Which big names missed the cut at the PGA Championship?
Major winners and players in the top ten in the world are among those to struggle over the first two days…
We are two rounds through the PGA Championship, and there are some big names who have missed the cut at the halfway stage.
From major champions to Ryder Cup stars, there are plenty of surprise names that failed to make it through the weekend.
The PGA Championship is taking place at Valhalla Golf Club for the fourth time, and the first since Rory McIlroy‘s victory in 2014.
There has been some great scoring this week at the PGA, with three players in double digits under par going into the third round of the season’s second major.
Xander Schauffele (-12) holds a one-shot lead after 36 holes, with Collin Morikawa (-11) and Sahith Theegala (-10) in close order.
The cut line came at 1-under-par, with 78 players making it through to the third round.
But who has failed to make it through to the final two rounds….
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Who has missed the cut at the PGA Championship?
Major champions, Ryder Cup stars, players in the top ten in the world… There are plenty of stars who aren’t sticking around for the week.
The European Ryder Cup quartet of Matt Fitzpatrick, Jon Rahm, Ludvig Aberg and Sepp Straka all failed to make it through, with the first three of those all missing out on the weekend’s action by just a single shot.
The biggest of names – Tiger Woods – was in good shape after the opening round. He had shot 72, but he started 4, 7, 4, 7 and his chances of making it were gone. He eventually finished 7-over, alongside last year’s PGA Championship star, Michael Block.
Wyndham Clark was another in a similar position. However, the 2023 US Open champion was still level par with just four holes to play in his second round. However, a bogey-double-bogey-par finish saw him drop to +4.
Adam Scott, Phil Mickelson and Padraig Harrington are also among the major champions to miss out on the weekend. Scott, along with Sam Burns and Sungjae Im, shot rounds of 72 and 73 to miss the cut at +3.
Mickelson improved after his opening round of 74, but a 72 on Friday wasn’t enough for the American. Meanwhile, Harrington struggled. Rounds of 77 and 75 saw the three-time major champion finish 10-over and way out of contention.
Selected Players Missing the Cut:
Matt Fitzpatrick – E (69-73)
Jon Rahm – E (70-72)
Ludvig Aberg – E (72-70)
Adrian Meronk – +1 (74-69)
Sepp Straka – +2 (71-73)
Sungjae Im – +3 (73-72)
Sam Burns – +3 (72-73)
Adam Scott – +3 (72-73)
Phil Mickelson – +4 (74-72)
Wyndham Clark – +4 (71-75)
Si Woo Kim – +5 (73-74)
Michael Block – +7 (76-73)
Tiger Woods – +7 (72-77)
Padraig Harrington – +10 (77-75)
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Mention a European country, and Matt will tell you which resorts make the National Club Golfer Top 100s: European Resorts list. He might even throw in who designed the golf course and how many rooms the hotel has got at each one…
Matt got into the game of golf from a young age, following his old man to the local golf club. He fell for the sport, and now can’t seem to go a day without thinking about how to improve his game (Thanks Dad!). Matt has been a member of Howley Hall GC in Leeds since 2020, and is just about managing to maintain a single-figure handicap. He likes to remind people that he once broke 75, but won’t tell people that it was on a shortened course during the winter.
He moved to Leeds after graduating from the University of Central Lancashire with a First Class Honours degree in Sports Journalism. Matt joined NCG after almost five years travelling the world with the Professional Squash Association, working on events in all four corners of the globe.
Matt currently plays a Cobra King LTDx driver and RadSpeed 3-wood. TaylorMade monopolise the rest of his bag, with a SIM UDI, M5 irons and both Milled Grind and HI-TOE wedges, along with a Monza Redline putter. He uses a Vice Pro Plus golf ball, because he’s a bit different…
Away from golf, Matt is a Manchester United fan, and a keen runner, having ran the Rob Burrow Leeds Marathon (his first and possibly last), in May 2023.
