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U.S. Open 2014 cut line: Hunter Mahan, Bubba Watson headed home early

The cut line rose as the second round of the U.S. Open went along, but not high enough to keep a few notable players around for the weekend.

by Mark Sandritter

Jun 13, 2014, 11:58 PM UTC

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Bubba Watson called the crowned Pinehurst No. 2 greens “unfriendly” heading into the U.S. Open and it turns out the entire course wasn’t too kind to the defending Masters champion. At 6-over, Watson finished on the wrong side of the 5-over cut line and is one of the notable names not sticking around for the weekend. Jason Dufner, Hunter Mahan and Luke Donald also missed the cut.

Watson got off to a rough start on Thursday and was never able to recover. He carded five bogeys and a double bogey on his way to an opening round 76. He played better on Friday, shooting an even-par 70, but it wasn’t good enough to make up the ground. Watson bogeyed three of four holes before making the turn, a costly stretch. He never appeared to be overly comfortable with the course setup and struggled to hit fairways.

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Martin Kaymer runs away from the field

Brendan Porath

The lowest 36-hole score ever at the U.S. Open, a tidy 130 through two rounds, has Martin Kaymer out in front by a record-matching margin at Pinehurst.

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Martin Kaymer runs away from the field

Dufner opened the tournament with a 2-over 72. He was 1-over through 12 holes in the second round and appeared to be in decent shape to make the weekend. That was before a very rough closing stretch, however, as Dufner bogeyed three of his final six holes, dropping him to the wrong side of the cut line. Mahan played well enough to make the cut, but is headed home because of a crucial mistake on the 18th hole -- Mahan’s ninth of the round. Mahan and playing partner Jamie Donaldson each incurred two-stroke penalties on the hole after they mistakenly hit each others’ ball. The players realized the mistake on the putting green and were forced to go back to the fairway to replay the correct ball. With the penalty, Mahan made double bogey. Without the two strokes, he would have finished at 4-over and made the weekend.

The cut line was hovering at 4-over for much of the day, but shifted to 5-over near the end of the round. Joost Luiten was sitting at 4-over with two holes to play. At the time, 60 players were 4-over or better. The top 60 plus ties make the cut at the U.S. Open. Luiten ran into trouble coming in, finishing bogey-bogey. By doing so, The cut shifted to 5-over and Luiten himself finished on the wrong side of things at 6-over. In all, 67 players made it to the weekend including amateur Matthew Fitzpatrick, the lone amateur still playing.

Here is a full look at the leaderboard and which players are headed home early:

Place	Player	Score	1st Round	2nd Round
1	Martin Kaymer	-10	65	65
2	Brendon Todd	-4	69	67
T3	Kevin Na	-3	68	69
T3	Brandt Snedeker	-3	69	68
T5	Brooks Koepka	-2	70	68
T5	Dustin Johnson	-2	69	69
T5	Brendon de Jonge	-2	68	70
T5	Keegan Bradley	-2	69	69
T5	Henrik Stenson	-2	69	69
T10	Matt Kuchar	-1	69	70
T10	Rory McIlroy	-1	71	68
T10	Chris Kirk	-1	71	68
T10	Jordan Spieth	-1	69	70
T14	Adam Scott	E	73	67
T14	Francesco Molinari	E	69	71
T14	Erik Compton	E	72	68
T14	Ian Poulter	E	70	70
T14	Hideki Matsuyama	E	69	71
T14	Rickie Fowler	E	70	70
T20	Steve Stricker	1	70	71
T20	J.B. Holmes	1	70	71
T20	Danny Willett	1	70	71
T20	Marcel Siem	1	70	71
T20	Jason Day	1	73	68
T20	Justin Rose	1	72	69
T20	Aaron Baddeley	1	70	71
T27	Jimmy Walker	2	70	72
T27	Victor Dubuisson	2	70	72
T27	Seung-yul Noh	2	70	72
T27	Fran Quinn	2	68	74
T27	Lucas Bjerregaard	2	70	72
T27	Graeme McDowell	2	68	74
T33	Garth Mulroy	3	71	72
T33	Jim Furyk	3	73	70
T33	Gary Woodland	3	72	71
T33	Daniel Berger	3	72	71
T33	Scott Langley	3	72	71
T33	Patrick Reed	3	71	72
T33	Webb Simpson	3	71	72
T33	Phil Mickelson	3	70	73
T33	Billy Horschel	3	75	68
T33	Kenny Perry	3	74	69
T33	Shiv Kapur	3	73	70
T44	Alex Cejka	4	73	71
T44	Bill Haas	4	72	72
T44	Stewart Cink	4	72	72
T44	Harris English	4	69	75
T44	Ernie Els	4	74	70
T44	Louis Oosthuizen	4	71	73
T44	Retief Goosen	4	73	71
T44	Bo Van Pelt	4	72	72
T44	Kevin Tway	4	72	72
T44	Cody Gribble	4	72	72
T44	Ryan Moore	4	76	68
T44	Sergio Garcia	4	73	71
T44	Boo Weekley	4	71	73
T44	Matthew Fitzpatrick	4	71	73
T44	Russell Henley	4	70	74
T44	Clayton Rask	4	73	71
T60	Kevin Stadler	5	77	68
T60	Justin Leonard	5	75	70
T60	Paul Casey	5	70	75
T60	Toru Taniguchi	5	72	73
T60	Zac Blair	5	71	74
T60	Zach Johnson	5	71	74
T60	Billy Hurley III	5	71	74
T60	Nicholas Lindheim	5	72	73
*Cut line 5-over*
T68	Casey Wittenberg	6	74	72
T68	Andres Echavarria	6	74	72
T68	Hudson Swafford	6	76	70
T68	Mark Wilson	6	70	76
T68	Shane Lowry	6	73	73
T68	Luke Donald	6	77	69
T68	Charl Schwartzel	6	70	76
T68	Bubba Watson	6	76	70
T68	Jason Dufner	6	72	74
T68	Hunter Mahan	6	74	72
T68	Rod Pampling	6	73	73
T68	Cory Whitsett	6	77	69
T68	Hunter Stewart	6	75	71
T68	Kyoung-Hoon Lee	6	74	72
T68	Matt Jones	6	74	72
T68	Angel Cabrera	6	74	72
T68	Thongchai Jaidee	6	73	73
T68	Miguel Jimenez	6	72	74
T68	Joost Luiten	6	70	76
T68	Matt Dobyns	6	74	72
T68	Brian Campbell	6	76	70
T89	Nicolas Colsaerts	7	72	75
T89	Ken Duke	7	75	72
T89	John Senden	7	71	76
T89	Darren Clarke	7	75	72
T89	Geoff Ogilvy	7	73	74
T89	Ryan Blaum	7	73	74
T89	Luke Guthrie	7	73	74
T89	Christopher Doak	7	74	73
T89	Jim Renner	7	74	73
T89	Andrea Pavan	7	75	72
T89	Stephen Gallacher	7	73	74
T89	David Toms	7	73	74
T101	Lucas Glover	8	79	69
T101	Ryan Palmer	8	74	74
T101	David Gossett	8	76	72
T101	Sam Love	8	76	72
T101	Cameron Wilson	8	78	70
T101	Brian Stuard	8	75	73
T101	Chad Collins	8	74	74
T101	Roberto Castro	8	74	74
T101	Matt Every	8	76	72
T101	Lee Westwood	8	75	73
T101	Nick Watney	8	76	72
T101	WC Liang	8	74	74
T101	Justin Thomas	8	75	73
T114	Oliver Fisher	9	74	75
T114	Joe Ogilvie	9	73	76
T114	Henrik Norlander	9	70	79
T114	Pablo Larrazabal	9	71	78
T114	Tom Lewis	9	79	70
T114	Craig Barlow	9	74	75
T114	Smylie Kaufman	9	73	76
T121	Niclas Fasth	10	76	74
T121	Graham Delaet	10	75	75
T121	Hyung-Sung Kim	10	73	77
T121	Bernd Wiesberger	10	72	78
T121	Kevin Sutherland	10	75	75
T121	Maximilian Kieffer	10	76	74
T121	Maverick McNealy	10	74	76
T121	Anthony Broussard	10	78	72
T129	David Oh	11	75	76
T129	Graeme Storm	11	72	79
T129	Y.E. Yang	11	75	76
T129	Jamie Donaldson	11	70	81
T129	Brett Stegmaier	11	77	74
T129	D.A. Points	11	77	74
T129	Brady Watt	11	77	74
T136	Steven Alker	12	76	76
T136	Kevin Streelman	12	75	77
T136	Gonzalo Fdez-Castano	12	76	76
T136	Simon Griffiths	12	72	80
T136	Rob Oppenheim	12	75	77
T136	Kevin Kisner	12	75	77
T136	Robert Allenby	12	79	73
T136	Aron Price	12	78	74
T144	Jonas Blixt	13	77	76
T144	Jeff Maggert	13	73	80
T144	Robby Shelton	13	78	75
T144	Nick Mason	13	78	75
T148	Chris Thompson	14	80	74
T148	Oliver Goss	14	71	83
T150	Bobby Gates	15	79	76
T150	Donald Constable	15	82	73
T150	Brandon McIver	15	82	73
153	Will Grimmer	17	77	80
154	Andrew Dorn	19	79	80
155	Azuma Yano	20	77	83
156	Kiyoshi Miyazato	22	81	81