These 7 players miss the most – the reason why is the reason why

Before the action begins on Saturday, we gather our crew from Open Championship authors on site to bow to early action-especially who made and missed the 36-hole cut. Let's start with the painful stuff and then become uplifting to finish.

1. Whose Open Championship MC injured the most?

Give me two players each.

James Colgan: Collin MorikaWa. It was not that long ago that Morikawa was one of the best players in the world on the Pebble Beach for the AT&T Pro-am. Everything that was left was to get over the line for a win. Now he leaves the openly after several caddy splits, a few tests and a big season that reached its climax with a Masters T14. After Royal Portrush's opening has played 36 holes in the same group as Scottie Scheffler and lost through 17 shots, the gap between him and the top of the game looks pretty wide.

Sean Zak: Patrick Reed. It was perhaps only a weak way that he played his way into the Ryder Cup team, but the door was certainly closed this week when he shot 77 in the first round. He hovers on a top 40 in-the-world level this summer, which is very good. It's just not good enough to make the American Ryder Cup team.

Dylan Dethier: Cameron Smith is the only golfer that plays in all four majors this year and misses all four cuts. The fact that after a second round 78 he hit only a dozen players made this MC particularly demoralizing. Smith won the 2022 Open and ended the top 10 in three of the next five majors afterwards. These trips to the dispute feel a long time ago.

Colgan: Patrick Cantlay. After the international team was moved out at the Presidents Cup a year ago, it seemed unfathomable that Cantlay would be something other than a castle for the US Ryder Cup team when the golf calendar turned around until August 2025. Well, now we are at the end of July 2005, and Cantlay missed three conclusions from the majors.

To be clear, I still think that Cantlay is an easy choice for the squad in Bethpage because his games play record, but the high season in a Ryder Cup year is about building a résumé, and Cantlay certainly had better.

Zak: Adam Scott. I wondered (on this website) whether his performance on Oakmont could be one of his last true moments of arguments in a major. I would hope it is not, but you never know! Scott played in 97 consecutive majors and should do this 98 if he prepares it in Augusta in April. But he is not automatically qualified to play one of the others. He is currently outside the Fedex Cup playoffs. As a result, Portrus is directly to Minneapolis for his first appearance at the 3M Open.

Deaf: Brooks Koepka. There is no question of the man's family tree; Koepka is a five -time Major Champ, who has joined Rory McIlroy for most majors in the period after the Tiger and Phil. But he has just missed his third big cut of 2025 and has only a top 25 T12 of the last month at the US Open in his last nine starts.

Another type that is mentioned: Tom McKibbin. The 22-year-old Northern Irishman entered the week as a local favorite; At the moment he is the next player in this country behind Rory McIlroy. There is no question that McKibbin's talent questions, but it will be interesting to see how successfully he can divided into future majors. He is currently not in line to qualify for one of the four in 2026.

2. On the good stuff: Whose Mad Mad Cut meant the most?

Two each – Colgan, they start over.

Colgan: Bryson Decimbeau In view of the way Thursday developed at Royal Portrush, Mad Cut was particularly important. I admit that I thought the Big-Kerl would be 78 after an opening round. Then he came out on Friday and recorded a brilliant 65 and followed it on Saturday with another impressive 68. For the player on the field, the game of which appears the least Optimized for these conditions, I am impressed by its toughness.

Zak: Justin Leonard. The 53-year-old had certified some pep In his crotch, when I entertained with him on Thursday evening, Frisch from his opening round 70. After a second round 73, he has cut his first cut in a major since the US Open 2014. I would also be hyped!

Deaf: Lee Westwood. The 52-year-old hadn't even played in a major since the open 2022, in summer, which he signed at Liv. The fact that he qualified and then not just made the cut, but has introduced himself to the dispute? It was a memory that this is a guy with five top 4 surfaces in this event in the middle of its decades of top pro golf.

Colgan: Matt Fitzpatrick. A scroll through the Ryder Cup ranking reveals how far Fitzy fell during the doldrums of the past 18 months (he is the 22nd place before Portrush tabularly behind Jorge Campillo and Jon Rahm, of which the latter has received no LIV tournaments Ryder Cup points). On Saturday he will play the open in the last pairing next to Scottie Scheffler – a sign of where his Golf tends, and another piece of good news for the euro captain Luke Donald.

Zak: Justin Thomas. As the owner of one of the most confusing great championship records, JT somehow needed this. He had missed the cut in Quail Hollow and Oakmont and only had a top 30 in 13 big starts from his 2022 PGA victory. He will look forward to a few weeks on a large stage before becoming a massive piece of the US Ryder Cup team.

Deaf: Jordan Spieth. Talk about a man who is currently a lot going on. Spieth missed six months after the operation, came back and played a million events in a row, showed up pretty good shape, withdrew from the travelers with an injury, took some time, became a father for the third time and came to the open open this week in Northern Ireland. He only lurks in the top 50 in the Fedex Cup, he is on the edge of the Ryder Cup conversation and even a 50th place in portrush looks and feels much better than an MC.

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