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Tom Kim, Stewart Cink, Max Homa among notable names to miss the cut at 2023 RBC Heritage

Here’s a closer look at those on the wrong side of the cutline in Harbour Town, South Carolina.

Post-Masters hangover?

Well, not for 2023 Masters champ Jon Rahm, the first golfer to play the week after winning a green jacket since Jordan Spieth in 2015.

Rahm shot 72-64 over the first two days at Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head, South Carolina, and is inside the top 20.

Speaking of Spieth, the defending champion at the RBC Heritage shot 68-67 and is in the top 10.

Rahm and Spieth are among the 41 (out of the top 50) players in the Official World Golf Ranking in the field at the $20 million designated event.

The leader heading into the weekend is Jimmy Walker, who shot his second straight 65 to lead by three shots over Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele and Justin Rose.

Here’s a closer look at those on the wrong side of the cutline, which came in at 2 under, on this Friday night.

So much for Tyrrell Hatton’s Augusta warmup. He leads our list of 7 big names to miss the cut at the Valero Texas Open

Hatton had six bogeys in a sloppy second-round 75 and was the biggest name sent packing from the tournament.

SAN ANTONIO — Organizers of the Valero Texas Open can’t be thrilled with the fate of the top players who’ve traveled to the Alamo City over the last few years, each hoping to fine-tune their game before the Masters.

In 2022, Rory McIlroy came to TPC San Antonio, hoping to break his Augusta drought. He left early after missing the cut.

This year, Tyrrell Hatton tried the same move, saying on Tuesday that he’s been pleased with the beginning of his season, but still felt adding this tournament might be the springboard to better results at the year’s first major.

Unfortunately, Hatton’s game plan worked about as well as McIlroy’s did the year before.

The Brit had six bogeys in a sloppy second-round 75 and was the biggest name sent packing from the tournament, one that saw some players finish their second round Saturday because of inclement weather early in the week.

The cutline is the top 65 players plus those tied at the end of that group, and the number settled at even par. Here’s a look at the biggest names who fell on the wrong side of the cutlist after two rounds at the Oaks Course:

Collin Morikawa, Patrick Cantlay among big names to miss the cut at 2023 WM Phoenix Open

Morikawa’s last missed weekend came at the 2022 Open.

TPC Scottsdale has shown some teeth in Arizona this week for the WM Phoenix Open. The winds have been up, the greens have dried out and the course is playing firm and fast.

The tough conditions at the PGA Tour’s first full-field designated event have sent some of the biggest names in the game home early.

On the other side of the coin, Scottie Scheffler, this week’s defending champion, leads the pack alongside Adam Hadwin through 36 holes at 10 under. Jon Rahm, Jordan Spieth and Xander Schauffele are two shots behind them at 8 under.

The cut came in at even-par 142, with 66 players making the weekend.

Here are the bigs names headed home.

Matt Fitzpatrick highlights notable PGA Tour players to miss the cut at the 2023 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am

Check out the players who came up short on the Monterey Peninsula.

Poor weather has wreaked havoc at this week’s PGA Tour stop on the Monterey Peninsula, setting up for a rare Monday finish.

After the conclusion of the third round early Sunday afternoon, Justin Rose held the 54-hole lead at 12 under, with Peter Malnati and Kurt Kitayama T-2 at 11 under. On the opposite end of the leaderboard, fan-favorite and past champion Jordan Spieth barely made the cut on the number at 1 under.

But what about those who weren’t so lucky? Check out the notable PGA Tour players who missed the cut and went home early at the 2023 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

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First-round co-leader Jordan Spieth, Tom Kim highlight group of players headed back to mainland early at the 2023 Sony Open in Hawaii

Jordan Spieth made history Friday, and not for a good reason.

No one wants a stay in Hawaii cut short, but Friday brought an end for a number of golfers at the Sony Open. This doesn’t mean some won’t hang around the island of Oahu for a couple more days, but their work week is done after 36 holes.

The first full-field event – and therefore first cut – of 2023 featured 19 of the 39 players who competed in the Sentry Tournament of Champions at Kapalua last week.

A number of notable names failed to advance to the weekend at the Sony, including one of the first-round co-leaders.

Check out the full list below.

Cut line: 2 under

PGA Tour: these players missed the cut at the 2022 RSM Classic

These golfers have the weekend off and an early start to their Thanksgiving week.

ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — The fall portion of the 2022-23 PGA Tour season comes to an end this Sunday with the conclusion of the RSM Classic at Sea Island Resort. But for some players, the end came prematurely with a Friday missed cut.

Sixty-nine golfers from a field of 155 are on to the weekend and a chance to hoist a trophy and collect a winner’s check for $1.24 million. That should make Thanksgiving turkey taste a little better. But it took some quality golf to be in the trophy hunt, as 4-under 138 was necessary to survive the 36-hole cut after a round at Sea Island’s Seaside Course and Plantation Course. Here’s a closer look at some of those who weren’t so lucky.

