With a field of only 73, the vast majority of golfers made the Memorial Tournament cut, which was at 4-over par.
But among the 21 players who have unwanted weekends off are some big names.
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Crowd favorite Rickie Fowler had a disastrous Friday after shooting 76 on Thursday. Fowler shot 45 on the front nine, which included three double-bogeys. He finished 14-over, the worst score in the field.
Patrick Cantlay, who won the Memorial in 2019 and 2021, missed the cut by two strokes after shooting 75 and 76.
Jordan Spieth followed his opening-round 74 with a 75 on Friday to miss the cut by a shot. Wyndham Clark, the defending U.S. Open champion, also failed to make the cut by one shot after following an opening-round 77 with a 72.
Justin Rose, the 2010 Memorial champion, dug himself too deep a hole with an 80 on Thursday. He was only 1-over on Friday, but it wasn't enough to earn him a weekend check.
Other notables who missed the cut include Chris Kirk and Davis Riley.
How does the cutline work? With the new smaller field as one of the PGA Tour's signature events, it's the Memorial's top-50 golfers (plus ties) who will stay for the weekend. Golfers who were within 10 shots of the 36-hole lead also would have continued to compete.
Back-to-back eagles for Cole
Eric Cole had quite the unusual second round. He had five bogeys and a double-bogey and no birdies, but he salvaged his round with consecutive eagles on the 14th and 15th holes.
On the par-4 No. 14, Cole crushed his tee shot 358 yards onto the green and then sank an 18-footer.
On the next hole, he hit his second shot to about 16 feet of the cup and then made the putt.
Cole finished with a 75 and is 1-over for the tournament.
Missing tree makes 18th hold feel empty
Jack Nicklaus made two noticeable changes to Muirfield Village Golf Club since last year’s Memorial Tournament, but the Golden Bear considers only one of the alterations to be meaningful.
Most of the discussion has centered on the 16th hole, where Nicklaus moved the tee and removed a bunker to make the par 3 more fair. But what likely stands out to spectators is an aesthetic change that makes the 18th hole feel more empty.
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Nicklaus removed a dying black walnut tree on the right side of the 18th fairway that had stood near the bunkers since the tournament began in 1976. The tree did not really come into play for tour players, but was the signature piece of the hole, along with the steep slope in front of the green.
Yet Nicklaus was not sentimental when describing the decision to bring it. Further, he has no plans to replace it with another tree of similar size.
“That tree really only bothered the members,” Nicklaus said. “Occasionally the pros would (only) get behind it a little bit.”
The 18th lost a locust tree that was near the black walnut a few years ago, and Nicklaus did not want the remaining tree to fall and injure anyone.
“They were out this spring and a squirrel ran into the tree and then ran out the top of the tree and, ‘Oops, there’s nothing here.’ They were worried about the tree falling and hurting somebody.”
