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Quicken Loans National 2014: Tiger Woods misses cut; 4 tied for lead

The biggest name in the field won’t be around for the weekend since Tiger Woods is headed home early, but there is stiff competition at the top of the leaderboard.

by Mark Sandritter

Jun 27, 2014, 11:00 PM UTC

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Tiger Woods opened the second round at Congressional Friday needing a solid day to play his way into the weekend. He managed to stay within range of the cut early, but some issues on the back nine dropped him to 7-over and well off the cut line. While Woods won’t be around for the weekend, the Quicken Loans National will continue with a crowded leaderboard. Four players, including Patrick Reed and Marc Leishman are tied for the 36-hole lead at 6-under.

Woods was forced to scramble all round, and all areas of his game showed a bit of rust. He didn’t drive the ball especially well, leaving him to fight to save par. He managed to do that early on, but eventually the poor shots caught up with him. He made the turn at 2-over on the round and while back-to-back birdies on Nos. 9 and 10 moved him to just the cusp of the cut line, four straight bogeys sealed his fate. Woods’ short game didn’t do him any favors, and several poor chips and putts cost him strokes. After the round, Woods said his back felt great and that he had no issues. He also said he felt he had a few little things to clean up and was just slightly off on a few shots. He plans to take a vacation with his kids next week before preparing for the British Open.

Although Woods won’t be in contention this weekend, the top of the leaderboard is crowded. Leishman carded a 5-under round of 66 to move to 6-under and into a share of the lead. Playing in just his second event as a professional, 20-year-old Oliver Goss also shot 66 to tie for the 36-hole lead. They are joined by Ricky Barnes and Reed. The course was set up for better scoring, leading to a few low numbers. Justin Rose was among the players who took advantage. He shot a 6-under round of 65 to improve to 3-under for the tournament. He is one of 12 players at 3-under or better through 36 holes.

The cut line eventually settled at 3-over, and a few notable names joined Woods on the list of players headed home early. Jason Day shot a 2-over 73 to finish at 4-over, and Jason Dufner at 6-over, Ernie Els at 7-over and Keegan Bradley at 8-under also missed the cut. Webb Simpson at 3-over, Jordan Spieth at 2-over and Hunter Mahan at 2-over finished just on the right side of the line.

Here is a complete look at the leaderboard through 36 holes:

Place	Player	Score	1st Round	2nd Round
T1	Marc Leishman	-6	70	66
T1	Oliver Goss	-6	70	66
T1	Ricky Barnes	-6	67	69
T1	Patrick Reed	-6	68	68
T5	Hudson Swafford	-5	69	68
T5	Stuart Appleby	-5	70	67
T7	Morgan Hoffmann	-4	70	68
T7	Freddie Jacobson	-4	67	71
T7	Billy Horschel	-4	70	68
T7	George McNeill	-4	69	69
T11	Justin Rose	-3	74	65
T11	Brendon de Jonge	-3	71	68
T13	Russell Knox	-2	73	67
T13	Brendan Steele	-2	74	66
T13	Retief Goosen	-2	69	71
T13	Bill Haas	-2	68	72
T13	Matt Every	-2	71	69
T13	Peter Hanson	-2	72	68
T13	Ben Martin	-2	72	68
T13	Brandt Snedeker	-2	70	70
T21	K.J. Choi	-1	69	72
T21	Michael Putnam	-1	69	72
T21	Cameron Tringale	-1	70	71
T21	Tim Wilkinson	-1	70	71
T21	Carl Pettersson	-1	72	69
T21	Erik Compton	-1	68	73
T27	Shawn Stefani	E	74	68
T27	Jason Bohn	E	71	71
T27	Geoff Ogilvy	E	70	72
T27	Richard Lee	E	74	68
T27	Bo Van Pelt	E	71	71
T27	Tyrone van Aswegen	E	68	74
T27	Patrick Rodgers	E	73	69
T27	Brady Watt	E	71	71
T27	Daniel Summerhays	E	70	72
T27	Davis Love III	E	72	70
T27	Brendon Todd	E	72	70
T27	Andres Romero	E	70	72
T27	Billy Hurley III	E	69	73
T40	Spencer Levin	1	69	74
T40	Kevin Kisner	1	75	68
T40	J.J. Henry	1	74	69
T40	Stewart Cink	1	74	69
T40	Roberto Castro	1	71	72
T40	Robert Garrigus	1	73	70
T40	Kevin Chappell	1	71	72
T40	Andrew Svoboda	1	71	72
T40	Seung-yul Noh	1	73	70
T40	Gary Woodland	1	72	71
T50	Sean O'Hair	2	73	71
T50	Ben Curtis	2	75	69
T50	Charles Howell III	2	71	73
T50	Hunter Mahan	2	71	73
T50	Charley Hoffman	2	72	72
T50	Scott Brown	2	72	72
T50	Heath Slocum	2	72	72
T50	John Rollins	2	72	72
T50	Nick Watney	2	69	75
T50	John Huh	2	72	72
T50	J.B. Holmes	2	72	72
T50	Jordan Spieth	2	74	70
T50	Steven Bowditch	2	73	71
T50	Ryan Palmer	2	73	71
T50	D.H. Lee	2	73	71
T50	Greg Chalmers	2	66	78
T50	Andrew Loupe	2	74	70
T67	James Driscoll	3	71	74
T67	Robert Streb	3	74	71
T67	Trevor Immelman	3	74	71
T67	Scott Stallings	3	75	70
T67	Angel Cabrera	3	71	74
T67	Rory Sabbatini	3	71	74
T67	Brian Davis	3	72	73
T67	John Merrick	3	74	71
T67	Webb Simpson	3	72	73
*Cut line 3-over*
T76	Camilo Villegas	4	75	71
T76	Troy Merritt	4	74	72
T76	Sang-Moon Bae	4	78	68
T76	Arjun Atwal	4	73	73
T76	Kyle Stanley	4	73	73
T76	Mike Weir	4	74	72
T76	Jason Day	4	73	73
T76	Vijay Singh	4	71	75
T76	Brian Harman	4	73	73
T85	Nicholas Thompson	5	74	73
T85	Josh Teater	5	72	75
T85	Y.E. Yang	5	74	73
T85	Martin Laird	5	75	72
T85	Russell Henley	5	75	72
T85	Aaron Baddeley	5	76	71
T85	Bud Cauley	5	72	75
T85	James Hahn	5	73	74
T85	Danny Lee	5	73	74
T85	Ted Potter, Jr.	5	71	76
T85	Jonathan Byrd	5	73	74
T85	Chad Collins	5	72	75
T97	Charlie Beljan	6	75	73
T97	Jason Dufner	6	74	74
T97	Bryce Molder	6	77	71
T97	Will MacKenzie	6	78	70
T97	Jhonattan Vegas	6	73	75
T97	Jim Renner	6	72	76
T103	Martin Flores	7	73	76
T103	Woody Austin	7	73	76
T103	Ernie Els	7	73	76
T103	Justin Hicks	7	73	76
T103	Tiger Woods	7	74	75
T103	Charlie Wi	7	73	76
T109	Patrick Cantlay	8	77	73
T109	Keegan Bradley	8	75	75
T109	Robert Allenby	8	72	78
T112	Wes Roach	9	75	76
T112	Mark Wilson	9	76	75
T112	Derek Ernst	9	74	77
T115	David Lingmerth	10	79	73
T115	Chesson Hadley	10	71	81
T115	Harrison Frazar	10	77	75
118	Brice Garnett	11	74	79
119	Johnson Wagner	12	75	79
120	Pat Perez	17	78	81