Notable golfers to miss the cut at the 2025 Zurich Classic
Notable golfers to miss the cut at the 2025 Zurich Classic With scores going low in the Big Easy, several well-known players couldn't keep up and now have the weekend off after missing the cut at the Zurich.
AVONDALE, La. ― After the first two rounds of play at TPC Louisiana concluded, which combined 18 holes of four-ball and 18 holes of foursomes, the 80-team field at the 2025 Zurich Classic of New Orleans has been pared down to the low 33 teams at ties. And this year, with numerous low scores being posted, the cutline at 10 under tied the lowest cutline score in the tournament's history, matching the mark set in 2023.
In all, 36 teams have made the cut and will play in the third and final rounds at the Zurich Classic.
Kevin Velo and Isaiah Salinda have the lead at 17 under after shooting an eye-popping 58-69 (127). The American duo is one shot ahead of Andrew Novak and Ben Griffin, who shot 66 Friday morning after a Thursday 62 to reach 16 under. Denmark's Rasmus and Nicolai Hojgaard shot a 2-under 70 on Friday and are in third place at 15 under after two rounds.
The team everyone is watching, Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry, the defending champions, are at 11 under, tied for 16th.
On the other end of the spectrum, several teams were not able to string together enough birdies to get under the 10-under-par (134) cut line, and their 2025 Zurich Classic is now done.
Matt Fitzpatrick and Alex Fitzpatrick, 66-69 (135)
The 2022 U.S. Open winner teamed with his older brother once again this year in New Orleans, and while the Englishmen only carded two bogeys for the week, that was one too many when combined with their 11 birdies. They missed the cut by one shot.
Collin Morikawa and Kurt Kitayama, 61-75 (136)
Morikawa entered this event ranked No. 4 on the Official World Golf Ranking and No. 4 on the United States Ryder Cup list, and he and Kitayama play together often at home in Las Vegas, but a pair of double bogies on the front nine Friday offset their four birdies. The three other squares on their scorecard sent them packing.
Wyndham Clark and Taylor Moore, 66-70 (136)
That Thursday 66 looks great, but it's actually almost a full shot higher than the average score from round one, so this team had little margin for error on Friday. Unfortunately, on their opening nine, a run of bogey, bogey, par, double-double lifted their overall score to 4 under, and even with four birdies over their last nine holes, they came up short.
Matt Wallace and Thorbjorn Olesen, 62-74 (136)
Starting the day at 10 under, this pair of European Ryder Cup hopefuls had a chance to make a good impression on captain Luke Donald, who was in the field this week, but a 2-over final nine holes lifted the team two shots above the cut.
Luke Donald and Camilo Villegas, 64-75 (139)
European Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald teamed with close friend and two-time International Team vice-captain Camilo Villegas at the Zurich Classic, and after an opening round 64, there was reason to be optimistic that they might make the cut and play the weekend at TPC Louisiana. But after a 3-over 75 in the foursomes on Friday pushed their team's score to 5 under, they missed the cut.
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