No trophies for Woods and Mickelson after missing Open cut
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 [July 16, 2022] By
Steve Keating
ST ANDREWS, Scotland (Reuters) - Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson, who
between them have won 21 majors, including four Claret Jugs, will
not be adding to their trophy haul after two of golf's most
decorated players failed to make the cut at The Open on Friday.
Woods, the winner of three Opens including two on the Old Course,
failed to make it to the weekend for the first time at St Andrews
after a second round 75 left him nine-over and out of sight of the
cut set at even par.
It marked the first time in three events since returning from a 2021
car crash that nearly cost the 15-times major winner his right leg
that Woods failed to make the cut.
Mickelson, who signed a lucrative deal to join the rebel LIV Golf
Invitational Series, saw his hopes of reaching the weekend disappear
with a disastrous second round back nine scarred by three bogeys and
double-bogey that left the six-time major winner on five-over after
signing for a 75.
Four-time major champion Brooks Koepka, another PGA Tour member
poached by the LIV Series, stumbled to a double-bogey, bogey finish
and a 75 to miss out on the weekend by four strokes.
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Tiger Woods of the U.S. acknowledges the fans after holing on the
18th and finishing his second round REUTERS/Russell Cheyne
Collin Morikawa saw his Open title defence come to
a cruel end when the American birdied the 18th for a second round 73
to miss the cut by a single shot.
South African Ernie Els and Irishman Padraig Harrington, both twice
winners of the Claret Jug, were among the parade of former champions
heading to the exit that also included Louis Oosthuizen and John
Daly.
(Reporting by Steve Keating in St Andrews; Editing by Ken Ferris)
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