This year’s Memorial Tournament had 73 players, but still had a 36-hole cut. Only players who are tied with the top 50 or within 10 strokes of the leader can make the cut.
Fifty-two players finished four over par or better, meaning anyone who finished five over par or worse missed the weekend, including many stars such as Jordan Spieth and reigning U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark.
Spieth and Clark both finished at five over par.
Spieth, a three-time major champion, started with a double bogey but rallied with a birdie on the par-4 second hole, but then had four more bogeys and, despite a birdie on the 18th, wasn’t enough to earn a tee time for the third round.
Clark, meanwhile, shot an even-par 72 on Friday despite a double-bogey seven on the par-5 15th hole, but a five-over 77 on Thursday did the damage.
Other notable players who missed the cut included Canada’s Mackenzie Hughes and Patrick Cantlay, France’s Mathieu Pavon and 2013 U.S. Open champion Justin Rose, who began the tournament at 8-over 80 on Thursday.
But no one performed worse than Rickie Fowler, who collapsed on Friday for a tournament-worst score of 10-over 82.
Fowler shot 9-under 45 after the first nine holes, which included three double bogeys and three bogeys. He then bounced back a bit in the second nine, with a bogey on the 10th hole, followed by birdies on the 15th and 16th holes, but final bogeys on the 17th and 18th holes undid his par-breaker. Fowler’s best finish was at the RBC Heritage, where he tied for 18th. Since then, he has finished 43rd, 63rd and tied for 37th.
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