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The trio, all in the top 20 of the Official
World Golf Ranking, had one under-par round between them through
two days of the U.S. Open and were among the more notable
players to finish outside the two-over-par cutline.
World number 10 Jordan Spieth, who counts the 2015 U.S. Open
among his three major titles, bogeyed two of his closing three
holes for a one-over-par 71 that left him at three over on the
week and one shot outside the cutline.
Twice major winner Thomas, who is 16th in the rankings, had an
even tougher time in the second round as he bogeyed his first
four holes and struggled to a 11-over-par 81 that left him a
distant 12 shots off the cutline.
World number seven Homa, who broke par in Thursday's opening
round, was comfortably inside the cutline with two holes to play
on Friday but capped his round with a pair of double-bogeys and
dropped to four over on the week.
The other top-20 golfers to miss the cut were Kurt Kitayama and
South Korea's Im Sung-jae.
Among the other notables to miss the cut are Masters joint
runner-up Phil Mickelson (74), Jason Day (76), Adam Scott (72)
and former U.S. Open champions Martin Kaymer (73) and Justin
Rose (68).
It was also a disappointing week for Canada's Nick Taylor, who
came to the U.S. Open fresh off an emotional playoff win at the
Canadian Open, where he drained a 72-foot eagle putt on the
fourth playoff hole to beat England's Tommy Fleetwood.
Taylor needed a back-nine birdie to get inside the cutline but
saw his hopes of playing the weekend disappear after a bogey at
the penultimate hole.
The struggles by some of golf's more high-profile players was
all the surprising given Thursday's scoring average of 71.38 was
the lowest in a first round in U.S. Open history and the
sixth-lowest in major championship history.
(Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto; Editing by William
Mallard)
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