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British Open: What is the cut line, and who could miss the cut?
Bryson DeChambeau woke up Friday morning with a +7 first round at the British Open around his neck. He knew he'd need to do something special in order to make the weekend, and he did, firing a six-under 65 to finish the day at +1, in strong position to make the British Open cut. "I woke up this morning and I said, you know what, I can't give up," DeChambeau said. "My dad always told me never to give up, just got to keep going, and that's what I did today. I was proud of the way I fought back, really persevered through some emotionally difficult moments, and to hold myself together and not get pissed and slam clubs and throw things and all that like I wanted to." That perseverance could reward him with two weekend tee times, which he did not get a year ago. The top 70 and ties make the cut at The Open. That number has stood at +2 for most of the day on Friday, though wind and rain cropping up in the late afternoon could potentially affect where the line is drawn. Notable names who have already finished on the wrong side of the cut line include Zach Johnson (+3), Min Woo Lee (+6) and Sahith Theegala (+7). Past major champions like Wyndham Clark, Brooks Koepka, Patrick Reed and Collin Morikawa also have work to do on Friday in order to make the cut. The last time the tournament was played at Royal Portrush, in 2019, the cut stood at +1. The lowest cuts relative to par since 1969, when the R&A began keeping stats for the category, were -1 in both 2006 (Royal Liverpool) and 1990 (St. Andrews). The lowest cut by total strokes was 141 in 2021 (Royal St. George's); a +2 cut would be 144 strokes.
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BRITISH OPEN '25: Tiger Woods and Tom Watson part of history at golf's oldest championship
FILE -United States' Zach Johnson celebrates with members of the public as he holds the trophy after winning a playoff after the final round at the British Open Golf Championship at the Old Course, St. Andrews, Scotland, Monday, July 20, 2015.(AP Photo/Jon Super, File) FILE -Tom Watson reacts on the 18th green after sinking a 25-foot birdie putt to force a playoff with with Jack Newton in the British Open golf championship at Carnoustie, Scotland in this July 12, 1975 photo. (AP Photo, File) FILE -Tiger Woods of the United States tees off from the 18th towards the club house of the Royal and Ancient during the British Open golf championship on the Old Course at St. Andrews in Scotland, July 23, 2000. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File) FILE -Tiger Woods of the United States tees off from the 18th towards the club house of the Royal and Ancient during the British Open golf championship on the Old Course at St. Andrews in Scotland, July 23, 2000. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File) FILE -United States' Zach Johnson celebrates with members of the public as he holds the trophy after winning a playoff after the final round at the British Open Golf Championship at the Old Course, St. Andrews, Scotland, Monday, July 20, 2015.(AP Photo/Jon Super, File) FILE -Tom Watson reacts on the 18th green after sinking a 25-foot birdie putt to force a playoff with with Jack Newton in the British Open golf championship at Carnoustie, Scotland in this July 12, 1975 photo. (AP Photo, File) FILE -Tiger Woods of the United States tees off from the 18th towards the club house of the Royal and Ancient during the British Open golf championship on the Old Course at St. Andrews in Scotland, July 23, 2000. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File) PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland (AP) — A capsule look at key anniversary years at the British Open, including the AP story from those victories: 150 years ago (1875) Site: Prestwick. Winner: Willie Park Sr. Runner-up: Bob Martin. Advertisement Score: 56-59-51--166. Margin: 2 shots. Winner's share: 8 pounds. Noteworthy: Old Tom Morris and Young Tom Morris did not play because the wife of Young Tom Morris died six days before the championship while giving birth. Young Tom Morris also died later that year. The Glasgow Herald: The annual competition for the golf championship of Scotland took place on Prestwick Links, and resulted in favour of Willie Park, of Musselburgh. The game consisted of 36 holes, and was completed by Park in 166 strokes. In the absence of the famous Morrises of St. Andrews, who are at present mourning a severe domestic calamity, only two representatives of the 'Kingdom' were present, but one of them, Bob Martin, won second place in the competition. Advertisement 125 years ago (1900) Site: