Woods fails to make cut in PGA Championship

Grace, whose highlight of the day occurred when he holed his bunker shot on the 18th for birdie, now sits at 12-under par for the championship and in a tie for third.

Day, like Jones among the 57 players who had to complete the second round on Saturday after a fierce thunderstorm halted play on the previous evening, carded a five-under 67 that gave him sole possession of second place on nine-under 135.

England’s Justin Rose returned to finish his round with a par on the 18th and stay third on eight under par.

Masters and US Open champion Jordan Spieth, who started the day five off the lead on six-under 138, also opened with a birdie to reach seven-under.

Not be forgotten is Rory McIlroy, the No. 1 player in the world.

The 22-year-old Texan was frustrated after recording just one birdie in his first 10 holes as he slipped down the leaderboard on a day of low scoring.

However, he was pleased to see signs of progress after posting back-to-back 71s in the first two rounds. “It was a little softer after the rain we had”.

“I played great”, said Jones. “I putted really well”. “That would have been special”.

Money breakdown for those who made the cut! “But I’m going to have fun with it, and I’m pretty relaxed on the golf course“, he told the PGA Tour website.

A key for Jones will be controling his nerves as he leads a major for the first time.

“I opened my big mouth to the boys playing with us”, Rose said.

Day produced a stunning stretch of golf to rocket into the lead.

“I hit it good enough to be where I needed to be, but I putted terrible”, he said.

However, he said before he could think of lifting the Wanamaker trophy, he had to make sure he positions himself well for Sunday. I did the hard things very well and the easy things not so well today, but it’s a process of slowly getting it back. The good news? Woods has made it to Saturday in three of the majors this year, though two of them were because weather forced a Saturday cut.

Woods’s feat of winning the last three majors of 2000 seemed a long time ago as the 14-time major champion missed the cut for his third straight major in a row.

The 35-year-old journeyman birdied two of his last six holes for a stunning 65 to seize a two-shot lead over compatriot Jason Day when play resumed yesterday after being halted due to the threat of lightning on Friday.

Other notable names who won’t be around for the weekend include British Open victor Zach Johnson – doomed by uncharacteristic struggles with the driver – and former major winners Adam Scott and Padraig Harrington.