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Amateur golfer Richard Teder earned the final place in next month’s Open Championship at Royal Portrush, becoming the first player from Estonia to reach the major. The 20-year-old secured the berth at West Lancashire Golf Club’s Final Qualifying event with a walk-off eagle during a sudden-death playoff. Teder had double-bogeyed the 18th hole in regulation to fall into the playoff, but responded by driving about 340 yards on the extra hole and holing his approach from the fairway for eagle. The shot clinched the lone remaining spot available from the qualifier. Teder’s breakthrough continues a productive summer that saw him advance deep into The Amateur Championship earlier in June. He now joins a field at Portrush that includes world No. 2 Rory McIlroy and Masters champion Scottie Scheffler.
Amateur Richard Teder just qualified for The Open Championship with a storybook finish. After a double-bogey on the last to fall into a playoff, he holes-out for eagle after a 340yd drive to secure his spot. Book the ticket to Portrush. 🔥 https://t.co/YbvRGyuAyG
This is what makes an OPEN Championship so great. I’ve watched this a dozen times. It’s about being OPEN! Amateur Richard Teder holes out for eagle to qualify for The Open Championship. Amazing. ❤️ He will battle Rory and Scottie at Royal Portrush. https://t.co/HiXCdVvVju
🚨🦅🇪🇪 #HISTORY — 20 year old Amateur, Richard Teder, just became the first Estonian to make it to The Open Championship after holing out for eagle in a playoff during final qualifying. https://t.co/z7psL8sTr8
