US Open Golf 2015: Full Cut Line List of Players Removed

The course conditions at Chambers Bay have been particularly unforgiving this year, meaning a number of talented golfers missed the cut at the 2015 U.S. Open. 

Rory McIlroy, Phil Mickelson, Keegan Bradley, Sergio Garcia, Angel Cabrera and Charl Schwartzel were among those who narrowly finished on the right side of the cut line. Others weren't quite so lucky. You can view the full leaderboard below:

Here's a look at everybody that finished below the cut line, per USOpen.com:

Status	Golfer	Score	Status	Golfer	Score
MC	Roberto Castro	+6	MC	Byeong-Hun An	+9
MC	Bill Haas	+6	MC	Matthew Nesmith	+9
MC	Charley Hoffman	+6	MC	Tjaart van der Walt	+10
MC	Garth Mulroy	+6	MC	Marc Leishman	+10
MC	Cody Gribble	+6	MC	Stephen Gallacher	+10
MC	Andy Sullivan	+6	MC	Erik Compton	+10
MC	Hiroyuki Fujita	+6	MC	Jake Knapp	+10
MC	Marcel Siem	+6	MC	Tyler Duncan	+10
MC	Martin Kaymer	+6	MC	Jared Becher	+10
MC	Tom Hoge	+7	MC	Steve Marino	+10
MC	Hunter Mahan	+7	MC	Lucas Bjerregaard	+10
MC	Anirban Lahiri	+7	MC	Kyle Jones	+10
MC	Michael Putnam	+7	MC	Gunn Yang	+10
MC	Timothy O'Neal	+7	MC	Oliver Farr	+10
MC	Jason Allred	+7	MC	Blayne Barber	+11
MC	Victor Dubuisson	+7	MC	Gary Woodland	+11
MC	Bubba Watson	+7	MC	Jamie Donaldson	+11
MC	Bernd Wiesberger	+7	MC	Sam Horsfield	+11
MC	Wen-Chong Liang	+7	MC	Shunsuke Sonoda	+11
MC	David Hearn	+7	MC	Brandon Hagy	+11
MC	Masahiro Kawamura	+7	MC	Billy Hurley III	+12
MC	Retief Goosen	+8	MC	Danny Lee	+12
MC	Alex Noren	+8	MC	Michael Davan	+12
MC	Thongchai Jaidee	+8	MC	Brendon Todd	+13
MC	Matt Mabrey	+8	MC	Davis Riley	+13
MC	Brian Harman	+8	MC	Kurt Barnes	+13
MC	Lee McCoy	+8	MC	Rickie Fowler	+14
MC	Graeme McDowell	+8	MC	Josh Persons	+14
MC	Miguel Angel Jimenez	+8	MC	Richard Lee	+14
MC	Russell Henley	+8	MC	Stephan Jaeger	+14
MC	Kevin Lucas	+8	MC	Sebastian Cappelen	+15
MC	Jason Palmer	+9	MC	Pat Wilson	+15
MC	Shiv Kapur	+9	MC	Rich Berberian Jr.	+15
MC	Ryo Ishikawa	+9	MC	Lucas Glover	+16
MC	Bryson Dechambeau	+9	MC	Tiger Woods	+16
MC	Bradley Neil	+9	MC	Seuk Hyun Baek	+16
MC	Danny Willett	+9	MC	Darren Clarke	+17
MC	Bo Van Belt	+9	MC	Cole Hammer	+21
MC	Lee Janzen	+9	MC	Alex Kim	+26
MC	Ryan Moore	+9	WD	Matt Every	WD
MC	George McNeill	+9	-----	-----	-----

One of the biggest surprises/disappointments through the first two rounds of the tournament was Rickie Fowler. After his brilliant 2014 season and Players Championship win, so many fans thought the 26-year-old had finally turned the corner in his career and was ready to carry the flag for American golf.

Fowler's 2015 U.S. Open doesn't automatically undo all of that, but shooting 14 over through two rounds doesn't indicate progress.

Two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson won't be playing this weekend, either. He had a disastrous front nine—six bogeys—en route to a seven-over 77 in the second round. He finished at seven over for the tournament, which erased his second-best U.S. Open round ever, per ESPN Stats & Info.

Mike O'Malley of Golf Digest noted how the tournament has been unkind to Watson over the years:

At least Watson is in good company in terms of missing the cut. Even reigning U.S. Open champion Martin Kaymer wasn't spared. With one more stroke, Kaymer would've finished in the clear. Knowing that, his triple-bogey on 10 will likely be even more unbearable for him.

Perhaps the most notable golfer who missed the cut was Tiger Woods, not that the development came as a massive surprise. One look at this tweet from TSN illustrates how Woods is no longer the dominant major-tournament maestro he was in years past:

To say Tiger simply played poorly over the last two days at the U.S. Open would be a massive understatement. His two-round score of 16 over was the fourth-worst of the tournament among golfers who finished both rounds.. It was also the worst two-round score in the 39-year-old's legendary PGA Tour career, per Golf Channel's Justin Ray.

The lowlight below from Tiger's first round will be what most fans remember from his 2015 U.S. Open:

With Woods and Fowler in the same group, it's any wonder how Louis Oosthuizen came out alive, per golf writer Kieran Clark:

After he headed for the clubhouse at the end of his round, Woods said he'll just keep on putting in work in between tournaments in an effort to turn things around, per the U.S. Open:

Given Tiger's recent struggles, it's easy to forget just how rarely he misses the cut at major PGA Tour events. ESPN's Jason Sobel put his competitive record into perspective:

Some more practice and a regular schedule might be the answer for Woods. He has only played about one PGA Tour event a month since returning to golf. It's tough to get back into the swing of things—no pun intended—with a lighter load like that, even for somebody like as good as he is.

Woods may not be everybody's favorite golfer, but events are more compelling and fun when he's right in the thick of things going into the final round.