They had missed the halfway cut in Chicago and that opened the door to all the chasing group, but none of them could do what was required of them.

It means that captain Tom Lehman – one of those who might have qualified – has four uncapped players in his line-up, Vaughn Taylor and JJ Henry making it along with Johnson and Wetterich.

Lehman can add to that number when he names his two wild cards tomorrow, but he might decide he needs more experience and if he does then Davis Love and Stewart Cink look favourites to join the rookie quartet and Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Jim Furyk, Chad Campbell, David Toms and Chris DiMarco.

Love, Steve Stricker and Tim Herron were the three with a round to go at Medinah with the best chance of climbing into a top 10 spot.

Herron, who had been joint halfway leader, needed to finish in the top seven and teed off joint eighth. He was in position to make it after two birdies in the first five, but a double bogey at the short 13th effectively ended his hopes.

Love, a member of the last six teams, was 18th and required eighth spot, but two bogeys in the first four left him a mountain to climb and he could not do it. He dropped four shots in the last three holes.

Stricker had to charge from 12th to third for a place and with four to go was joint sixth. But it was just too tall an order for him too.

Love has never needed a wild card before, but Cink was chosen by Hal Sutton two years ago and while one win, one half and two losses was not what he and his captain hoped for his recent form has probably earned him another call-up.

It has been reported that Woods has spoken up in favour of Fred Couples to Lehman, but since his third place finish at the Masters in April the 46-year-old has not had a top 10 finish, has had more back trouble and missed the cut on Friday.

There were five uncapped players in the American team thrashed by a record nine-point margin in Detroit two years ago – DiMarco, Campbell, Kenny Perry, Fred Funk and Chris Riley.