British Open projected cut line: Tiger Woods safely on right side at Carnoustie
The British Open, which boasts a full 156-man field, utilizes a pretty standard cut rule. The top 70 and ties make it through to the weekend. At Carnoustie this week, it looks like that number will come in somewhere around 2-over. The wind, of course, could turn unexpectedly and start bumping scores higher but that is not in the forecast at the moment. It will pick up in the afternoon, but it’s not supposed to be a dramatic difference. Rain has softened the course a bit and could yield to lower scores that move the number up a stroke or two.
The top draw near the cut line on Friday morning is the biggest draw in the history of the game. Tiger Woods, who posted an even-par 71 on Thursday, started his second round with two bogeys in his first three holes. That promptly put him on the wrong side of the cut line. Woods has missed five of his last seven major championship cuts but of course some of those came as he played with a messed up back.
Woods missed the U.S. Open cut a month ago by a good margin and that was always a possibility with Shinnecock and a USGA setup. But an MC this week would have been much more disappointing and shocking. Carnoustie, baked to a crisp, was set up well for Tiger to post some numbers. His history on the links and his creative mind for it make him well-suited for this major. It’s also the one that is most benign for the aging vets, as has been demonstrated over the past decade.
So Tiger gassing up the jet for the States on Friday would have been a massive disappointment. Fortunately, he has righted the ship following those two early bogeys. He backed them up immediately with two birdies, one on the fourth and another coming via a long putt that you just can’t consistently count on.
So Tiger is back to two clear of the cut line. Justin Thomas, however, took a big nosedive to the wrong side of the cut line with three straight double bogeys on Nos. 6 through 8. He went from the first page of the leaderboard to a tie for 100th place. That’s no good for the No. 2 player in the world.
The Open Projected Cut
| Place | Player | Score | Today | Thru |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Player | Score | Today | Thru |
| T1 | Rory McIlroy | -5 | -3 | 14 |
| T1 | Kevin Kisner | -5 | - | 7:53 AM |
| T3 | Tommy Fleetwood | -4 | -5 | 16 |
| T3 | Thorbjorn Olesen | -4 | -3 | 14 |
| T3 | Zach Johnson | -4 | -2 | 13 |
| T3 | Erik van Rooyen | -4 | - | 6:47 AM |
| T3 | Tony Finau | -4 | - | 10:32 AM |
| T3 | Zander Lombard | -4 | - | 10:54 AM |
| T9 | Francesco Molinari | -3 | -2 | 11 |
| T9 | Jason Day | -3 | -3 | 11 |
| T9 | Brandon Stone | -3 | - | 8:37 AM |
| T12 | Kyle Stanley | -2 | -3 | 9 |
| T12 | Matthew Southgate | -2 | - | 6:47 AM |
| T12 | Danny Willett | -2 | - | 6:58 AM |
| T12 | Sung-hoon Kang | -2 | - | 8:48 AM |
| T12 | Pat Perez | -2 | - | 9:15 AM |
| T12 | Jon Rahm | -2 | - | 10:10 AM |
| T18 | Ryan Moore | -1 | 2 | F |
| T18 | Adam Scott | -1 | -1 | 13 |
| T18 | Li Haotong | -1 | -1 | 11 |
| T18 | Lucas Herbert | -1 | -3 | 8 |
| T18 | Brooks Koepka | -1 | -2 | 6 |