St. Andrews. Winner: J.H. Taylor. Runner-up: Harry Vardon. Score: 79-77-78-75--309. Margin: 8 shots. Winner's share: 50 pounds. Noteworthy: This was a period when Taylor and Harry Vardon had won five of the previous six British Open titles. AP story: J.H. Taylor won the open golf championship on the St. Andrews links today. Taylor's win was a popular one. His score was 309 for the four rounds, being thirteen strokes better than his victory on the same grounds in 1895. The weather was dull, but favourable for good scoring. By his victory at St. Andrews yesterday Taylor scores his third triumph in the English open championships. His first success was gained in 1894 over the same links, and it is a noteworthy fact that up to that time the title had never been won by an English professional. Advertisement 100 years ago (1925) Site: Prestwick. Winner: Jim Barnes. Runners-up: Archie Compston and Ted Ray. Score: 70-77-79-74--300 Margin: 1 shot. Winner's share: 75 pounds. Noteworthy: This was the final British Open held at Prestwick. Troon replaced it as the links in the southwest of Scotland. AP story: The British open golf championship will be carried back to the United States by 'Long Jim' Barnes, who won it today. His score of 300 strokes for the 72 holes over links at Prestwick led all the others of the 83 competitors. His victory marked the fourth in five summers of the Americans in the historic tournament. The Britons, Edward Ray, champions of years ago, and Archie Compston of North Manchester, failed by but one stroke of equaling Barnes' winning score. Each scored a 301. They both missed final putts on the last green and lost their chance to tie Barnes. Advertisement 75 years ago (1950) Site: Troon GC. Winner: Bobby Locke. Runner-up: Roberto De Vicenzo. Score: 69-72-70-68--279 Margin: 2 shots. Winner's share: 1,500 pounds. Noteworthy: Locke set the 72-hole scoring record, which he matched seven years later. AP story: Bobby Locke, walking as if the Troon fairways were carpeted with eggs, came up with a fourth round 68 today that won him the British Open Golf title for the second straight year and lowered a scoring mark that had stood since 1932. The South African finished with a 279 on rounds of 69-72-70-68 over the par 70 course. His aggregate wiped out the previous low winning total of 283 posted by Gene Sarazen 18 years ago. Behind Locke came Roberto De Vicenzo of Argentina, who carded a 281 and also broke Sarazen's record. Only because it retained the championship for Locke did his hot round overshadow a sensational 66 which Frank Stranahan of Toledo, Ohio, fired in a vain attempt to place the open trophy beside the British amateur award he won earlier this spring. Advertisement 50 years ago (1975) Site: Carnoustie. Winner: Tom Watson. Runner-up: Jack Newton. Score: 71-67-69-72-279 Margin: Playoff (Watson 71, Newton 72). Winner's share: 7,500 pounds. Noteworthy: This was the final 18-hole playoff at the British Open. It was changed to a four-hole aggregate playoff in 1985 (first used in 1989). AP story: Tom Watson, a 25-year-old who has blown chances in three major championships, kept his cool Sunday and won the British Open golf championship on the rainswept 18th hole of a playoff when Jack Newton missed a tying par putt by inches. Watson, who finished the extra round in 1-under-par 71, holed a 30-foot chip for an eagle on the 14th to take a one-shot lead, then bogeyed the 16th, putting him and his 25-year-old Australian challenger even going to the 18th. Watson parred. Newton blasted out of a greenside bunker and needed a 12-foot putt to stay alive. He just missed, and the title and the $16,500 first prize belonged to Watson. Advertisement 25 years ago (2000) Site: St. Andrews GC. Winner: Tiger Woods. Runners-up: Ernie Els and Thomas Bjorn. Score: 67-66-67-69--269. Margin: 8 shots. Winner's share: 500,000. Noteworthy: Woods played the ninth hole during the practice round with a replica of a gutta percha. He hit driver and 5-iron just over the back of the green and got up-and-down for par. AP story: Five hundred years of legend and lore hardly prepared golf's hallowed home for Tiger Woods. On the same linksland that Old Tom Morris nurtured and Jack Nicklaus conquered, along came a 24-year-old with a keen eye for history. Woods not only became the youngest player to win the career Grand Slam, he completed it faster than any of the four greats who did it before him. The final piece came Sunday, when Woods held the silver claret jug under the cool, grey skies of St. Andrews after another record-breaking performance to win the British Open. Challenged briefly by David Duval, Woods pulled away for an eight-stroke victory. It wasn't quite as