RSM Classic: Leaderboard

With suspended second round complete, here’s who missed the cut at Cadence Bank Houston Open

Here’s who missed the cut, including the 12th-ranked golfer in the world.

HOUSTON – It’s finally time for the weekend in Texas.

Friday afternoon storms suspended play for good at 3:26 p.m. local time, with no groups who teed off in the afternoon having completed play. That meant everyone had to come back Saturday morning to essentially a different golf course.

The temperature Friday afternoon was 86 degrees. Saturday morning? How about 43. The winds also shifted, blowing out of the north instead of the southeast. It made for a chilly start for those who had to come back and fight to improve their position on the leaderboard and it helped those who may have missed the cut if the conditions remained nice.

Tony Finau, at 13 under, maintains his four-shot advantage with 36 holes to play. Patrick Rodgers and Alex Noren are four shots behind.

Here’s who missed the cut at the 2022 Cadence Bank Houston Open at Memorial Park Golf Course. The cut was even par, and 70 players made it.

Houston Open: PGA Tour Live on ESPN+ | Leaderboard

These players missed the cut at the 2022 World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba

Here’s who won’t play the weekend in Mexico.

The World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba in Riviera Maya, Mexico, featured a handful of big name players in the field. Scottie Scheffler, Viktor Hovland, Collin Morikawa and Billy Horschel — all in the top 20 in the Official World Golf Ranking — lived up to their well deserved reputations by at least advancing to the weekend. Only Tony Finau, No. 14 in the world, didn’t get the job done.

He’s not the only notable name that isn’t moving on or will have a chance to make a run at the title. Here’s a closer look at some of the notables who failed to make the top 65 and ties and are heading home from the Yucatan Peninsula empty-handed.

2022 Butterfield Bermuda Championship: John Daly among pros who have the weekend off

The field of 132 was cut to low 65 and ties. That meant shooting at least 6 under if you wanted to stick around and be paid on Sunday.

Sometimes, good golf isn’t good enough to make the cut on the PGA Tour.

Take this week’s Butterfield Bermuda Championship. There were two players who didn’t complete the second round on Friday due to play being suspended for darkness (delaying the inevitable for many), but in the end shooting two rounds totaling 5-under 137 at Port Royal in Southampton, Bermuda, only got pros an attaboy and thanks for coming. In other words, there will be no paycheck for their work.

Indeed, it took a minimum of 6 under to have weekend plans for the 66 pros and one amateur who moved on from a field of 128 pros and four amateurs. As the old tagline goes, these guys are good.

Of those who survived the 36-hole cut, none may be happier than Scott Gutschewski, who is making his final start on a major-medical extension. The 46-year-old journeyman pro shot 1-under 70 to improve to 7-under 135 to keep alive his hopes of retaining his card. He needs to earn 131 FedEx Cup points with a solo fourth or better to move to the top of the major medical category or a two-way tie for 38th or better to continue playing in the Nos. 126-150 category; should he not reach either of these goals, he will lose his membership.

The round of the day to make the cut belonged to 18-year-old amateur Caleb Surratt, who birdied his final three holes to post a second-round 64 and make the cut in his Tour debut.

Here are some notables who weren’t so fortunate.

Butterfield Bermuda: Leaderboard | Photos

Jon Rahm torches Congaree, Shane Lowry details how he broke his putter and more from the second round of the CJ Cup

Jon Rahm was perfect until the final hole.

Jon Rahm holed a bunker shot for birdie at 8 and missed holing out from 195 yards for eagle at the par-4 17th by inches.

“We couldn’t really see it, then obviously the crowd let us know,” he said. “That was a really good feeling swing.”

That wasn’t the only one. The 28-year-old Spaniard carded 10 birdies en route to a course-record setting 62 and a share of the 36-hole with Kurt Kitayama at the CJ Cup.

Even Rory McIlroy took notice.

“I saw he was 12 under playing the last, so I was like whoa, just hell of a round out there even with bogey at the last,” McIlroy said. “It wasn’t easy. It’s tricky and the greens are super quick and if you’re just a little off, they can punish you. So yeah, really impressive round of golf.”

Rahm got off to a sluggish start in the opening round, signing for 2-under 69.

“Yesterday was one of those days where I just couldn’t seem to find the center of the face. Lines were good, just wasn’t truly comfortable and it’s hard to score that way,” he said.

Rahm was dialed in on Friday afternoon, making birdies on six of his first 10 holes, including draining a 35-foot putt at 10. For the second straight day, he holed more than 100 feet of putts. A bogey at the last spoiled an otherwise clean card, but of his 62 strokes, he could only think of two that didn’t live up to his high standard. His approach at 8 into the bunker he termed “atrocious.”

“That one on 18 was not good, either. But it’s golf, it is what it is. Usually things tend to even out throughout a round when you’re playing good golf,” Rahm said. “And yes, I made those two mistakes, but I had that hole-out, I made the long putt on 10, the other one on 16. Maybe it was a little one-sided towards the positive side today.”