Dustin Johnson again? See who else missed the PGA Championship cut at Kiawah Island
Since fulfilling a childhood dream and winning the Masters tournament in record fashion in November, Dustin Johnson has laid a couple eggs in major championships.
Johnson missed his second straight cut in majors after shooting a 6-over-par 151 through two rounds Friday in the 103rd PGA Championship at Kiawah Island Golf Resort’s Ocean Course. That’s one shot out of the cut to the low 70 players and ties, which turns out to be 81 players.
The world’s top-ranked player missed the cut in the Masters on its traditional dates in early April, shooting a 5-over 74-75--149.
He is the first world No. 1 to miss consecutive major cuts since Greg Norman in 1997.
Johnson, a Columbia native and Coastal Carolina University alum, isn’t alone among the game’s biggest stars in falling victim to the Ocean Course before this weekend, as three of the top four players in the Official World Golf Ranking are headed home early.
No. 2 Justin Thomas shot consecutive 75s and had a 20-foot putt curl over the lip of the hole on the 18th green to miss the cut by a shot with Johnson, falling to the ground in agony as the putt resisted dropping in the hole.
No. 4 Xander Schauffele, who had made 12 consecutive cuts in majors with six finishes inside the top six, also missed by a shot after nearly hitting the clubhouse with his approach to the 18th green to make a closing bogey.
The PGA is just Johnson’s ninth missed cut in 47 majors, and his third in 12 PGA Championships. Johnson finished second in each of the last two PGAs, at Bethpage Black behind winner Brooks Koepka in 2019 and at TPC Harding Park behind winner Collin Morikawa last year.
After winning the Tour Championship to capture the FedExCup title in September and earning his first green jacket with a record 20-under 268 score at Augusta National Golf Club, Johnson has generally been a non-factor in PGA Tour events since the turn of the calendar.
His best finish in nine events in 2021 is a tie for eighth and he has finished outside the top 25 six times, though he did win the Saudi Invitational on the European Tour in early February.
Other missing the cut were 2017 Masters champion Sergio Garcia, Brian Harman, Tommy Fleetwood, Matt Kuchar, Marc Leishman, Adam Scott, Si Woo Kim, two-time major champion Zach Johnson, Kevin Kisner of Aiken and past Masters champion Charl Schwartzel.
Among the 19 players who made the cut by a shot at 5 over are 2018 Masters winner and world No. 8 Patrick Reed, 2015 PGA Championship winner Jason Day, and Charlotte, N.C., resident and world No. 10 Webb Simpson.
World No. 16 Daniel Berger shot a 3-under 69 Friday morning to make the cut by two shots following an opening-round 79.
Two of the 20 PGA of America club professionals in the field made the cut. While Ben Cook of Caledonia, Michigan made the cut on the number at 5 over, Brad Marek of Berkeley, California has a chance to make some noise on the weekend after a pair of 73s has him tied for 32nd at 2-over 146.
Marek attended Indiana University, played professionally for nine years on a variety of tours, winning 15 times, and is now executive director of the Touchstone Golf Foundation.
At least one club pro has made the PGA Championship cut in 31 of the past 40 tournaments, not including last year when the PGA Professional Championship -- their qualifier -- was canceled due to the coronavirus. Three made the cut in 2019 led by Rob Labritz of GlenArbor golf course in Bedford, N.Y, who tied for 60th - he missed the cut Friday - and a high of eight since 1980 made the cut in 1992.
Tom Wargo in 1992-93 is the last PGA club pro to make two consecutive cuts in a PGA Championship. Bob Boyd of the Carolinas PGA Section was the last to record a top-20 finish in 1990.
Past PGA Championship winner Y.E. Yang was disqualified for signing an incorrect scorecard but would have missed the cut regardless.
