The second PGA Tour Signature Event of the season, the Genesis Invitational, has reached the halfway stage, with Marco Penge and Jacob Bridgeman setting the pace after 36 holes.
Typically in Signature Events, even the strugglers still have a chance to turn frustration into glory over the final two rounds, as there isn’t a cut in five of the eight tournaments.
One example came just a week ago at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am, when Scottie Scheffler took advantage of that to mount a challenge after a slow start.
However, no such luxuries were afforded at the halfway stage of the Riviera Country Club tournament, with a cut after the second round meaning only the top 50 players and ties from the 72-man field made it through to the weekend.
One of the players who reached the weekend was Scheffler, who once again has had a slow start to the week before extending his run of consecutive made cuts to 68, but several other big names fell short. Here are eight of the biggest names to head home early at the Genesis Invitational.
Justin Rose
Justin Rose missed the cut at the event for the second year in a row
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The Englishman could barely have started the season better, claiming his 13th PGA Tour win at the Farmers Insurance Open in just his second appearance of the year.
However, any hopes he had of making that 14 wins on the circuit evaporated in the space of two days in Los Angeles.
Rose carded a three-over 74 on Thursday and followed that up with a 71 to finish on three over for the tournament and miss the cut for the second year in a row.
Jason Day
Jason Day missed the weekend by five
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Jason Day will have had some confidence heading into the week, particularly after he began the year with a tie for second at The American Express.
However, any hopes he had of going one better at Riviera Country Club to bank his 14th PGA Tour win were scuppered by rounds of 73 and 74, leaving him five shots short of the cut line a year after scrambling over it on the number at Torrey Pines.
Chris Gotterup
Chris Gotterup missed the cut for the first time in eight months
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No player has begun the year as well as Gotterup, with the American having won twice on the PGA Tour already, at the
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