overwhelming as his 15-stroke victory in the U.S. Open last month, but it was the largest in 87 years of golf's oldest championship. Advertisement 20 years ago (2005) Site: St. Andrews. Winner: Tiger Woods. Runner-up: Colin Montgomerie. Score: 66-67-71-70-274 Margin: 5 shots. Winner's share: 720,000. Noteworthy: Jack Nicklaus missed the cut in his 164th and final major championship. Woods won each of the four majors Nicklaus played for the final time. AP story: Sunday brought yet another grand crossing over the Swilcan Bridge: The defiant return of Tiger Woods. Two days after Jack Nicklaus bade an emotional farewell to the majors, Woods took another step toward the Golden Bear's record with another ruthless performance at St. Andrews, closing with a 2-under 70 to win the British Open for his 10th career major. He won by five shots, the largest margin in any major since Woods won by eight at St. Andrews five years ago. This one also had a sense of inevitability, with Woods taking the lead on the ninth hole of the first round. No one caught him over the final 63. He joined Nicklaus as the only players to win the career Grand Slam twice, and Woods completed his own version of the slam that shows how their careers are so indelibly linked — he now has won all four majors that Nicklaus played for the last time. Advertisement 10 years ago (2015) Site: St. Andrews. Winner: Zach Johnson. Runners-up: Louis Oosthuizen and Marc Leishman. Score: 66-71-70-66--273 Margin: Playoff (Johnson 3-3-5-4; Oosthuizen 3-4-5-4; Leishman 5-4-5-4). Winner's share: 1,150,000 pounds Noteworthy: Rory McIlroy was the first player since Ben Hogan in 1953 who did not defend his title because of an ankle surgery from playing soccer. AP story: Zach Johnson cradled the silver claret jug in his arms. Jordan Spieth let it slip through his fingers. Spieth was right where he wanted to be in his spirited bid for the Grand Slam — tied for the lead with two holes to go in the British Open, right after making a 50-foot birdie putt that made it feel as though he were destined to win at St. Andrews for his third straight major. And he was still there at the very end Monday, but only as a spectator. The slam gone, Spieth graciously returned to the steps of the Royal & Ancient clubhouse to watch Johnson finish off a sterling performance of his own. Johnson rolled in a 30-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole that got him into a three-man playoff, and he outlasted Louis Oosthuizen and Marc Leishman to win the British Open. ___ AP golf:
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04-07-2025
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Zach Johnson Drops Career Update on Wednesday
Zach Johnson Drops Career Update on Wednesday originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Zach Johnson is one of the big names included in the field for the John Deere Classic. He is coming off an 82nd spot finish at the Rocket Classic event, carding rounds of 65-73-71-74. Advertisement Johnson started his career in 1998 and has played a total of 520 events, earning a total of almost $50 million. He is 49 years old and is quickly approaching 50 years of age. With that in mind, Johnson shared his perspective on his upcoming career during press conference at the John Deere Classic on Wednesday. "I hope I have the option of coming back here for the foreseeable future. I don't know what the future will hold." Johnson said when asked about whether he will be leaving the current tour. "Honestly, going back to the beginning of that, a lot of what is going to transpire next year is going to be determined by the next so many odd weeks out here." He added. Zach Johnson plays his shot from the sixth tee during the second round of the THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson.© Raymond Carlin III-Imagn Images Johnson has been suffering from elbow issues. He wears the KT tape to help with the pain of tennis elbow. So, he also adds physical condition as another factor in deciding his future career trajectory. Advertisement "I pay attention probably now more so to the physical side of me more so than the technical side of me. And I don't mind that," he continued. "It's just the evolution of the game and the evolution of where I'm at as a pro. I've got a great team, great plan, great plot as to how to navigate that." "If I can keep coming back here and playing, I'm not going to come back here necessarily just to play, I want to come back here to compete. That's what I am, first and foremost." Johnson added. Related: Rickie Fowler Opens Up on Life After Marriage with Two Kids This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jul 3, 2025, where it first appeared.
