DETROIT – Golf is a fickle game.
One year you hit it on a string like Tony Finau did last year en route to a five-stroke victory. This year? Not so much.
One week, you play well enough to win a major as Hideki Matsuyama and Webb Simpson have done before. This week? They’re exiting early.
One day, you can make birdies galore and shoot 62 like Justin Thomas did last Saturday at the Travelers. This week? Thomas made fewer birdies combined in two days work and is hitting the road.
But 84 of 156 golfers shot at least 4-under 140 for 36 holes at Detroit Golf Club and are sticking around for the weekend to see if they can claim a PGA Tour title at the Rocket Mortgage Classic.
The Rocket Mortgage Classic ties the AT&T Byron Nelson for the most players to make the 36-hole cut on TOUR this season, with a tournament-record 84 players.
— PGA TOUR Communications (@PGATOURComms) June 30, 2023
Here’s a closer look at some of the notable names that missed the cut this week.