These 7 players missed the cuts in 2025 which have the most difficulty in doing – here is why

Before the action begins on Saturday, we bring together our team of championship writers open on site to put a knot on the action at the start of the week – especially that made and missed the 36 -hole cup. Let’s start with painful things, then editing to finish.

1. to whom did the Open MC championship hurt?

Gimme two players each.

James Colgan: Collin Morikawa. It was not so long since Morikawa arrived in Pebble Beach for AT&T Pro-Am as one of the best players in the world; Everything left was to overcome the line for a victory. Now he leaves the opening after several Caddy divisions, a few moments of testing and a major season which culminated with a T14 Masters. After playing the first 36 holes of Royal Portrush in the same group as Scottie Scheffler and lost by 17 shots, the gap between him and the top of the game seems quite wide.

Sean Zak: Patrick Reed. It was perhaps only a low possibility that he played his way in the Ryder Cup team, but the door was certainly closed this week when he pulled 77 in the first round. It oscillates to a top 40 in the world this summer, which is very good. It’s just not good enough to make the American Ryder Cup team.

Dylan Dethier: Cameron Smith is the only golfer to play in the four majors this year and miss the four cups. The fact that he beat only a dozen players after a 78 in the second round made this MC particularly demoralizing. Smith won the 2022 open and finished the top 10 out of three of the following five majors after that; These voyages in the running start to feel a long time ago.

Colgan: Patrick Cantlay. After having undressed the international team a year ago to the Cup presidents, it seemed unfathomable that Cantlay would be something other than a lock for the American team of the Ryder Cup while the golf calendar returned in August 2025. Well, we are now at the end of July 25, and Cantlay missed three consecutive cuts to the majors, its only end of the weekend The Masters.

To be clear, I always think that Cantlay is an easy choice for the Bethpage list given its match match record, but the main season of a year Ryder Cup is to build a CV, and Cantlay has certainly had better.

Zak:: Adam Scott. I wondered (on this site) if its performance in Oakmont could be one of its last moments of real affirmation in major. I hope this is not the case, but you never know! Scott played in 97 consecutive majors and should do 98 when he did it in Augusta in April. But it is not automatically qualified to play one of the others. It is currently outside by also looking at the Fedex Cup qualifiers. Consequently, he heads for Portrush directly at Minneapolis for his very first appearance at the 3M Open.

Detier:: Koepka Brooks. There is no questioning of man’s pedigree; Koepka is a major champion five times who is tied with Rory McILroy for the greatest majors in the post-track era and Phil. But he has just missed his third major cut of 2025 and has only one top 25 – the T12 of last month at the US Open – during his last nine departures.

Another guy who deserves to be mentioned: Tom McKibbin. The 22 -year -old Irishman entered the week as a local favorite; For the moment, he is the best player in this country behind Rory McILroy. There is no questioning of McKibbin’s talent, but it will be interesting to see how it can play its way in future majors; He is currently not online to qualify for one of the four in 2026.

2. Before the good things, then: whose cut made meant the most?

Two each – Colgan, you start again.

Slagan:: BRYSON DECHAMBEAU Coupé was particularly significant since Thursday took place Thursday in Royal Portrush. I admit that I thought that the big guy had come out after an opening round 78. He looked at what he looked like most of the departures in the championship open on Thursday, that is to say, saying. Then he went out on Friday and recorded a brilliant 65 and followed this on Saturday with another impressive 68. For the player on the field whose game seems less Optimized for these conditions, I am impressed by its tenacity.

Zak:: Justin Leonard. The 53 -year -old man had a certain certification dynamism In his step where I discussed with him Thursday evening, freshly out of his first 70 round. After a second round 73, he made his first major cup since the 2014 US Open. I would be also excited!

Detier:: Lee Westwood. The 52 -year -old man had not even played in a major since the open in 2022, the summer he signed with Liv. The fact that he qualified himself and that he did not just cut but played his way in the line? It was a reminder that he is a guy with the first five top four at this event in the middle of his decades of first -level professional golf.

Slagan:: Matt Fitzpatrick. A parchment in the ranking of the Ryder Cup reveals how Fitzy has fallen during the marasm of the last 18 months (he ranks 22nd before Portrush was tabuated, behind Jorge Campillo and Jon Rahm, of which the latter received points from the Ryder Cup for none of his LIV tournaments). On Saturday, he will play the open in the last couple next to Scottie Scheffler – a sign of the place where his golf is trendy, and another good news for Captain Euro Luke Donald.

Zak:: Justin Thomas. As the owner of one of the main most confounding championship records, JT had a little needed. He had missed the Cup with Quail Hollow and Oakmont and had only one top-30 in 13 Major Start Dathe Reven Bown to his 2022 PGA. He will be happy for a few weekend sessions on a large stage before becoming a massive song from the US Ryder Cup team.

Detier:: Jordan Spieth. Talk about a guy with a lot of things per minute. Spieth missed six months after surgery, returned and played a million events in a row, showed a fairly good shape, withdrew from travelers with an injury, took some time, became a father for the third time and arrived in Northern Ireland in time for this week. It is just hidden inside the top 50 of the Fedex Cup, it is at the forefront of the Ryder Cup conversation and even a 50th result in Portrush and feels much better than MC.

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