US Open: Tiger Woods misses cut, Scottie Scheffler through, as debutant Ludvig Aberg leads
- Aberg, who turned pro last June, is at 5-under 135 midway through, with Bryson DeChambeau, Rory McIlroy and Xander Schauffele all in the mix
Sweden’s Ludvig Aberg has been the best so far at dealing with the challenging set-up at Pinehurst No 2, as Tiger Woods missed the cut at the US Open second round.
Aberg shot a one-under-par 69 to claim a one-shot lead at Pinehurst, North Carolina, where the cut line became a hot topic.
World No 1 Scottie Scheffler was in danger of missing the cut after a 74. He was part of a long list of golfers at five over, directly on the cut line.
Woods (73) wasn’t as fortunate, missing the cut. Woods, who shot 74 in the first round, had his only birdie on No 4, but the three-time US Open champion played the last 14 holes in four over to card a 73 and fall to seven-over.
“In order to win a golf tournament, you have to make the cut,” Woods said. “I can’t win the tournament from where I’m at, so it certainly is frustrating. I thought I played well enough to be up there in contention. It just didn’t work out.”
Aberg, a 24-year-old who turned pro last June, is at five-under 135 midway through the championship. He played a previous US Amateur on the course, so he had an idea of what he was getting into this week.
