The Biggest Names to Miss the Cut at the 2023 U.S. Open

Justin Thomas, Phil Mickelson and Jordan Spieth are among the slew of stars who will pack their bags at LACC.

LOS ANGELES — While the top of the leaderboard at the 2023 U.S. Open is stacked, the list of star players who missed the cut at Los Angeles Country Club is absolutely loaded. 

Justin Thomas, Phil Mickelson, Jordan Spieth, Max Homa, Adam Scott, Justin Rose and Jason Day were among the 91 players who finished outside of the top 60 and ties at the U.S. Open, and will miss the weekend. 

Justin Thomas missed the 2-over-par cutline by the widest margin, shooting an abysmal 11-over-par 81 on Friday to finish at 14 over for 36 holes. 

He opened his round (starting on No. 10) with four consecutive bogeys and had back-to-back double bogeys on the 6th and 7th holes at the LACC North Course, which firmed up on Friday following an opening round that presented soft, scoreable conditions.  

The 81 was the second-worst score of the day and Thomas’s highest in a major championship.  He shot 80 at Royal Birkdale in 2017. 

Thomas has been struggling since his win at the 2022 PGA Championship. He missed the cut at the Masters, was T55 at the PGA and missed another cut at the Memorial Tournament. On Friday he ranked last in the field for strokes-gained off the tee. 

Mickelson, on the other hand, finished just one shot off the cut line on his 53rd birthday. 

The LIV golfer followed up an opening round of 69 with a rollercoaster 4-over 74 that included five bogeys, two doubles and two birdies. On Thursday, Mickelson was heckled by a boisterous fan who was ultimately removed from LACC’s premises. 

Spieth also missed the number by one shot with rounds of 72 and 71. 

Max Homa—a fan favorite to win this year’s U.S. Open in his hometown of Los Angeles—shot 40 on his first nine (starting on No. 10) and couldn't recover, missing the cut by two shots. 

Justin Rose and Jason Day, who were paired alongside the championship’s solo leader, Rickie Fowler, for the opening 36 holes, both landed outside the cut line with 36-hole totals of 4 over and 9 over, respectively.