The second round of the 2024 U.S. Open came to an end on Friday, leaving several notable golfers out of the weekend’s upcoming action.
Ludvig Åberg currently sits at the top of the leaderboard at five under through two rounds. Åberg is the first player to hold a 36-hole lead in their U.S. Open debut since 1985.
Bryson DeChambeau, Thomas Detry, and Patrick Cantlay are tied for second place at four under.
While the cut line fluctuated between four-over and five-over throughout the day, it eventually settled at five-over. This eliminated Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, and several others.
Here is the full list of the golfers who ultimately missed the cut:
Missed Cut
Jason Scrivener: +6
Brandon Robinson Thompson: +6
Robert MacIntyre: +6
Viktor Hovland: +6
Max Homa: +6
Nick Dunlap: +6
Eric Cole: +6
Ben James: +6
Jackson Buchanan: +6
Taisei Shimizu: +6
Frederik Kjettrup: +6
Justin Rose: +6
Bryan Kim: +6
Kurt Kitayama: +7
Peter Malnati: +7
Rico Hoey: +7
Seamus Power: +7
Parker Bell: +7
Omar Morales: +7
Tiger Woods: +7
Adam Hadwin: +7
Chesson Hadley: +8
Eugenio Chacarra: +8
Taylor Moore: +8
Nick Taylor: +8
Jason Day: +8
Tom Hoge: +8
Erik van Rooyen: +8
Alex Noren: +8
Will Zalatoris: +8
Ryo Ishikawa: +8
Rickie Fowler: +8
Webb Simpson: +8
Richard Mansell: +8
Victor Perez: +9
Hiroshi Tai: +9
Joey Vrzich: +9
Sung Kang: +9
Logan McAllister: +9
Chris Petefish: +9
Dustin Johnson: +9
Edoardo Molinari: +9
Robert Rock: +9
Cam Davis: +9
Mac Meissner: +9
Beau Hossler: +10
Gary Woodland: +10
Sungjae Im: +10
Takumi Kanaya: +10
Ashton McCulloch: +10
Wells Williams: +11
Brendan Valdes: +11
Sam Bairstow: +11
Adam Schenk: +11
Gordon Sargent: +11
Andrew Svoboda: +11
Harry Higgs: +11
Michael McGowan: +11
Carter Jenkins: +11
Casey Jarvis: +11
Justin Thomas: +11
Willie Mack III: +11
Jake Knapp: +12
Byeong Hun An: +12
Adrian Meronk: +12
Grant Forrest: +13
Santiago de la Fuente: +13
John Chin: +13
Lucas Glover: +13
Jim Herman: +13
Mackenzie Hughes: +14
Maxwell Moldovan: +14
Matteo Manassero: +14
Stewart Hagestad: +14
Chris Naegel: +15
Phil Mickelson: +15
Carson Schaake: +15
Colin Prater: +17
Otto Black: +19
Riki Kawamoto: +19
Rikuya Hoshino: +19
Charlie Reiter: +20
Despite a disappointing opening round from Woods in which he carded a four-over-74, he still had a chance to make the cut on Friday. He was within one shot of the cut line of +5 with three holes to play, although he wasn’t able to close the distance before a bogey on No. 16 made his odds of playing into the weekend much longer.
Woods has now missed the cut four times in his past five U.S. Open starts, although he was satisfied with his effort on Friday despite not achieving the result he wanted.
“Well, it was probably the highest score I could have possibly shot today,” the three-time U.S. Open champion said, per ESPN’s Mark Schlabach. “I hit a lot of good shots that just didn’t quite go my way, or I hit good putts, and then I put myself in a couple bad spots with some bad lag putts. But again, as I said, it was probably the highest score I could have shot today.”
As for Mickelson, the six-time U.S. Open runner-up was unable to make the cut and attempt to secure a career grand slam. 2024 marks the third consecutive year in which he’s missed the cut at the event. While the 53-year-old performed better on Friday compared to his disastrous first round, he was still unable to record a birdie.
PGA champions Jason Day and Justin Thomas both missed the cut as well as Viktor Hovland and Max Homa. Hovland and Homa rank as the No. 5 and No. 10 players in the world, respectively.