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Lexi Thompson among 8 big names to miss cut at 2023 Shriners Children’s Open

Here’s a look at some of the bigger names who were sent packing early.

LAS VEGAS — As part of the FedEx Cup Fall, players either fighting to maintain their PGA Tour cards or looking for entrance into the first two Signature events had plenty to play for at the Shriners Children’s Open at TPC Summerlin.

But not everyone will be around for the weekend.

Windy conditions on Thursday morning put some players in a tough spot to make the cut this week and others simply didn’t play well enough to move on.

Although a few players saved their best for when they needed it: Brandt Snedeker, James Hahn and Scott Piercy all made birdie on their final hole of the day to eke out a place on the right side of a cutline that landed at 3 under.

Here’s a look at some of the bigger names who were sent packing early.

These notables are going home early after missing the cut at the Fortinet Championship

Here’s a closer look at some of the notables who packed their bags and headed for home on Friday.

NAPA, Calif. — While Kevin Kisner grinded and Troy Merritt (67) and Chez Reavie (68) rallied like veterans, Arizona State’s Preston Summerhays showed he has the game to play with the big boys, making his first cut on the number.

They were among 68 players to shoot 3-under 141 at Silverado Resort’s North Course or better to make the cut and advance to the weekend at the 2023 Fortinet Championship.

Kisner, 39, holed a bunker shot at 17 for birdie en route to shooting 72 and making the cut on the number. Playing for the first time since he withdrew from the Travelers Championship in June, Kisner has a weekend tee time at a stroke-play tournament for the first time since the Players Championship in March. (Ben Crane has his first weekend tee time since the Corales Puntacana Championship, also in March.)

“It feels good,” Kisner said. “But damn if it wasn’t easy.”

Tom Johnson, a 42-year-old club pro and one-time Tour member, didn’t have to sweat the cut line but rather made it look like it was old hat for him. It was anything but at he survived his first cut since 2015 and nearly broke into tears of joy at the accomplishment after shooting a pair of 69s.

“It means so much to me and my family,” said Johnson, the director of instruction at The Meadow Club in Fairfax, California, and the father of a 2-year-old son.

They are all chasing Sahith Theegala, who posted the low round of the day, an 8-under 64, to improve to 12-under 132.

Here’s a closer look at some of the notables who packed their bags and headed for home on Friday.

Notables who missed the cut in the 2023 U.S. Amateur at Cherry Hills

Some big names are heading home before match play.

CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE, Colo. — It’s extremely difficult to make the cut at the U.S. Amateur. So much so, only one in five golfers make it to match play.

What started Monday morning with 312 players across two sites is down to 64 at the 2023 U.S. Amateur at Cherry Hills Country Club. The cut came in at 1 over, but that doesn’t mean the match play bracket is set.

For a while, it looked as if there would be a 15-for-1 playoff on Wednesday morning, but some late score adjustments resulted in exactly 64 players making the cut, meaning match play will begin at 11 a.m. ET Wednesday at Cherry Hills.

Those 1 over and worse are packing their bags. Meanwhile, there was a three-way tie for medalist honors, including the youngest to win the U.S. Amateur medalist honors.

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Here’s a look at which notable amateurs didn’t make the cut at the U.S. Amateur.

Defending champion among notables who missed the cut at 2023 AIG Women’s Open

Yani Tseng in 2010 and 2011 remains the last LPGA golfer to win the AIG back to back.

The 2023 AIG Women’s Open has reached the weekend at Walton Heath in Surrey, England, and with Ally Ewing holding a commanding five-shot lead after 36 holes.

Like Brian Harman at the Open Championship three weeks ago, Ewing is at 10 under and the only golfer who is double digits under par after two rounds.

The cut at the AIG came in at 2 over and 13 golfers made the cut right on the number. But the defending champ is among the notables who did not advance to the weekend. It’s now been a dozen years since a golfer has defended her title in the major.

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Hideki Matsuyama highlights notables to miss cut at Wyndham Championship

The ramifications of missing the cut at the Wyndham Championship on Friday, for some, meant the start of the offseason.

GREENSBORO, N.C. — The ramifications of missing the cut at the Wyndham Championship on Friday, for some, meant the start of the offseason.

Only the top 70 in the season-long FedEx Cup advance to the playoffs next week after 44 regular season events. For Ben Griffin, who entered the week at No. 68, and Austin Eckroat, the “Bubble Boy” at No. 70, they could read the writing on the wall as they struggled to the finish of their morning round in the same threesome.

“The last three holes we tried to determine how many hole-outs we both needed to make the cut, and none of us had a hole-out. I thought I had a good chance of a hole-out on 8,” Griffin said. “But we were joking around towards the end. There’s not much you can do with when you’re four or five out with a few holes to go except try to have fun out there.”

Hope is not completely lost for these two, who will have to sit and wait, hope and pray that they hang on to their precarious rankings. After 36 holes, Griffin still was projected to be Memphis bound at No. 70 while Eckroat is going to need more help as he’s projected to be No. 72.

