Scotland’s Lloyd and Elliot Saltman have become the first brothers to qualify for the Open since Seve and Manuel Ballesteros 26 years ago.
Lloyd, who four years ago finished 15th at St Andrews in his only Open, had to wait five hours before discovering that his three-under-par 70 for a 10-under total at Kilmarnock Barassie was just good enough to take one of the four final qualifying places on offer.
The 23 year-old spent some of that time watching his elder brother competing at nearly Glasgow Gailes and then, while keeping his fingers crossed that he would not be in a play-off, received the news that Elliot, playing in the last group of the day, had survived with little to spare as well.
Lloyd, who four years ago finished 15th at St Andrews in his only Open, had to wait five hours before discovering that his three-under-par 70 for a 10-under total at Kilmarnock Barassie was just good enough to take one of the four final qualifying places on offer.
The 23 year-old spent some of that time watching his elder brother competing at nearly Glasgow Gailes and then, while keeping his fingers crossed that he would not be in a play-off, received the news that Elliot, playing in the last group of the day, had survived with little to spare as well.
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January 7th, 2009 
