The second round at The Open Championship has come to a close and the leaderboard is absolutely bonkers.
Brian Harman leads the field at 10-under-par as he seeks his first major victory and first solo win overall since the 2017 Wells Fargo Championship. Behind him in second is Tommy Fleetwood at five-under, followed by big guns like Jason Day (T4), Jordan Spieth (T7), Rory McIlroy (T11) and Max Homa (T11). But don’t let the top scores through 36 holes fool you.
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The play at Royal Liverpool GC has been anything but easy for the sport’s most well-known stars. Both Scottie Scheffler and defending Open champ Cameron Smith had to pull off miracles just to make the cut at three-over par.
Sometimes you need a little luck 😅
Scottie Scheffler makes the cut on the number with a birdie on 18 @TheOpen.
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— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) July 21, 2023
Exquisite shot by the defending Champion.
Cam Smith will be here on the weekend. pic.twitter.com/tQChBh05vS
— The Open (@TheOpen) July 21, 2023
Many of their colleagues weren’t as lucky. The list of names who didn’t make it to the weekend is as stunning as any we’ve seen at a major this year.
Collin Morikawa (+4)
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Make Cut Odds: -380
Miss Cut Odds: +245
Top 10 Odds: +275
The winner of the 2021 Open Championship is one of a handful of former champs in the field who missed the cut. Back-to-back rounds of 73 proved too much to make the weekend and a birdie on his 36th hole of the tournament just wasn’t enough to keep him in contention.
Tony Finau (+6)
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Make Cut Odds: -310
Miss Cut Odds: +200
Top 10 Odds: +400
Finau went 73-75 with bogeys on each of his last three holes on Friday. That’s going to sting for a bit.
Justin Rose (+6)
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Make Cut Odds: -235
Miss Cut Odds: +166
Top 10 Odds: +450
Rose missed the cut at The Open for the first time since 2013 after shooting back-to-back rounds of 74. Three bogeys in his first four holes on Friday was too much to overcome.
Sam Burns
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Make Cut Odds: -215
Miss Cut Odds: +146
Top 10 Odds: +550
That’s two missed cuts in four major appearances this season for Burns, who had six bogeys or worse on Friday on just three birdies.
Shane Lowry (+7)
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Make Cut Odds: -350
Miss Cut Odds: +230
Top 10 Odds: +360
Always a popular pick this time of year, Lowry imploded on Friday with four bogeys and one double bogey. He shot a 72-77 and missed the cut at The Open for the first time since winning the event in 2019.
Russell Henley (+7)
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Make Cut Odds: -205
Miss Cut Odds: +144
Top 10 Odds: +700
That’s five missed cuts at The Open for Henley in his career. Links courses just might not be his thing.
Phil Mickelson (+9)
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Top 10 Odds: +1800
Lefty took himself out of contention with an opening round 77 on Thursday that included two double bogeys and a triple bogey on No. 18. Mickelson did pick up three strokes with a second round of 74, but that was nowhere near enough to keep him in the field.
Justin Thomas (+11)
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Make Cut Odds: -235
Miss Cut Odds: +166
Top 10 Odds: +650
Even since he fell apart on Masters Friday to let Tiger Woods sneak below the cut line, Justin Thomas’ game has been in shambles when it’s mattered most. JT shot a stunning 82 on Thursday, bookended by a bogey at hole No. 1 and a quad bogey at No. 18.
He’s now missed the cut at The Masters, The U.S. Open and The Open Championship. While he did make the cut at the PGA Championship, he finished T65 and was more of an afterthought than a contender all weekend.
Dustin Johnson (+13)
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Make Cut Odds: -340
Miss Cut Odds: +225
Top 10 Odds: +300
It seems like we saw more shots of the fan hitting balls on the Royal Liverpool beach than we did of DJ over the last two days. Judging from his scorecard, it seems like there may not have been many highlights to choose from.
Johnson went 74-81, including seven over par on the back nine on Friday.