In all, 74 players moved on to the weekend with a 36-hole total of 2-under 138, including two-time champion Brandt Snedeker, who birdied the final two holes to earn a weekend tee time at 3 under. However, Ben Taylor, Garrick Higgo, K.H. Lee, David Lingmerth, the four players who entered the week Nos. 71-74 in the FedExCup standings, missed the cut and have been eliminated from playoff contention.

Here are some of the notable players this week that weren’t so lucky.

Justin Thomas, Cameron Young lead list of notables to miss cut at 3M Open

Some stars are heading home early.

BLAINE, Minn. — Coming into the 2023 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities, the penultimate event of the PGA Tour’s 2022-23 regular season, there were plenty of golfers who needed to make a final push to get into the FedEx Cup Playoffs.

Lee Hodges is in the lead at 15 under after Friday’s action, and he finished his second round with a birdie putt after the horn sounded to suspend play. It was suspended due to darkness with a few groups remaining who will finish the second round Saturday morning.

However, plenty of golfers needing a good week in the Twin Cities are packing their bags and heading home early.

Those who missed the cut, which came at 4-under 138, included players who were making a playoff push and others who were hoping to make their respective Ryder Cup teams.

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The cut won’t officially be made until Saturday morning when the second round concludes, but the number is set.

Here’s a look at nine golfers who missed the cut at the 3M Open.

Some big names missed the cut at the 2023 Amundi Evian Championship

There’s also a slew of big-name LPGA golfers who are done for the week at Evian Resort Golf Club

They’re heading to the weekend at the 2023 Amundi Evian Championship, with Celine Boutier leading on home soil after 36 holes.

Others making the cut include Brooke Henderson, Jin Young Ko, Minjee Lee, Rose Zhang, Lydia Ko and Nelly Korda (on her birthday).

Carlota Ciganta won’t play the weekend not because of a missed cut but because of a disqualification after Thursday’s first round. She officially was booted for signing an incorrect scorecard after being put on the clock for slow play.

There’s also a slew of big-name LPGA golfers who are already done for the week after missing the cut at Evian Resort Golf Club in Evians-Les-Bains, France, site of the fourth of five LPGA majors this year.

See which LIV Golfers made the cut and didn’t at the 2023 British Open

Multiple past champions are playing the weekend.

When the week began, there were 16 golfers who played for LIV Golf that teed it up at Royal Liverpool for the 151st British Open.

However, not all of them are going to play 72 holes.

There aren’t any LIV golfers in contention – only three are under par after 36 holes – but there are a handful who earned tee times for the weekend, including three past Open champions.

The low 70 players and ties made the cut at the British Open, with 76 advancing to the weekend. Brian Harman holds the lead at 10 under, five clear of the field.

Take a look at which LIV golfers advanced to the weekend at Royal Liverpool and which ones are packing their bags.

Open Championship 2023: Leaderboard, tee times, hole-by-hole

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Phil, JT among 10 notable golfers who missed cut at 2023 British Open

Take a look at the notables heading home early.

HOYLAKE, England — It’s a silly game, isn’t?

If you had Brian Harman running away with the Claret Jug and four top-20-ranked pros heading home on Friday, well, congratulations.

Royal Liverpool is living up to the hype as a tough, old-school links layout that has stood the test of time. Defending champion Cameron Smith closed with an eagle to jump to 2-over 144 and move to the right side of the cutline — which came at 3-over 145 —  and world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler needed to produce a sublime bunker shot at 18 to make birdie and make the cut on the number (extending his streak of consecutive made cuts on Tour to 22, the third-longest active streak).

All told, these 12 players made the cut in all four majors this season: Patrick Cantlay, Tommy Fleetwood, Ryan Fox, Tyrrell Hatton, Viktor Hovland, Brooks Koepka, Hideki Matsuyama, Jon Rahm, Patrick Reed, Xander Schauffele, Scheffler and Smith.

Half the fun is over, but half the fun is still to come. The bad weather, which is expected over the weekend, should make whoever is destined to be the Champion Golfer of the Year to have earned the moniker in spades.

Open Championship 2023: Leaderboard, tee times, hole-by-hole

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The field has been trimmed to the top 70 and ties, with 76 players advancing to the weekend and within 13 strokes of the lead. Let’s take a closer look at some of the notables who were sent packing from the 151st British Open.

Some big names missed the cut at the 2023 U.S. Women’s Open at Pebble Beach

Plenty of big names are heading home from Pebble Beach

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PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — While a relatively unknown American rookie paces the field at the 78th U.S. Women’s Open, a bevy of top names are headed home early from a historic week at Pebble Beach Golf Links. The most shocking of all: World No. 1 Jin Young Ko.

Ko came into the week with 18 of 36 rounds this season in the 60s. No one could’ve predicted the opening 79 that followed.

The first-round scoring average of 75.5 climbed even higher in Round 2 at 76.07. The cut fell at 6 over, with 74 players advancing to the weekend.

Bailey Tardy paces the field at 7 under, with only six players finishing the first two rounds under par.

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Here’s a look at other notables who missed the cut at Pebble Beach.