Former U.S. PGA Championship winners Davis Love III and Rich Beem qualified for the British Open on Monday, but Steve Elkington, winner of the 1995 American PGA Championship, bogeyed his final two holes and fell short. Jeff Overton won the first North American qualifying section at the TPC of Michigan, shooting a 14-under 130 over 36 holes. "I've never made it into a major, so I'm incredibly excited," the 25-year-old Overton said.

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