-Reported by John Stewart from Crofton Country Club