| T18 | Luke List | -1 | - | 6:58 AM |
| T18 | Kevin Chappell | -1 | - | 7:20 AM |
| T18 | Patrick Cantlay | -1 | - | 7:42 AM |
| T18 | Thomas Pieters | -1 | - | 7:53 AM |
| T18 | Yuta Ikeda | -1 | - | 8:15 AM |
| T18 | Webb Simpson | -1 | - | 8:26 AM |
| T18 | Kevin Na | -1 | - | 9:26 AM |
| T18 | Matt Kuchar | -1 | - | 9:48 AM |
| T18 | Rickie Fowler | -1 | - | 10:10 AM |
| T18 | Chris Wood | -1 | - | 10:10 AM |
| T33 | Brendan Steele | E | 3 | 13 |
| T33 | Chez Reavie | E | 2 | 10 |
| T33 | Tiger Woods | E | E | 5 |
| T33 | Fabrizio Zanotti | E | -1 | 4 |
| T33 | Martin Kaymer | E | E | 1 |
| T33 | Andy Sullivan | E | E | 1 |
| T33 | Eddie Pepperell | E | - | 7:20 AM |
| T33 | Paul Dunne | E | - | 7:31 AM |
| T33 | Brian Harman | E | - | 8:15 AM |
| T33 | Si Woo Kim | E | - | 8:26 AM |
| T33 | Gary Woodland | E | - | 8:48 AM |
| T33 | Yusaku Miyazato | E | - | 8:48 AM |
| T33 | Xander Schauffele | E | - | 10:32 AM |
| T33 | Sean Crocker | E | - | 11:16 AM |
| T47 | Cameron Davis | 1 | 1 | F |
| T47 | Lee Westwood | 1 | E | 17 |
| T47 | Marc Leishman | 1 | E | 14 |
| T47 | Alexander Noren | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| T47 | Charley Hoffman | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| T47 | Michael Kim | 1 | -1 | 10 |
| T47 | Matt Wallace | 1 | -2 | 7 |
| T47 | Abraham Ancer | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| T47 | Austin Cook | 1 | - | 7:31 AM |
| T47 | Satoshi Kodaira | 1 | - | 8:04 AM |
| T47 | Nicolai Hojgaard | 1 | - | 8:26 AM |
| T47 | Stewart Cink | 1 | - | 8:37 AM |
| T47 | Justin Rose | 1 | - | 9:59 AM |
| T47 | Jordan Spieth | 1 | - | 9:59 AM |
| T47 | Louis Oosthuizen | 1 | - | 10:21 AM |
| T47 | Alexander Bjork | 1 | - | 10:43 AM |
| T47 | Haraldur Magnus | 1 | - | 10:54 AM |
| T47 | Gavin Kyle Green | 1 | - | 11:16 AM |
| T65 | Byeong Hun An | 2 | E | F |
| T65 | Henrik Stenson | 2 | 3 | 16 |
| T65 | Ryuko Tokimatsu | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| T65 | Ian Poulter | 2 | E | 6 |
| T65 | Cameron Smith | 2 | E | 6 |
| T65 | Jordan Smith | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| T65 | Brett Rumford | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| T65 | Mark Calcavecchia | 2 | - | 7:09 AM |
| T65 | Phil Mickelson | 2 | - | 8:04 AM |
| T65 | Ernie Els | 2 | - | 9:04 AM |
| T65 | Chesson Hadley | 2 | - | 9:04 AM |
| T65 | Adam Hadwin | 2 | - | 9:04 AM |
| T65 | Bernhard Langer | 2 | - | 9:37 AM |
| T65 | Paul Casey | 2 | - | 10:21 AM |
| Projected Cut:+2 | ||||
| T79 | Sam Locke | 3 | 2 | F |
| T79 | Tom Lewis | 3 | -1 | F |
| T79 | Beau Hossler | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| T79 | Dylan Frittelli | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| T79 | Tom Lehman | 3 | -1 | 8 |
| T79 | Shubhankar Sharma | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| T79 | Bryson DeChambeau | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| T79 | Hideki Matsuyama | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| T79 | Russell Knox | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| T79 | Ryan Fox | 3 | E | 5 |
| T79 | Bronson Burgoon | 3 | E | 2 |
