(Reuters) - A day after finishing second in the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth, Ireland's Shane Lowry booked his place in next month's U.S. Open by heading the international sectional qualifier held in England on Monday.
Despite consistently heavy rain, Lowry carded rounds of three-under-par 69 on the New Course in the morning and five-under 67 on the Old in the afternoon to lead 14 successful qualifiers from a starting field of 105 at Walton Heath, Surrey.
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