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04-07-2025
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John Deere Classic 2025 cutline tracker at TPC Deere Run: Get live updates all day Friday
As the 2025 John Deere Classic heads to its second 18 holes, some of the focus on the second round will be the cut line, and more specifically, who's in good shape to play the weekend and who's in trouble of not cashing a paycheck. Doug Ghim is at 9 under after a first-round 62 and he's leading after one round. Austin Eckroad and Max Homa fired 63s and they're a shot back. Others giving chase include Sam Stevens, Justin Lower and Michael Kim. Advertisement What is the cut rule for the 2025 John Deere Classic? Like the rest of the PGA Tour events, the John Deere has a cut to the low 65 golfers and ties after 36 holes. The tournament started with 156 golfers. A year ago, the cut came in at 5 under. There's a lot of golf to go but after 18 holes, there were 84 golfers at 2 under after 18 holes. Datagolf, as of Thursday, gives 4 under a 39 percent chance to be the cutline come Friday evening. Which golfers have work to do Friday to make the cut? Local favorite Zach Johnson (2 under) as well as Luke Clanton (1 under), Kevin Kisner (even), amateur Jackson Koivun (even), Tom Kim (1 over), Lucas Glover (1 over) and Jason Day (3 over) are some names to monitor throughout the day Friday. Advertisement John Deere Classic leaderboard Keep tabs on the full leaderboard right here all day Friday as well as through the weekend. This article originally appeared on Golfweek: John Deere Classic 2025 cutline tracker at TPC Deere Run
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04-07-2025
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John Deere Classic 2025 cutline tracker at TPC Deere Run: Get live updates all day Friday
As the 2025 John Deere Classic heads to its second 18 holes, some of the focus on the second round will be the cut line, and more specifically, who's in good shape to play the weekend and who's in trouble of not cashing a paycheck. Doug Ghim is at 9 under after a first-round 62 and he's leading after one round. Austin Eckroad and Max Homa fired 63s and they're a shot back. Others giving chase include Sam Stevens, Justin Lower and Michael Kim. Advertisement What is the cut rule for the 2025 John Deere Classic? Like the rest of the PGA Tour events, the John Deere has a cut to the low 65 golfers and ties after 36 holes. The tournament started with 156 golfers. A year ago, the cut came in at 5 under. There's a lot of golf to go but after 18 holes, there were 84 golfers at 2 under after 18 holes. Datagolf, as of Thursday, gives 4 under a 39 percent chance to be the cutline come Friday evening. Which golfers have work to do Friday to make the cut? Local favorite Zach Johnson (2 under) as well as Luke Clanton (1 under), Kevin Kisner (even), amateur Jackson Koivun (even), Tom Kim (1 over), Lucas Glover (1 over) and Jason Day (3 over) are some names to monitor throughout the day Friday. Advertisement John Deere Classic leaderboard Keep tabs on the full leaderboard right here all day Friday as well as through the weekend. This article originally appeared on Golfweek: John Deere Classic 2025 cutline tracker at TPC Deere Run
