{"id":209307,"date":"2025-06-24T03:10:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T03:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/209307\/"},"modified":"2025-06-24T03:10:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T03:10:13","slug":"premier-league-cult-hero-jimmy-bullard-falls-short-in-his-bid-to-qualify-for-the-open-saying-he-couldnt-find-anything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/209307\/","title":{"rendered":"Premier League cult hero Jimmy Bullard falls short in his bid to qualify for The Open, saying he &#8216;couldn&#8217;t find anything&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Bullard was among around 2,000 players bidding to qualify for the Open<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>The former Premier League star competed at one of the regional qualifiers<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Bullard would ultimately finish four strokes off reaching the final qualifying event\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/profile-408\/michael-pavitt.html\" class=\"author\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MICHAEL PAVITT<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"> Published:  18:51 EDT, 23 June 2025   |  Updated:  19:44 EDT, 23 June 2025   <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Former <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/premierleague\/index.html\" id=\"mol-3b555750-5080-11f0-986e-734886beeb01\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League<\/a> cult hero Jimmy Bullard has admitted he &#8216;couldn&#8217;t find anything&#8217; on the course as his bid to qualify for the <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/the_open\/index.html\" id=\"mol-3b5668c0-5080-11f0-986e-734886beeb01\" rel=\"noopener\">Open Championship<\/a> came to an end.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Bullard was among 2,000 players competing around 15 venues across the UK and Ireland on Monday in regional qualifying events.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The events offered between\u00a0seven and 10 qualification spots for the final qualifying event on July 1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Bullard competed at the regional qualifier at Rochester and Cobham Park, with the former <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/fulham\/index.html\" id=\"mol-3b421d70-5080-11f0-986e-734886beeb01\" rel=\"noopener\">Fulham<\/a>, Wigan, and <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/hull-city\/index.html\" id=\"mol-3b42e0c0-5080-11f0-986e-734886beeb01\" rel=\"noopener\">Hull City<\/a>\u00a0player carding a three-over-par round of\u00a074.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The\u00a046-year-old, who is a scratch golfer, finished four strokes away from a qualifying position at the event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Deffo not my day today but loved every minute of it,&#8217; Bullard wrote on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-31bc9acfb7c9e5e4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/99652169-14840193-image-a-71_1750718337445.jpg\" height=\"391\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Former Premier League star Jimmy Bullard has failed in his bid to qualify for the Open\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Former Premier League star Jimmy Bullard has failed in his bid to qualify for the Open<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-79228da223ddff17\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/99652179-14840193-image-a-72_1750718344932.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Bullard admitted he 'couldn't find anything' after finishing four strokes off a qualifying score\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Bullard admitted he &#8216;couldn&#8217;t find anything&#8217; after finishing four strokes off a qualifying score<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-a53c5a7953ddf24d\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/99652191-14840193-image-a-73_1750718349932.jpg\" height=\"392\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Bullard has been among around 2,000 people competing in regional qualifying events\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Bullard has been among around 2,000 people competing in regional qualifying events\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Tried to dig deep but couldn&#8217;t find anything.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;A big thanks to @rcpgc @therandagolf @theopen and all of yous that come out to support, at one point I counted close to 100 of yas.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Bullard previously competed in five of the now defunct EuroPro tour events between 2014 and 2016 and was hoping to qualify for the open.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Announcing his attempt to qualify in a video on his channel, Bullard said: &#8216;Done my back [last year], played too much golf so I&#8217;ve got to manage that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;But I think that&#8217;s just a one off to be honest. I don&#8217;t really get injured do I? Quest for The Open, yes. But a quest to make me a better golfer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I feel like the game of golf, I&#8217;ve got to the ceiling of what I know. All my scores are like level par, one-under, I&#8217;ve reached my ceiling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;How do I get to the next level shooting four, five, six under? Is it available to me with my ability? I don&#8217;t know. But I feel I&#8217;ve come to the end where I need a coach. I&#8217;ve exhausted all the stuff I know.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Bullard had been left on the verge of tears after he was forced to pull out of qualifiers last year because of a back injury.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-5b629db4a33133b3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/98821181-14840193-Bullard_who_played_for_Fulham_Wigan_and_Hull_hung_up_his_boots_i-a-86_175071885455.jpeg\" height=\"424\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Bullard, who played for Fulham, Wigan, and Hull, hung up his boots in 2012 and is a keen golfer\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Bullard, who played for Fulham, Wigan, and Hull, hung up his boots in 2012 and is a keen golfer<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-53985f1204a2acac\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/99652691-14840193-image-a-74_1750718408387.jpg\" height=\"481\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Peter Odemwingie, pictured in 2020, also failed to come through his qualifying event\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Peter Odemwingie, pictured in 2020, also failed to come through his qualifying event<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The former midfielder was not the only ex-Premier League player bidding to qualify for the major.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Peter Odemwingie, the former West Brom, Cardiff and Stoke forward, also missed out at his regional qualifier at Enville.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Odemwingie, who has qualified as a PGA professional golfer since retiring from football, carded a 10-over-par round of 82.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Golf&#8217;s oldest tournament, The Open, will take place at\u00a0Royal Portrush from July 17 to 20.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                    Share or comment on this article:<br \/>\n                        Premier League cult hero Jimmy Bullard falls short in his bid to qualify for The Open, saying he &#8216;couldn&#8217;t find anything&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bullard was among around 2,000 players bidding to qualify for the Open The former Premier League star competed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":209308,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4106],"tags":[73920,92,2826,93,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-209307","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-british-open","9":"tag-dailymail","10":"tag-golf","11":"tag-sport","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209307\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}