| T79 | Shaun Norris | 3 | - | 7:09 AM |
| T79 | Shane Lowry | 3 | - | 7:42 AM |
| T79 | Tyrrell Hatton | 3 | - | 7:42 AM |
| T79 | Marcus Kinhult | 3 | - | 7:53 AM |
| T79 | Rafael Cabrera Bello | 3 | - | 8:04 AM |
| T79 | Julian Suri | 3 | - | 9:15 AM |
| T79 | Retief Goosen | 3 | - | 9:37 AM |
| T79 | Peter Uihlein | 3 | - | 9:48 AM |
| T79 | Kiradech Aphibarnrat | 3 | - | 9:59 AM |
| T79 | Rhys Enoch | 3 | - | 11:05 AM |
| T100 | Daniel Berger | 4 | 2 | F |
| T100 | Branden Grace | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| T100 | Justin Thomas | 4 | 6 | 11 |
| T100 | Jason Kokrak | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| T100 | Padraig Harrington | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| T100 | Bubba Watson | 4 | E | 7 |
| T100 | Jason Dufner | 4 | E | 5 |
| T100 | Ryan Armour | 4 | E | 4 |
| T100 | Jazz Janewattananond | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| T100 | Oliver Wilson | 4 | - | 7:20 AM |
| T100 | Ross Fisher | 4 | - | 7:31 AM |
| T100 | Hideto Tanihara | 4 | - | 8:37 AM |
| T100 | George Coetzee | 4 | - | 9:15 AM |
| T100 | Scott Jamieson | 4 | - | 9:26 AM |
| T100 | Patrick Reed | 4 | - | 10:21 AM |
| T100 | James Robinson | 4 | - | 10:54 AM |
| T116 | Charl Schwartzel | 5 | 2 | F |
| T116 | Kelly Kraft | 5 | 2 | 17 |
| T116 | Dustin Johnson | 5 | E | 13 |
| T116 | Jorge Campillo | 5 | 4 | 10 |
| T116 | Sergio Garcia | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| T116 | Keegan Bradley | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| T116 | Masahiro Kawamura | 5 | -1 | 4 |
| T116 | Sandy Lyle | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| T116 | Emiliano Grillo | 5 | - | 6:58 AM |
| T116 | Anirban Lahiri | 5 | - | 9:48 AM |
| T116 | Jhonattan Vegas | 5 | - | 10:32 AM |
| T116 | Sang-hyun Park | 5 | - | 10:43 AM |
| T128 | Alexander Levy | 6 | 4 | F |
| T128 | Matthew Fitzpatrick | 6 | 5 | 15 |
| T128 | Russell Henley | 6 | 8 | 15 |
| T128 | Todd Hamilton | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| T128 | Matt Jones | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| T133 | Charles Howell III | 7 | 3 | F |
| T133 | Jimmy Walker | 7 | 6 | 16 |
| T133 | Danthai Boonma | 7 | - | 7:09 AM |
| T133 | Kodai Ichihara | 7 | - | 11:05 AM |
| T133 | Ashton Turner | 7 | - | 11:16 AM |
| T138 | Shota Akiyoshi | 8 | 2 | 11 |
| T138 | Brady Schnell | 8 | - | 6:47 AM |
| T140 | Patton Kizzire | 9 | 3 | F |
| T140 | Mike Hendry | 9 | 7 | 17 |
| T140 | Andrew Landry | 9 | - | 8:15 AM |
| T140 | David Duval | 9 | - | 9:26 AM |
| T140 | Lin Yuxin | 9 | - | 10:43 AM |
| T140 | Marcus Armitage | 9 | - | 11:05 AM |
| T146 | Jens Dantorp | 10 | 5 | 9 |
| T146 | Nicolas Colsaerts | 10 | 2 | 9 |
| T146 | Minchel Choi | 10 | 2 | 8 |
| T146 | Jack Senior | 10 | 2 | 3 |
| T150 | Jonas Blixt | 11 | 5 | F |
| T150 | Masanori Kobayashi | 11 | E | 3 |
| T150 | Thomas Curtis | 11 | E | 2 |
| T150 | Darren Clarke | 11 | - | 9:37 AM |
| T154 | Brandt Snedeker | 12 | 7 | F |
| T154 | Grant Forrest | 12 | 3 | 8 |
| 156 | Jovan Rebula | 14 | 6 | 15 |
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