AUGUSTA, Ga. – It’s never fun to go home early from a PGA Tour event on cut day but it hurts more when it is a major.
The field of 89 contestants in the 88th Masters that began the week have been trimmed to the top 50 and ties, 60 players in all, who still have a chance to don the Green Jacket on Sunday.
Among those moving on to the weekend include Tiger Woods, who made the cut at Augusta National for a record 24th consecutive time, breaking a mark he shared with Gary Player and Fred Couples.
“Just look at what Tiger is doing right now,” said U.S. Mid-Amateur champion Stewart Hagestad. “The guy has barely played at all in the last calendar year, and he’s 1 over. That’s alien stuff. That’s unbelievable.”
Defending Masters champion Jon Rahm flirted with the cutline, falling on the wrong side with a bogey at 14 and was in danger of having to hang around until Sunday to help the new champion into his Green Jacket. But Rahm responded with birdies at Nos. 15 and 16 and heads into the weekend at 5-over 149.
On a blustery Friday in which the field was a cumulative 325-over par, the cutline moved to 6-over 150 late in the day to allow the likes of Rickie Fowler and past champions Adam Scott, 58-year-old Jose Maria Olazabal and Hideki Matsuyama to advance to the weekend. But not everyone was so fortunate. Here’s a closer look at the notables sent packing on Friday.