What does the cut line mean in golf?
What was the 10-shot rule?
In previous years, some golf tournaments used a 10-shot rule when it came to making the cut.The premise was simple - any player who was within 10 shots of the leader at the end of two or three rounds would make the cut.At the 1991 Open, that meant 113 players made, and the rule has since been abolished.The latest of golf's four majors to use the 10-shot rule as the cut line was the Masters in 2020.This article is the latest from BBC Sport's Ask Me Anything team.
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