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Rashell, Stanley, Taylor Miss Cut at US Open

Written by Tony Dear

Friday, 13 June 2008

Leader Appleby

Stuart Appleby's 40-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole in yesterday's second round at the US Open put Gig Harbor's Kyle Stanley eleven shots behind the Australian's lead and out of the weekend. Trying to become only the second Clemson undergraduate to make the cut in a professional major (the first was Chris Patton at the 1990 Masters), Stanley shot a seven-over-par 78 that started with three straight bogies and got worse with a triple-bogey seven on the 17th, his eighth hole of the day.

Stanley played well

A birdie at the 18th stopped the bleeding, but he double-bogied the 2nd and bogied the 3rd before birdieing the 9th to finish at eight-over-par, just one shot too many to avoid the cut line.
UW's Nick Taylor also missed the cut after shooting a 75 on Friday for a 36-hole total of 152, 10-over-par. The day started well for the Husky with a birdie two at the

11th, his second of the day. But bogies at the 12th (third), 4th (thirteeenth), 7th (sixteenth) and a double-bogey at the 6th (fifteenth) saw him finish with a 75, two shots better than his opening 77, but still three shots too many to play the final two rounds. On a day when the field averaged 75.98, however, Taylor should feel proud of his performance especially as his 36-hole total beat that of several tour stars; Charles Howell III, Nick Dougherty, Henrik Stenson, Colin Montgomerie and defending champion Angel Cabrera among them.
Former Husky Rob Rashell produced a superb one-under-par 70 in round two which included three birdies and only two bogies. His opening 81 had given him too much to do, however, and his 151 total saw him miss out by two.
Miguel Angel Jiminez fired the best round of the championship so far, a five-under 66 made up of six birdies and one bogey. The Spaniard currently lies in a tie for 5th place at one-under-par, two shots behind Appleby. Rocco Mediate, Robert Karlsson and Tiger Woods are tied for second on two-under.

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