Mediate clinches US Open place

Rocco Mediate has accepted a place at the US Open that became available because St Jude Classic winner Lee Westwood was already in the field, the United States Golf Association has confirmed.

A place in the field had been held open for any player who won multiple PGA Tour co-sponsored events between June 21, 2009 and June 13, 2010.

Mediate finished the sectional qualifier at in Columbus, Ohio on June 7 as first alternate.

Mediate has played in 14 previous US Opens and finished runner-up to Tiger Woods in 2008.