Tiger Woods, Justin Thomas stumble, miss U.S. Open reduce

Tiger Woods and Justin Thomas are simply two of the large names to overlook the reduce on the 124th U.S. Open.

Woods, a 3-time U.S. Open champion, carded a 3-over 73 on Friday to overlook the weekend by two photographs. Thomas, in the meantime, appeared misplaced all week at Pinehurst No. 2, ending at 11-over via 36 holes. The 2-time PGA champion has missed the reduce in 5 of his final seven majors, an alarming development for the Louisville, Kentucky native.

However loads of others will head residence early, too.

Viktor Hovland opened the 2024 U.S. Open with an eye-opening 8-over 78. He fought arduous to make the weekend on Friday, battling again after making a double-bogey on the par-4 eighth with 4 birdies, however he fell brief in the long run. Two bogies over his last three holes price the Norwegian dearly, as he missed the reduce by a stroke at 6-over par.

Additionally ending at 6-over was Robert MacIntyre, who lately gained the RBC Canadian together with his father on the bag. Sadly for the Scotsman, he can have no motive to have a good time this time round.

Max Homa, Eric Cole, and PGA Tour rookie Nick Dunlap additionally completed at 6-over, with Homa being the most important shock of this trio. But, Homa has missed the reduce on the U.S. Open in 4 of his 5 begins, with the outlier being a tie for forty seventh on the Nation Membership at Brookline in 2022.

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Canadians Adam Hadwin and Nick Taylor will even head residence early, ending at 7-over and 8-over, respectively. Australian Jason Day additionally totaled an 8-over rating, a shock on condition that this course fits his recreation properly.

Others who completed at 8-over embrace Will Zalatoris, Webb Simpson, Will Zalatoris, Rickie Fowler, and considered one of SB Nation’s Darkish Horses, Alex Noren of Sweden.

Dustin Johnson ended his second spherical at 9-over, as he has appeared fully misplaced in main championships this season. So, too, has Phil Mickelson, who completed at 15-over after taking pictures a 79 on Thursday and a 76 on Friday.

Loads of large names faltered at Pinehurst No. 2, however the large title favourite—Scottie Scheffler—made the reduce on the quantity.

In all, 74 gamers earned third-round tee occasions, and play will begin very first thing on Saturday, which guarantees to be one other thrilling day within the North Carolina sandhills.

Jack Milko is a golf employees author for SB Nation’s Enjoying By way of. Make sure to try @_PlayingThrough for extra golf protection. You may observe him on Twitter @jack_milko as properly.