Matt Fitzpatrick is a 2026 Player of the Year nominee but his great form left him this week as he missed The Open cutline.
The Englishman headlines a contingent of some big names in golf not able to make the +1 cutline at Royal Birkdale.
Fortunately, for the Fitzpatrick family there is one son in the mix as Alex is -4 through 36 holes.
Fitzpatrick (Matt) could only muster two rounds of 72 – his double at the 12th yesterday was ulimately what set him the impossible target of getting to +1 as he ended +4.
The Open: Missing the cut
Matt Fitzpatrick
Cameron Smith
Tom Kim
Wyndham Clark
Justin Rose
Jaoco Niemann
Viktor Hovland
Jason Day
Bernd Wiesberger
Caleb Surratt
Jordan Spieth
Other names missing the Open weekend:
- +2 Billy Horschel
- +2 Harris English
- +3 Keith Mitchell
- +3 Maverick McNealy
- +5 Haotong Li
- +6 Daniel Berger
- +6 Rasmus Hojgaard
- +9 Padraig Harrington
- +11 David Puig
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