Nothing’s final yet, but the cut line at the Masters this year is likely to fall at 6 strokes over par through 36 holes. The tournament’s organizers have set the cut line at the field’s top 50 scores including ties, plus anyone within 10 strokes of the lead. Given the leaderboard’s current shape, the latter part of the rule is unlikely to come into play.
Masters cut line 2017: Henrik Stenson won’t make the weekend at Augusta
The cut is likeliest to settle at 6-over.
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As second-round play wound down around 5 p.m. ET on Friday, Sergio Garcia and Charley Hoffman were both in the clubhouse at 4-under for the tournament. That means for anyone to make the cut with a score worse than 6-over, that player would have to be tied for a score within the top 50. Too much leaderboard movement has to happen on the back nine for that to be remotely likely.
The cut line could conceivably move to 5-over if someone passes Garcia and Hoffman and gets to 5-under through 36 holes. Rickie Fowler, Thomas Pieters, and Phil Mickelson are working through the back nine at 3-under for the tournament. But if they don’t, everyone at 6-over will be within 10 shots of the lead and will thus make the cut.
Bubba Watson, the Masters winner in 2012 and 2014, will miss the cut at 8-over, as will last year’s British Open champion, Henrik Stenson. Vijay Singh, Patrick Reed, and Angel Cabrera are also among the players who won’t see the course on Saturday. Watson looked like he’d recovered from a string of early bogeys on Friday, but a rough stretch on the back nine knocked him out of the championship.
The tournament’s official leaderboard updates until the end of play. Here’s where things stood around 5 p.m. ET on Friday:
Position | Player | To Par | Thru | Today | R1 | R2 | TOTAL |
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By Christian D'Andrea
