Scottish Open: Rickie Fowler, Jordan Spieth lead in style gamers to MC

Two rounds have been accomplished on the Genesis Scottish Open, which suggests half the sector heads house early.

Some distinguished names is not going to play on the weekend. Ludvig Åberg confirmed out and headed into Moving Day with a one-shot lead over Antoine Rozner. Sungjae Im and Matteo Manassero are 10-under, and 6 golfers are 9-under.

While many succeeded on the Renaissance Club, some guys flat-out struggled.

The quantity to get was 3-under, and anybody with a better rating was despatched house. Who have been a few of these guys that ended their week early? Let’s try the most well-liked names who missed the reduce on the Scottish Open.

The hottest PGA Tour gamers to MC on the Scottish Open

— Luke Donald (68-70; -2)
— Hideki Matsuyama (71-67; -2)
— Jordan Spieth (71-68; -1)
— Rickie Fowler (73-71; +4)
— Justin Rose (69-72; +1)
— Padraig Harrington (70-71; +1)
— Will Zalatoris (71-71; +2)
— Denny McCarthy (73-74; +7)
— Keith Mitchell (69-70; -1)

Many of those guys didn’t play terribly, however with a 3-under cutline, it was removed from ok.

Spieth and Fowler are each headed house early, which feels stunning. The former Texas Longhorn didn’t play badly final week however couldn’t discover it in Scotland.

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Mitchell appears proper there and finds a technique to miss the reduce by only a few pictures. McCarthy had a powerful week on the John Deere, however that momentum didn’t carry over to the Scottish Open. He struggled, and solely 4 gamers had the identical or worse scores.

Rose and Matsuyama are additionally surprising as a result of each gamers are inclined to do nicely on this occasion.

Zalatoris couldn’t do a lot for himself. One might marvel if it was nonetheless his again bothering him, however there was no affirmation.

When there are gamers at 10-under or higher, the sector has to maintain tempo. These gamers didn’t try this, and that triggered them to move house early. Some will possible get an early begin at prepping for the Open Championship subsequent, as that occasion can also be in Scotland.

Which participant stunned you probably the most to see on this checklist?

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