Watch: Saturday Round 3 TV schedule at PGA Championship
On Saturday and Sunday, ESPN+ has live coverage from 8-10 a.m., ESPN is live from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and CBS has the conclusions of the third and fourth rounds from 1-7 p.m. both days — along with live streaming broadcast coverage on the Paramount+ subscription service.
CBS will air additional coverage on CBS Sports Network, CBS Sports HQ and CBSSports.com.
Top scores, leaders at PGA Championship
Top scores at Kiawah Island Ocean Course, through Friday. Live PGA championship leaderboard here.
Phil Mickelson ........ 70-69—139 ........ -5
Louis Oosthuizen ........ 71-68—139 ........ -5
Brooks Koepka ........ 69-71—140 ........ -4
Branden Grace ........ 70-71—141 ........ -3
Christiaan Bezuidenhout ........ 71-70—141 ........ -3
Hideki Matsuyama ........ 73-68—141 ........ -3
Corey Conners ........ 67-75—142 ........ -2
Gary Woodland ........ 70-72—142 ........ -2
Kevin Streelman ........ 70-72—142 ........ -2
Sungjae Im ........ 70-72—142 ........ -2
Paul Casey ........ 71-71—142 ........ -2
Saturday tee times at Kiawah
7:40 a.m. _ Denny McCarthy
7:50 a.m. _ Emiliano Grillo, Chan Kim
8 a.m. _ Harris English, Alex Noren
8:10 a.m. _ Tom Hoge, Henrik Stenson
8:20 a.m. _ Harold Varner III, Garrick Higgo
8:30 a.m. _ Talor Gooch, Brendan Steele
8:40 a.m. _ Webb Simpson, Ben Cook
8:50 a.m. _ Patrick Reed, Billy Horschel
9 a.m. _ Sam Horsfield, Jason Day
9:10 a.m _ Robert Streb, Wyndham Clark
9:20 a.m. _ Brian Gay, Aaron Wise
9:30 a.m. _ Danny Willett, Jason Scrivener
9:40 a.m. _ Byeong Hun An, Robert MacIntyre
9:50 a.m. _ Dean Burmester, Matt Jones
10 a.m. _ Jordan Spieth, Lucas Herbert
10:20 a.m. _ Russell Henley, Daniel Berger
10:30 a.m. _ Rory McIlroy, Adam Hadwin
10:40 a.m. _ Jimmy Walker, Stewart Cink
10:50 a.m. _ Joel Dahmen, Rickie Fowler
11 a.m. _ Steve Stricker, Cam Davis
11:10 a.m. _ Carlos Ortiz, Justin Rose
11:20 a.m. _ Rasmus Hojgaard, Jon Rahm
11:30 a.m. _ Matt Wallace, Brad Marek
11:40 a.m. _ Tyrrell Hatton, Scottie Scheffler
11:50 a.m. _ Tony Finau, Patrick Cantlay
Noon _ Collin Morikawa, Abraham Ancer
12:10 p.m. _ Lee Westwood, Tom Lewis
12:20 p.m _ Will Zalatoris, Bubba Watson
12:30 p.m. _ Daniel van Tonder, Cameron Smith
12:40 p.m. _ Keegan Bradley, Viktor Hovland
12:50 p.m. _ Ian Poulter, Shane Lowry
1 p.m. _ Matt Fitzpatrick, Padraig Harrington
1:10 p.m. _ Bryon DeChambeau, Charley Hoffman
1:20 p.m. _ Martin Laird, Jason Kokrak
1:30 p.m. _ Joaquin Niemann, Harry Higgs
1:50 p.m. _ Paul Casey, Richy Werenski
2 p.m. _ Kevin Streelman, Sungjae Im
2:10 p.m. _ Corey Conners, Gary Woodland
2:20 p.m. _ Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Hideki Matsuyama
2:30 p.m. _ Brooks Koepka, Branden Grace
2:40 p.m. _ Phil Mickelson, Louis Oosthuizen
This story was originally published May 21, 2021 at 1:44 PM.
