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What Are the Tour and Tournament Cut Rules?

Most pro­fes­sional golf tour­na­ments have a cut; that is, the field is reduced fol­low­ing (most typ­i­cally) two rounds of play, with the lower half (or so) of the field going home and only the bet­ter scor­ers con­tin­u­ing until the tournament’s end. The spe­cific reg­u­la­tions gov­ern­ing tour­na­ment cuts varies depend­ing on the tour, and there is some vari­a­tion among the major cham­pi­onships’ cut rules, too. Check out the fol­low­ing FAQ entries for the cut rules of each listed tour or tournament: Our sports betting news features unique sports betting articles as well as current sports news compiled from leading wire services. This arti­cle was dis­trib­uted by Syn­di­cated... 

Poll: More Majors for Bubba?

So Bubba Wat­son is the 2012 Mas­ters cham­pion. Watson’s rise to promi­nence is impres­sive, as is, cer­tainly, the vari­ety of shots he’s able to pull off. What do you think the future holds for him? Do you see Bubba being a golfer who can remain at a high level for a long time, who can win more majors? Or do you think Wat­son just hit his high point and is unlikely go this way — major cham­pion — again? Vote in the poll, and leave your comments. See also:Do Mas­ters cham­pi­ons get to keep the green jacket? Our sports betting news features unique sports betting articles as well as current sports news compiled from leading wire services. This arti­cle was dis­trib­uted by Syn­di­cated Sports... 

This Week: Zurich Classic

The PGA Tour takes a detour out of Texas to Louisiana this week for the Zurich Clas­sic of New Orleans, where Bubba Wat­son is the defend­ing champion. So Bubba’s back, his first tour­na­ment since win­ning the 2012 Mas­ters. It’s been quite a few weeks for Wat­son as he made the media rounds; it will be good to see him back on the course and inter­est­ing to note how large are the crowds fol­low­ing his group. Among oth­ers in the Zurich Clas­sic field are Luke Don­ald, Nick Wat­ney, Ernie Els, Graeme McDow­ell, Steve Stricker, Justin Rose, Kee­gan Bradley, Webb Simp­son,... 

Grace Full of Accomplishments at China Open

The win­ner of the Euro­pean Tour’s Volvo China Open on Sun­day was Bran­den Grace, a 23-year-old from South Africa play­ing his rookie sea­son after advanc­ing onto tour via Q-School. Not a house­hold name, not a golfer who is exactly famous yet out there in the wide world of golf. But per­haps he just needs a lit­tle more time, because he’s off to an amaz­ing start, in both 2012 and in his career. How so? Thus so: The Volvo China Open win is Grace’s third Euro Tour vic­tory of the year. It’s only April folks, and there have been only 15 tour­na­ments so far. Grace pre­vi­ously... 

13-Year-Old Misses Cut on Euro Tour

A 13-year-old is now the youngest golfer to play in a Euro­pean Tour tour­na­ment. Guan Tian-Lang of China teed off Thurs­day in the Volvo China Open, shoot­ing 79 in Round 1. He fol­lowed that up with a second-round 77, fin­ish­ing at 12-over 156, miss­ing the cut. But pretty impres­sive for a 13-year-old play­ing a Euro­pean Tour event on a 7,500-yard course. Guan got into the tour­na­ment by fin­ish­ing fourth in a qual­i­fy­ing event. In 2011, he won the Boys 11–12 divi­sion at the Call­away Junior World Golf Cham­pi­onships in San Diego by 11 strokes. Guan, at 13... 

Wie’s Hawaii Homecoming Doesn’t Help Her Struggles

Michelle Wie is strug­gling. Her golf game in 2012 has been a mess. And now she’s missed her third straight cut. This one prob­a­bly hurts more, how­ever, since it hap­pened at the LPGA Lotte Cham­pi­onship in Wie’s home state of Hawaii. On a golf course with which she’s very familiar. Wie shot 78–76 over two rounds at Ko Olina Golf Club at the Lotte, miss­ing the cut by seven strokes. Her 154 total was 18 shots worse than the lead­ers, and only 12 golfers who com­pleted the first two rounds posted worse scores. Wie was paired in the first two rounds with Lexi Thomp­son and... 

This Week: Texas Open and China Open

The golf world vis­its the second-largest U.S. state and the third-largest coun­try (both by area) this week with the PGA Tour Valero Texas Open and the Euro­pean Tour Volvo China Open. The Texas Open is played on the Oaks Course at TPC San Anto­nio. In 2011, that golf course was seventh-toughest on the PGA Tour in rela­tion to par, but every course ahead of it was either a par-70 or par-71. Oaks is a par-72. And in stroke aver­age, TPC San Anto­nio was the tough­est track on the PGA Tour in 2011. Kevin Na’s infa­mous 16 on one hole didn’t help in that deparment. The defend­ing... 

Oosthuizen Recovers With a Victory

One week ago, Bubba Wat­son defeated Louis Oost­huizen in a play­off to win the 2012 Mas­ters. In the week since, the Bubb­ster made the rounds of talk shows in New York City, a well-deserved vic­tory lap, and one in which his wit and sense of fun prob­a­bly drew a few more fans to golf. And Oost­huizen? He merely hopped a plane and spent 30 hours trav­el­ing to play in the May­bank Malaysian Open. Was the effort worth it? You bet. Oost­huizen won in Malaysia today, despite the travel fatique, despite weather inter­rup­tions to the tour­na­ment, despite hav­ing to play 26 holes... 

Harrington Winner Again in Par-3 Contest

Jinx? Padraig Har­ring­ton ain’t afraid of no stinkin’ jinx. (Besides, there’s no such thing as a jinx.) Har­ring­ton was the co-winner of the Mas­ters Par-3 Con­test on Wednes­day, shar­ing the top spot with Jonathan Byrd. The “tour­na­ment” — more like a fun day, really — was cut short by weather with plenty of golfers fail­ing to com­plete their nine holes. This is the third time Har­ring­ton has won the Par-3 Con­test. As we hear over and over every year, no golfer has won the Par-3 Con­test and The Mas­ters in the same year. But, really, there’s no good rea­son... 

Oosthuizen Scores Fourth Double-Eagle in Masters History

Louis Oost­huizen got his final round of the 2012 Mas­ters off to a good start. On the sec­ond hole, he made a 2. The sec­ond hole is a par-5. That’s a dou­ble eagle, only the fourth dou­ble eagle in the his­tory of The Masters. The first one in still the most famous, Gene Sarazen’s “Shot Heard ‘Round the World” in 1935. Many fans today believe Sarazen’s shot won him the tour­na­ment, but it didn’t. It did help him get into a 36-hole play­off against Craig Wood, how­ever, and in the play­off Sarazen fin­ished off the victory. Will Oosthuizen’s hole-out from 260 yards...