THERE’S a four-way tie for the lead at the US Open but the world’s top three players — including Australian Jason Day — are going home.

World No.1 Dustin Johnson and second-ranked Rory McIlroy joined world No.3 Day in missing the cut after Saturday’s (AEST) second round at Erin Hills, Wisconsin. It’s the first time since the Official World Golf Rankings began in 1986 that the first, second and third ranked golfers all missed the cut in a major.

American Rickie Fowler relinquished the lead during the second round. The 28-year-old started day two with a one-shot cushion but a one-over-par 73 opened the door for a four-way tie for the lead at seven-under shared by Paul Casey (71), Brian Harman, Tommy Fleetwood and Brooks Koepka (all 70).

Fowler fell to a share of fifth at six under, alongside compatriots Jamie Lovemark and JB Holmes (both 69).

Marc Leishman carded an even par 72 second round to be a further shot back, three shots off the lead, but he’ll be the only Australian playing this weekend.

Adam Scott (75), Wade Ormsby (75) and Nick Flanagan (79) all joined Day in missing the cut.

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World No.3 Day, needing a miracle to get back into contention after his opening 79, carded a three-over-par 75, leaving him 10 over and way outside the one-over cutline.

“I was in the hay too much over the last couple of days,” Day said

“It’s been the best preparation going into a major, I felt like, in my career, which is playing in majors and knowing what I needed to do to prep for a tournament such as this. It’s pretty frustrating.”

Day at least managed to find one positive spin.

“Guess what?” he said to his 4-year-old son. “We get to go home today because Daddy played poorly.”

McIlroy was left at five-over-par after a second round 71.



Scott’s last missed cut at one of the four big dances was the 2015 PGA, and the 36-year-old lamented a misbehaving putter after improving his form on the greens in 2017.

“I played well, I just really struggled on the greens ... again,” Scot told AAP. “It was a huge battle out there for me and any flaw is more exposed at the majors.”

Despite a flurry of late birdies it was not enough to turnaround an erratic round littered with errors and missed opportunities.

Johnson capped off this collective failure with a late collapse on the back nine at Erin Hills, making three bogeys over a five-hole stretch and closing with a 73.

He three-putted on No. 13. He hammered a chip from just short of the par-5 14th that led to another three-putt bogey. And then he came up short of the 17th green and dropped one more shot that sent him home early to spend time with his newborn son.

Justin Rose, Henrik Stenson, Bubba Watson and Jon Rahm were other big-name casualties, with world No.4 Hideka Matsuyama well-placed at five under and Jordan Spieth surviving at even par.

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