Adam Woodard

Golfweek

For decades Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson have achieved the unthinkable on the golf course.

From Woods’ 15 major titles and 81 PGA Tour victories to Mickelson’s five majors, 44 wins on Tour and his incredible feat of 25 consecutive years ranked inside the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking, the two are a staple on weekend leaderboards.

Except for this weekend at the 148th British Open at Royal Portush.

Woods and Mickelson both struggled in the Open’s return to Northern Ireland this week, leading to the end of one of the most impressive – and frankly mind-blowing – streaks in professional golf.

First pointed out by ESPN’s Bob Harig, in the previous 82 major championships where Woods and Mickelson have both played, at least one of the two has made the weekend cut. But with the cut at 2-over, both are going home after two rounds.

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Woods shot a 1-under 70 in Friday's second round but was done in by his 7-over 78 in the opening round Thursday.

"I kind of grinded my way around the golf course today," said Woods. "I had a chance to get it back to even par for the tournament. I didn't handle the par-5s well. I was in perfect position on all three of them. If I handled those par-5s well, I would be right there."

Mickelson left the scoring area after another perplexing day at Royal Portrush, another missed cut on his resume and with few answers as to what has plagued his game for months now.

After opening the 148th playing of the British Open with a 5-over-par 76, Mickelson posted a 74 in Friday’s second round to miss his third cut in a row, his fourth in his last five starts and his seventh overall since winning the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in February, his 44thPGA Tour victory.

“I’m playing so bad that I don’t know really what to say,” said Mickelson, a five-time major champion and a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. “I thought after winning Pebble I was going to have a phenomenal year and the last four months have been surprisingly difficult.”

Woods also missed the cut at the PGA Championship in May and entering this week, Mickelson had missed the cut in four of his last six events. The two events where he made the cut, you ask? The PGA Championship (T-71) and U.S. Open (T-52).

Contributing: Steve DiMeglio