Published July 17, 2008 on June 3, 2019

Yuta Ikeda, Chan Kim, Sang-Hyun Park and Gunn Charoenkul Qualify for The 148TH Open at the Mizuno Open

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Yuta Ikeda, Chan Kim, Sang-Hyun Park and Gunn Charoenkul have secured their places in The 148th Open after qualifying at the Mizuno Open in Japan.

The Mizuno Open was played at The Royal Golf Club and was the fifth event in The Open Qualifying Series, which gives golfers around the world opportunities to book their place at Royal Portrush from 14-21 July 2019.

Ikeda secured his 21^st career win on the Japan Golf Tour after finishing on a seven-under-par total of 281, one shot ahead of Kim who finished on six-under-par for the championship.

The 33-year-old from Japan, whose best finish of tied 38th in The Open came at Royal St George’s in 2011, carded a one-under-par 71 in today’s final round, mixing five birdies and four bogeys, to lift the trophy for the first time in front of a home crowd.

Kim first qualified for The Open two years ago after winning the 2017 Mizuno Open and the 29-year-old American, who was born in South Korea, will hope to build on the tied 11th finish he achieved at Royal Birkdale when he tees it up on the Antrim coast next month.

Park, who qualified for The Open at Carnoustie by finishing runner-up in the KOLON Korea Open last year, will return to play in golf’s original championship for the second time after finishing in a tie for third place alongside Charoenkul.

The Korean posted a five-under-par 67 that included seven birdies to finish on a four-under-par total of 284 for the championship overall.

Charoenkul will make his first appearance in The Open after sealing the final qualifying place available for Royal Portrush.

The Thai, who has two wins on the PGA TOUR China Series, carded a four-under-par 68 in the final round and the 27-year-old will now take his place among the world’s best golfers at the famous Dunluce links in July.

The next event in The Open Qualifying Series is the RBC Canadian Open which will be played from 6-9 June at Hamilton Golf and Country Club.