{"id":623483,"date":"2026-06-05T23:12:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T23:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/623483\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T23:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T23:12:11","slug":"memorial-tournament-which-big-names-missed-the-cut-at-20m-pga-tour-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/623483\/","title":{"rendered":"Memorial Tournament: Which big names missed the cut at $20m PGA Tour event?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Memorial Tournament will continue this weekend without some big names.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After 36 holes at the Jack Nicklaus designed Muirfield Village, America&#8217;s J.T. Poston has a one-shot lead.<\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old tore round the Ohio venue on Friday, carding a seven-under 65 to reach nine-under.<\/p>\n<p>Poston&#8217;s round included eight birdies and only one dropped shot.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He leads compatriot Ryan Gerard by one stroke at the halfway stage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>England&#8217;s Tommy Fleetwood is still in contention, whilst Sam Burns, Xander Schauffele, Patrick Cantlay, Alex Fitzpatrick and recent PGA Championship winner Aaron Rai are also inside the top 10.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy are well off the pace.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite being a 72-man field, the 2026 Memorial Tournament carried a 36-hole cut for the top 50 players and ties.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Some big names missed the cut at the penultimate $20m signature event.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>GolfMagic has decided to take a look at those who made an early exit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>Brian Harman +6    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/brian-harman1222.JPG\"   type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"Brian Harman\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.74\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Brian Harman<\/p>\n<p>The former Open champion is always up against it when length is demanded off the tee.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jason Day +6    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026-05-16t152116z_351953560_mt1usatoday28973755_rtrmadp_3_pga-pga-championship-second-round.JPG\"   type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"Jason Day\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Jason Day<\/p>\n<p>The former world number one spoke <a href=\"https:\/\/www.golfmagic.com\/tour\/pga-tour\/jason-day-explains-tough-year-pga-tour-its-nothing-do-clubs\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"3ef6a1cc-53dc-4ae1-8ed2-b3efb19d87a1\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\" title=\"Jason Day explains tough year on PGA Tour: &quot;It&#039;s nothing to do with the clubs&quot;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">openly of his mental struggles after round one<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jordan Spieth +6    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/spieth31.JPG\"   type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"Jordan Spieth\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.63\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Jordan Spieth<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>Spieth will head into the 2026 U.S. Open hoping to find some form soon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Billy Horschel +6    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Horschel can_t believe the results - Semifinal Match 2_ ATL vs BAY_Original Image_m1121.jpg\"   type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"Billy Horschel\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Billy Horschel<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps we should cut the American some slack as he is still working his way back to a full schedule following surgery on his hip last season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Robert MacIntyre +7    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/robert-macintyre.jpg\"   type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"Robert MacIntyre\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.78\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Robert MacIntyre<\/p>\n<p>The Scotsman was tipped to win a major this season but has only produced three top-10 finishes on the PGA Tour this year.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>Rickie Fowler +17\u00a0    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/rickie-fowler.jpg\"   type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"Rickie Fowler tees off on the sixteenth hole during the final round of the Truist Championship. Image: Reuters\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.78\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Rickie Fowler tees off on the sixteenth hole during the final round of the Truist Championship\u2026<\/p>\n<p>An absolute disaster for Rickie Fowler, who carded rounds of 79-82 this week to finish on 17-over.<\/p>\n<p>The following players missed the cut&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Scroll down&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Memorial Tournament leaderboard<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">Position<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">Player<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">Score<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">T54<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">B. Harman<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">+6<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">T54<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">M. McCarty<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">+6<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">T54<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">B. Campbell<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">+6<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">T54<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">J. Day<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">+6<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">T54<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">J. Spieth<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">+6<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">T54<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">B. Horschel<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">+6<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">T54<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">A. Novak<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">+6<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">T61<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">R. MacIntyre<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">+7<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">T61<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">B. Griffin<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">+7<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">T63<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">N. H\u00f8jgaard<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">+8<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">T63<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">M. Hubbard<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">+8<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">T63<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">M. Lee<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">+8<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">T66<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">D. Berger<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">+9<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">T66<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">A. Bhatia<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">+9<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">68<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">Pi. Coody<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">+10<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">69<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">S. Stevens<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">+11<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">70<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">J. Vegas<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">+12<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">71<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">A. Smalley<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">+15<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">72<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">R. Fowler<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">+17<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Memorial Tournament will continue this weekend without some big names.\u00a0 After 36 holes at the Jack Nicklaus&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":623484,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,47546,8693,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-623483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-memorial-tournament","tag-pga-tour","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=623483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/623484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=623483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=623483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=623483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}