How is cut determined for us open

The U. Open is known as one of the toughest tests of golf. The USGA chooses courses that it feels will give professionals a steep challenge while also maintaining fair play amongst competitors.

Open has its own cut rules through 36 holes, the mid-point of the tournament, to bring the number of players down for the third and fourth rounds of play. The top sixty golfers after the first two rounds make the cut, plus any golfers tied for 60th or better. The ties assure that golfers with identical scores are not arbitrarily cut.

This means that there is no actual cut-off in the number of golfers allowed into the weekend rounds. In a record golfers made the cut. ET on Friday, the projected cut is at four over, with 75 players at that number or better. The cut number could move as the round continues, but at the moment several star players are on the outside looking in and at risk of missing the cut.

Seven bogeys over his first 14 holes left him in second-to-last place at 14 over. Justin Rose , winner of the U. Open at Merion, also shot 78 in Round 1, and he continued to collect bogeys in the early-going on Friday.

Webb Simpson , who won the U. They're treated the same by the US Golf Association. We use the Golf News Net byline sometimes just to change things up. But, it's one of us humans writing the story, we promise.

We also occasionally include links to products and services from merchants of our choice. All players that qualify for or given a spot in a tournament are permitted to play the work week rounds: 18 holes on Thursday and 18 holes on Friday--in the case of most 72 hole tournaments.

These first two rounds are used to rank the players by score headed into the weekend. These rounds feature pre-assigned groups of three players, in most tournaments, and the players are not re-paired to reflect leader board position after day one. The standard cut line for a PGA event after two rounds is the score of the 65th lowest scoring professional. Any players that finish with that score or better are considered to have made the cut and continue play in the weekend rounds.

Prior to the season, when more than 78 players make the cut, it is necessary to apply further tie breaking procedures to determine which players get to play in the remaining rounds.