Khan and Jacquelin top qualifiers

Englishman Simon Khan and France's Raphael Jacquelin topped the qualifiers for this year's US Open after a long day at Walton Heath.

In-form Levet makes it through

England's Simon Khan and France's Raphael Jacquelin topped the qualifiers for this year's US Open after a long day at Walton Heath. Simon Dyson earned himself another chance to play in the event - four years after struggling badly on his US Open debut. Dyson said of the challenge that now awaits him at Bethpage Black next month: "I just hope it's not as hard as Pinehurst was. "That was too hard - the most difficult course I've ever played. You were hitting four-irons into greens that were designed for wedges. "You could be stood in the middle of a fairway with like a six-iron in your hands thinking 'How do I hit this on the green?' "I didn't play that great to be fair, but I've never seen anything like it." Dyson shot 79-78 to miss the cut by nine shots With Colin Montgomerie among those to withdraw before the start, a total of 75 players battled for the 11 spots on offer. Four Ryder Cup stars were in the field, but while Paul McGinley, David Howell and Niclas Fasth missed out, recent Spanish Open winner Thomas Levet made it through on seven under. Bethpage is where Levet's US Open debut came in 2002, and he finished 18th. Compatriot Jacquelin, meanwhile, had failed in four previous attempts at the qualifier, but made no mistake this time by following up an opening 67 on the New Course with a 68 on the Old. Former Wales Open champion Khan matched that and for him it was fourth time lucky.

Inspiration

"I had a look at Bethpage on the internet to get some inspiration," said the Essex golfer. "It's been a bit of a tough year so far and to make it into a major means a lot." Joint fifth were South African Andrew McLardy and another Tour rookie David Horsey, the Cheshire 24-year-old who led the BMW PGA Championship after the opening round last Thursday. The remaining five spots had to be decided by a play-off involving seven players, among them Scot Stephen Gallacher and England's Richard Bland. Walker Cup squad member Sam Hutsby, the one amateur taking part, was well positioned after a first-round 69, but four-putted the 15th in an afternoon 74 and missed by four. Collated second round scores & totals in the European Qualifying Tournament, 36-hole United States Open, Walton Heath Old and New Course, Surrey, England
(Gbr and Irl unless stated): 135 Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 67 68, Simon Khan 68 67 136 Simon Dyson 66 70 137 Thomas Levet (Fra) 70 67 138 David Horsey 72 66, Andrew McLardy (Rsa) 71 67 139 Stephen Gallacher 70 69, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 72 67, Peter Hanson (Swe) 71 68, Johan Edfors (Swe) 73 66, Francesco Molinari (Ita) 71 68, Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra) 68 71, Richard Bland 68 71 The following players failed to qualify 140 Nick Dougherty 71 69, Markus Brier (Aut) 70 70, Brett rumford (Aus) 69 71 141 Wade Ormsby (Aus) 74 67, Richie Ramsay 71 70, Alastair Forsyth 71 70, Simon Griffiths 72 69 142 Gareth Maybin 73 69, Paul McGinley 74 68, Oliver Fisher 71 71, Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra) 72 70 143 Chris Wood 73 70, Daniel Vancsik (Arg) 70 73, Peter Hedblom (Swe) 72 71, Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 72 71, Jamie Donaldson 73 70, Phillip Archer 74 69, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 71 72, Sam Hutsby 69 74 144 Scott Strange (Aus) 71 73, Richard Finch 72 72, Miguel Rodriguez (Arg) 71 73, Fracois Delamontagne (Fra) 72 72, Paul Waring 72 72 145 Gary Murphy 74 71, Mads Vibe-Hastrup (Den) 70 75, Gregory Havret (Fra) 74 71, Niclas Fasth (Swe) 75 70, Michael Hoey 75 70, Felipe Aguilar (Chi) 69 76, Robert Dinwiddie 74 71, Alvaro Velasco (Spa) 74 71 146 Ross McGowan 72 74 147 Mikko Ilonen (Fin) 74 73, TC Charamba (Zim) 75 72, Christian Nilsson (Swe) 69 78, Jyoti Randhawa (Ind) 75 72 148 Shiv Kapur (Ind) 72 76 149 Rafael Cabrera-Bello (Spa) 71 78, Jeppe Huldahl (Den) 74 75, Michael Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 76 73, Steve Webster 76 73 150 Alan McLean 76 74, Benn Barham 73 77 151 Marc Cayeux (Zim) 74 77, Anthony Kang (USA) 77 74, Pablo Martin (Spa) 74 77 153 Merrick Bremner (Rsa) 73 80 154 Magnus Carlsson (Swe) 78 76, David Howell 78 76 WD: Kenneth Ferrie, Tyrone Ferreira (Rsa), Rafa Echenique (Arg), Tano Goya (Arg), Alejandro Canizares (Spa), Pelle Edberg (Swe), Pablo Larrazabal (Spa), Marcel Siem (Ger), Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg