Great day for Colombian golf: Mariajo Uribe and Nico Echavarría will play the US Open

María José Uribe achieved her place this Monday for the last Major of her professional career. He did so by winning the qualifying tournament that was played in Germany, with a cumulative score of 10 strokes under par.

The Santander native, who is going through a brilliant moment, has the goal of reaching the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, a tournament in which she will end her professional career.

It will be her 11th participation in the US Open, in which she had her best performance in 2008, when she was still an amateur player: that year she finished in tenth place. This year, in addition, she won the South Wales Open, in Australia, valid for the Ladies European Tour.

For his part, Nicolás Echavarría qualified for the US Open also this Monday, with a brilliant performance in the qualification tournament that was played in Dallas, with illustrious names in the field, such as the Spanish Sergio García and the Mexicans Abraham Ancer and Carlos Ortiz, all LIV Golf players.

There were 11 spots in dispute and Echavarría finished in first place, with a cumulative score of 135 strokes, seven under par, with rounds of 67 in the morning and 68 in the afternoon.

The Antioquian will play his second US Open (last year he did not make the cut) and the third Major of his career, after participating in the PGA Championship, also in 2023.

“I am very happy with this classification, for me it is an important step in my career and now I have to work to make the cut in a large tournament. I have been hitting the ball well, the results have improved and I am calm with my game, however, these tournaments are special and we have to continue working to reach the best level,” declared Echavarría, who this week will play the Charles Schwab Challenge. in which his compatriot Camilo Villegas will also be present.

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