Aussie legend Adam Scott set for 100th consecutive major at US Open after avoiding qualifying

Adam Scott officially is set for his 100th consecutive major next month at the US Open, which added 24 players to the field from the world ranking, with more spots available through qualifiers in England and Dallas on Monday.

Aussie golf legend Scott effectively secured his spot among the top 60 in the world with a tie for fourth in the Cadillac Championship at Doral.

He is at No.49 in this week's ranking, which the US Open uses to determine who avoids qualifying.

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Scott's sole major victory came at the 2013 Masters.

The 45-year-old Queenslander's streak began with the 2001 British Open, and he has not missed one since, even going through US Open qualifying when he wasn't exempt.

It's the longest streak since Jack Nicklaus played 146 majors in a row, from the 1962 Masters through the 1998 US Open.

Last week Scott played his 100th major, missing the cut at the PGA Championship which was won by England's Aaron Rai.

Scott's one close call was breaking a bone in his hand before the 2008 US Open at Torrey Pines, but he played — grouped with Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson in the opening two rounds — and tied for 26th that week.

“I would rather win some stuff, and let’s celebrate winning the US Open than just playing in it,” Scott said three weeks ago.

“I can give myself a pat on the back for hanging in there and playing all these events. I think there’s some luck in it, but I think I’ve had generally great advice around me from a physical and training standpoint that’s kept me healthy and pretty much injury-free.”

Others exempt from US Open qualifying through the top 60 in the world ranking include Jordan Spieth, Patrick Reed and Alex Smalley, who tied for second in the PGA Championship to move up 36 spots to No.42.

Matti Schmid, who had the lead during the final round of the PGA Championship and wound up in a tie for fourth, earned one of five exemptions awarded to leading players in the FedEx Cup on the PGA Tour who were not already exempt.

The exemptions finalised Tuesday mean 70 players in the 156-man field will go through qualifying, an unusually low number for a major that prefers roughly half the field go to qualifying.

The US Open is June 18-22 at Shinnecock on New York's Long Island.

Adding to the field were qualifiers in Dallas and England.

Nathan Kimsey of England had a 62 in his second round at Walton Heath to earn one of seven spots out of England. He will be making his U.S. Open debut.

Kimsey was joined by Rocco Repetto Taylor, Filippo Celli, Matthew Jordan, Angel Hidalgo, Niklas Norgaard and Ugo Coussaud, who earned the final spot in a 4-for-1 playoff.

Thomas Detry ended nine days of U.S. Open misfortune by losing out in the playoff, and missing out in the bid for two alternate spots.

Detry was set to earn an exemption from LIV Golf until Aussie player Lucas Herbert won in Virginia last week. He was at No.61 in the world going into the PGA Championship but missed a 12-foot birdie putt on his final hole to miss the cut by one shot. And then he flew to London.

All is not lost. Detry still has two tournaments — the Soudal Open this week in his native Belgium and LIV Golf Korea the following week — to move into the top 60 before the final cut off for the world ranking on June 15.

The Dallas qualifier — the first of 11 to be held in North America over the next month — featured Sergio Garcia among 14 players from LIV Golf.