Some of golf’s biggest names missed the cut at Augusta

AUGUSTA, Ga. – It’s never fun to go home early from a PGA Tour event on cut day but it hurts more when it is a major. 

The field of 89 contestants in the 88^th Masters that began the week have been trimmed to the top 50 and ties, 60 players in all, who still have a chance to don the Green Jacket on Sunday.

Among those moving on to the weekend include Tiger Woods, who made the cut at Augusta National for a record 24^th consecutive time, breaking a mark he shared with Gary Player and Fred Couples.

“Just look at what Tiger is doing right now,” said U.S. Mid-Amateur champion Stewart Hagestad. “The guy has barely played at all in the last calendar year, and he’s 1 over. That’s alien stuff. That’s unbelievable.”  

Defending Masters champion Jon Rahm flirted with the cutline, falling on the wrong side with a bogey at 14 and was in danger of having to hang around until Sunday to help the new champion into his Green Jacket. But Rahm responded with birdies at Nos. 15 and 16 and heads into the weekend at 5-over 149.

On a blustery Friday in which the field was a cumulative 325-over par, the cutline moved to 6-over 150 late in the day to allow the likes of Rickie Fowler and past champions Adam Scott, 58-year-old Jose Maria Olazabal and Hideki Matsuyama to advance to the weekend. But not everyone was so fortunate. Here’s a closer look at the notables sent packing on Friday.

Tom Kim plays a shot from a bunker on the 18th hole during the second round of the 2024 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club. (Photo: Michael Madrid-USA TODAY Network)

Kim was comfortably within the cutline until the 11^th hole on Friday. That’s where he hooked his tee shot out of bounds and made a triple bogey to put himself at 4 over. He made a birdie at 17 to remain on the right side of the cutline but his approach at 18 caught the front bunker and he bladed it out of the sand and over the green. He took a double bogey when he could ill afford it and signed for 6-over 78 to miss the cut by one stroke.

Sergio Garcia shakes with Ryan Fox on the 18th green during the second round of the 2024 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club. (Photo: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Network)

Garcia, the 2017 Masters champion, missed the cut for the 10^th time in 25 career starts at Augusta National. This one had to hurt as the 44-year-old Spaniard opened with 72 on Thursday and looked in good shape to play the weekend until…