U.S. Open cut line: Notables have work to do to play the weekend
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — After a 14-hour Thursday and a barely-after-dawn start to Friday, there's been little downtime at the 126th U.S. Open. But the end is coming rapidly for much of the 156-player field, as the cut line will send home both notables and little-knowns alike.
The cut line at the U.S. Open is the top 60 and ties, meaning every player who's tied for 60th place or better gets to play the weekend (and, importantly, cash a check).
Early in Round 2, the cut had a roughly 50-percent chance of falling at +4, per DataGolf, with the next-best odds for +5 (35 percent). It's highly unlikely to go any higher than +5, and there's only about a 10 percent chance it could end up at +3.
Players with work to do: defending champion J.J. Spaun (+7 after his first round), Si Woo Kim (+7), Daniel Berger (+7) and Joaquin Niemann (+6).
Conditions are expected to be more benign Friday than Thursday's late birdie-fest, but that likely means the course will be a tougher setup than Thursday, too. That could disadvantage the late-wave players, meaning several more could end up on the wrong side of the cut.
