England's Paul Broadhurst and Swede Carl Pettersson have just missed out on earning exemptions into next month's US Open - by 0.1 and 0.01 pts respectively.
The latest world rankings show Pettersson and Broadhurst at 51st and 52nd, and yesterday was the cut-off for the top 50 to be given invitations to the second major of the year.
The pair now have to go through qualifying tournaments next Monday, Broadhurst at Walton Heath in Surrey and Pettersson at one of several sites in America.
Lee Westwood's missed cut in the PGA Championship at Wentworth - his fifth in a row - means he does not have an exempt place at Winged Foot either. He is 55th in the new rankings, and the former European number one has said will not be playing at Walton Heath, the venue nominated on his entry form, because he is competing at the Memorial tournament in Ohio this week and then has other engagements.
Luke Donald falls out of the top 10 to make way for David Howell, the winner at Wentworth, and he has also fallen out of the top 10 in the Ryder Cup standings. If he does not get back in, Donald will need one of Ian Woosnam's two wild cards, as would Padraig Harrington and Darren Clarke as things stand.
