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05/15/26 08:02:00
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05/15 20:00 CDT Rose's final-hole eagle ensures weekend tee times at the PGA
Championship; DeChambeau misses cut
Rose's final-hole eagle ensures weekend tee times at the PGA Championship;
DeChambeau misses cut
By BOB LENTZ
AP Sports Writer
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. (AP) --- Justin Rose's second-round scorecard had a little
bit of everything at the PGA Championship.
He had four bogeys, three birdies, two double bogeys and was in jeopardy of
missing the cut after ending up in the thick rough 25 yards from the pin on his
final hole.
Standing a few feet from the edge of a fairway bunker, Rose dug deep with his
wedge, and his golf ball took three bounces on the green and tracked into the
hole for an eagle 3.
The spectacular shot put the 45-year-old Englishman at 3-over par and propelled
him into the weekend in his 24th appearance at the championship.
The last-hole theatrics weren't limited to Rose. Michael Kim holed out from 65
feet, just off the left side of the same par-5 ninth, securing a spot for the
final rounds, one stroke under 4-over cut line.
A total of 82 players were among the top-70 and ties headed to the weekend.
Bryson DeChambeau is among those who won't be around for the final rounds. The
two-time U.S. Open champ missed the cut for the third time in four majors with
rounds of 76 and 71 for 7 over.
Former PGA champions Jimmy Walker (5 over), Keegan Bradley (6 over), Jason
Dufner (8 over), Y.E. Yang (9 over) and Shaun Micheel (10 over) also missed the
cut.
Cam Smith ended a streak of six missed at majors with an even-par 140 for the
first two days. And, Luke Donald, who is headed into his third term as European
Ryder Cup captain, had a two-round score of 4 over, which was good enough to
make the cut for the 13th time in 18 PGA appearances.
Rose is a Philly favorite after winning the 2013 U.S. Open at nearby Merion
Golf Club, and he has a good history at Aronimink, where he won his second PGA
Tour title in the 2010 AT&T National. He lost to Bradley in a playoff in
Newtown Square in the 2018 BMW Championship.
Rose's found Friday was in many ways fitting for a golfer whose career has been
long been defined by many highs and lows and gritty, grind-it-out performances.
He missed the first 20 cuts of his career, then became a major and Olympic
champion and has enjoyed a mid-40s resurgence that has yielded multiple
runner-up finishes in majors in recent years.
Rose got off to a rocky start Friday, driving into a bunker right of the
difficult 10th hole and taking two shots to get out before eventually making a
6, the first of his two double-bogeys. Then, the rollercoaster round really
took off.
His birdies on the 12th and 16th holes sandwiched a bogey, double-bogey, bogey,
and he closed his front nine at 4-over 39.
The fun continued on the front nine, his back, when he followed three straight
pars with a birdie before stumbling again. He posted bogeys at Nos. 6 and 8 and
tumbled down the leaderboard.
Then, he hit the shot of his second round on the par-5 ninth hole. His 310-yard
drive found the fairway, but his second shot traveled 267 yards and landed in
the thick left rough before he converted his next shot for eagle.
Then, the waiting game began for Rose. When the round finished, his fabulous
finish was enough to extend his stay.
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