Capelle On Golf

PGA Championship Coverage

The cut fell at 148 on Friday, spelling the end for 82 players, and leaving 73 players to fight it out for the Wannamaker Trophy over the weekend. Here are some of the more interesting stories among the survivors and those who will have the weekend off.

The Survivors
Charlie Wi – this 36-year-old South Korean shot 70-70 and is one off the lead in his first major.
Paul Goydos – this 44-year old journeyman, who lost a playoff to Sergio Garcia at THE PLAYERS is in the thick of it again at 143!
Rocco Mediate – this newly minted fan favorite shot 147.
Charl Schwartzel – birdied six of the first seven holes on the front nine (his second nine), shot a 39-31-70 to make the cut with a shot to spare.
Robert Allenby – he birdied 8 and 9, his last two holes, to make it by a shot.
Jim Furyk – he birdied the brutal 18th (two day average of 4.68) to make the cut by a shot.
Paul Azinger – the 48 year old captain of the Ryder Cup abandoned his duties in the booth for TNT and made the cut by a shot.
Corey Pavin – this 48 year old hits it shorter than a good percentage of the LPGA pros but he somehow got the ball in the hole in 148 shots on this super long course.

Selected Players Who Missed the Cut
Zach Johnson – missed an eight foot par putt on the last hole to miss by a shot.
Ryan Moore – this promising young player opened with a 70, then shot 79 to miss by a shot.
Fred Couples – this perennial fan favorite bogeyed three of his last five holes to miss by a single shot.
John Daly – he only missed by a shot and made only two doubles and no “others” in a surprisingly solid performance.
Adam Scott – he shot 150 to miss by two shots, closing out a forgettable year in the majors, and raising questions about when Harmon’s star pupil is going to breakout, if ever.
Vijay Singh – last week’s winner putted his ball off the green on the ninth, his final hole, made a triple bogey, and missed the cut by four shots.
Trevor Immelman – Masters champ shot 76-77-153.
Rod Pampling – he shot 70 in the first round and parred the first three holes in second round, then played the next seven holes in nine over, shot 81, and missed the cut by three shots.
Lee Westwood – a pretourney favorite, he let the conditions get to him and limped home with rounds of 77-78 -155, seven above the cut line.
The Club Pros – Frank Esposito Jr. shot 78 to miss by a shot, but he was low club pro. All 20 missed and the five highest 36 scores (161-170) were by club pros.