Justin Rose holed an eagle on his final hole to make the cut at the PGA Championship, the report says. The wedge from the edge of a fairway bunker took three bounces on the green and tracked into the hole for an eagle 3, leaving the 45-year-old at 3-over par and extending his stay for the weekend in his 24th appearance at the championship, per the report.
Rose’s second-round scorecard featured four bogeys, three birdies and two double bogeys, and the report says he was in jeopardy of missing the cut after finding thick rough about 25 yards from the pin on his final hole. His round included a rocky stretch when he drove into a bunker at the difficult 10th, took two shots to get out and made a 6, the report says.
The roller-coaster round continued, the report says. Rose birdied the 12th and 16th sandwiching a series of miscues and closed his front nine at 4-over 39. On the back nine he followed three straight pars with a birdie before bogeys at Nos. 6 and 8 left him sliding down the leaderboard until the dramatic par-5 ninth.
The report says Rose’s 310-yard drive found the fairway on the par-5 ninth, his second shot traveled 267 yards into thick left rough, and he converted the next shot for eagle. Michael Kim also produced late theatrics, holing out from 65 feet off the left side of the same par-5 ninth to secure his spot for the final rounds, one stroke better than the 4-over cut line, per the report.
Per the report, 82 players were among the top-70 and ties who advanced to the weekend. Bryson DeChambeau is among those who did not make the cut, the report says, missing the cut for the third time in four majors with rounds of 76 and 71 for 7 over. Former champions Jimmy Walker, Keegan Bradley, Jason Dufner, Y.E. Yang and Shaun Micheel also missed the cut, the report says.
The report adds that Cam Smith ended a streak of six missed majors with an even-par 140 for the first two days, and Luke Donald had a two-round 4 over, good enough to make the cut for the 13th time in 18 PGA appearances as he heads into his third term as European Ryder Cup captain. The report also notes Rose’s local history, including a U.S. Open win at nearby Merion and prior tour success at Aronimink.
