Too much pressure in homeland for No. 1 Donald, No. 2 Westwood?
Englishmen Luke Donald and Lee Westwood seem to the target of as much derision as praise for reaching No. 1 in the world rankings without winning a major championship. Now the catcalls will only get louder. Both missed the cut Friday in the British Open.
No. 1 Donald (6-over), who won the Scottish Open last week, fell three strokes shy of the cut. Entering the British Open, Donald had finished in the top 10 in all but one of 11 his last events. The exception was the U.S. Open, where he tied for 45th.
No. 2 Westwood (4-over) missed the cut by a stroke. The last time Westwood had missed the cut in any event on either tour was the 2008 PGA.
Here are some more who missed the cut:
Goodbye No. 7 Matt Kuchar, No. 9 Graeme McDowell, No. 10, Nick Watney, No. 16 Ian Poulter, and No. 20 Robert Karlsson.
Goodbye young guns Ryo Ishikawa, Matteo Manassero, Camilo Villegas, Hunter Mahan, and Alvaro Quiros.
Goodbye to Fairfax’s own Steve Marino.
Goodbye to those whose stay on the leaderboard was short – Kurt Barnes, Mark Calcavecchia, and Tadahiro Takayama.
Goodbye to former British Open champions Justin Leonard, Padraig Harrington, John Daly, Ernie Els, Sandy Lyle, Ben Curtis, Mark O’Meara, David Duval, and Todd Hamilton.
And goodbye to major champions Bernhard Langer, Geoff Ogilvy, and Angel Cabrera.
