Phil Mickelson's 7-over round likely to cut weekend short
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- ESPN.com news services
Phil Mickelson finally made some birdies at The Open. It probably won't keep him at Royal Birkdale this weekend, though.
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Matt Kuchar carded a 1-over-par 71 Friday at The Open, falling 1 shot behind first-round co-leaders Jordan Spieth and Brooks Koepka, who had yet to tee off in second-round play.
The 2013 champion shot a 7-over 77 in gusty conditions in the second round and was 10 over for the tournament, putting him way off the projected cut mark.
Mickelson failed to make a birdie Thursday, the first time that has happened in a major in five years. He did so on the first hole in his second round and had four birdies in total, but he had eight bogeys and a triple-bogey 7 at No. 3.
This would mark his first missed cut since the Deutsche Bank Championship in September, ending a run of 18 straight made cuts — the longest active streak on the PGA Tour.
The 47-year-old Mickelson hasn't won a tournament since lifting the Claret Jug at Muirfield in 2013.
Mark O'Meara played his 110th and possibly final round of the Open Championship on Friday, carding a bogey on No. 18 to shoot even-par 70.
O'Meara couldn't make up for an 81 on Thursday. The 1998 Open champion was exempt into the tournament as long as he was age 60 or younger. O'Meara turned 60 in January.
Chris Wood and Ryan Moore graciously waited back in the fairway so O'Meara could soak up the applause one last time. O'Meara then turned and waved up Wood, who had holed out from the fairway for an eagle 2, to receive his own applause.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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