RORY McILROY HAD a day to forget in Florida, the Holywood golfer registering a second successive 72 to miss the cut at the Honda Classic.
The world number three was level-par for the day after his front nine, having started on the 10th, picking up birdies on the 12th and 16th and carding a double bogey on the par-three 15th.
He was still level-par for the day when playing the fifth, his 14th of the day, when things took a turn for the worse.
His par-three troubles continued as he registered a treble-bogey six to end the 26-year-old’s hopes of staying in the tournament.
Advertisement
McIlroy chipped in for birdie on the following hole but the damage was done at that stage and he signed for a two-over-par 72, to leave him four-over for the tournament and one shot behind the cut-line.
There was much better news for the reigning champion, his playing partner Padraig Harrington, though, the Dubliner recovering from a shaky bogey-double bogey start to pick up seven birdies in his next 11 holes.
Two late bogeys took the gloss off a fine round from Harrington but he will be relieved to be playing this weekend after an opening-round 73.
Lynne Sladky
Lynne Sladky
Graeme McDowell had a solid second round, the 36-year-old dropping just one shot and picking up two birdies on his way to carding a one-under-par 69 to move to even-par for the tournament.
Shane Lowry, who was just two shots off the leaders when play began today, had a round to forget; finishing five-over for the day and dropping back to two-over for the tournament.
McIlroy misses cut, Lowry falters and birdie run shoots Harrington up leaderboard
Updated at 23.15
RORY McILROY HAD a day to forget in Florida, the Holywood golfer registering a second successive 72 to miss the cut at the Honda Classic.
The world number three was level-par for the day after his front nine, having started on the 10th, picking up birdies on the 12th and 16th and carding a double bogey on the par-three 15th.
He was still level-par for the day when playing the fifth, his 14th of the day, when things took a turn for the worse.
His par-three troubles continued as he registered a treble-bogey six to end the 26-year-old’s hopes of staying in the tournament.
McIlroy chipped in for birdie on the following hole but the damage was done at that stage and he signed for a two-over-par 72, to leave him four-over for the tournament and one shot behind the cut-line.
There was much better news for the reigning champion, his playing partner Padraig Harrington, though, the Dubliner recovering from a shaky bogey-double bogey start to pick up seven birdies in his next 11 holes.
Two late bogeys took the gloss off a fine round from Harrington but he will be relieved to be playing this weekend after an opening-round 73.
Graeme McDowell had a solid second round, the 36-year-old dropping just one shot and picking up two birdies on his way to carding a one-under-par 69 to move to even-par for the tournament.
Shane Lowry, who was just two shots off the leaders when play began today, had a round to forget; finishing five-over for the day and dropping back to two-over for the tournament.
You can see the leaderboard here.
Rickie Fowler is leading the way on his own at eight-under-par after a second successive 66.
He’s got plenty of high-profile company with Jimmy Walker just one shot back, Sergio Garcia two behind on six-under par and Adam Scott on five-under.
The42 is on Snapchat! Tap the button below on your phone to add!
It sounds like Carl Frampton’s fans have taken over Manchester this weekend
Stunning finish gets Shane Lowry in the mix at Honda Classic
To embed this post, copy the code below on your site
Early Exit Golf Graeme McDowell Honda Classic Padraig Harrington Rory McIlroy Shane Lowry