Camiko Smith came up short in his bid to progress beyond local qualifying in the US Open for the third straight year in Massachusetts yesterday.

The Bermuda golfer failed to secure one of the five qualifying spots available despite finishing just one shot shy of Matthew Naumec, a local amateur, who won yesterday’s qualifier in challenging conditions at the Longmeadow Country Club.

Smith carded a three-over-par 73, leaving him in a five-way tie for second and in a play-off to decide who got one of the remaining four qualifying spots.

Smith’s fate was sealed after he made bogey on the first play-off hole, the par 3 16th, which he had earlier birdied.

Although Smith has not qualified directly for the next round, his performance was enough to earn him a spot as second alternate, leaving him with a slim chance of still making sectional qualifying.

As well as the rest of the field, Smith had to battle against the challenging conditions.

“It was a tough day, really cold and windy,” he said.

Smith made the turn at even par after rolling in birdies on the last three holes on the front nine to offset three bogeys earlier in the round and give himself some momentum.

However, all his hard work came undone after he bogeyed three of the first six holes on the back nine which put him back at three over.

Unlike his late rally on the front nine, Smith was unable to claw his way back and was forced to play an extra hole where his bid to secure one of the qualifying spots was dashed.

“I had to really grind my butt off and unfortunately I wasn’t successful in moving to the next round this year,” Smith said. “But the good thing is I’m able to move forward with it and take both the positives and negatives and build on it. That’s what the best athletes do, learn and move forward.”

Others advancing to the next round alongside Naumec were Andy Lesenski, of Massachusetts, amateur Josh Nichols, of North Carolina, Shawn Warren, of Maine, and Joe Leavitt, of New Hampshire.

The 116th US Open Championship will be held at the Oakmont Country Club in Pittsburgh from June 16 to 19.

At age 21, American Jordan Spieth became the youngest US Open champion in 92 years after finishing one shot ahead of compatriot Dustin Johnson and Louis Oosthuizen, of South Africa, at last year’s championship held at Chambers Bay.