Tiger Woods, Jon Rahm and Ludvig Aberg among the notables to miss the cut at 2024 PGA Championship

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – There’s an old saying, adopted by the New York State Lottery, that you have to be in it to win it.

Heading into the final two rounds of the 106th edition of the PGA Championship, there remain 78 players from the field of 156 who are still in it, so to speak. It took shooting 1-under-par 141 at Valhalla Golf Club, or 11 off the lead of Xander Schauffele, to be T-68 or better and make it to the weekend. The 36-hole cut was the lowest in PGA Championship history.

Among those to sneak through and earn a third-round tee time was Dustin Johnson, who made birdie at 18 to make the cut on the number. Nicolai Hojgaard birdied the final two holes to sneak through too. Most impressive of all was Tommy Fleetwood, who ripped his second shot from 245 yards to 7 feet and rolled in the eagle putt at 18 to make it to the right side of the cutline. Kudos also to PGA club professional Braden Shattuck, who made a birdie at No. 8, his 17th hole of the day, to make the cut on the number as well as Jeremy Wells (-2), who have represented the club pros admirably by earning two more days between the ropes.

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Not everyone was so fortunate. Spain’s Adrian Otaegui suffered a sad demise in one of the final groups on Saturday morning. He took three putts at 17 and his third at 18 spun off the green and he missed the cut by one. Finland’s Sami Valimaki and club pro Ben Polland missed putts at their final hole that needed to drop on Saturday morning too. LIV’s Jon Rahm, who entered the week with the longest active streak of cuts made at the majors at 18, posted a score one shot too many and was sent packing early. The longest active streak now belongs to Hideki Matsuyama, who has made the cut in each of his last 16 consecutive major championship starts, including this week. Let’s take a look at some of the big names and other notables who exited early.