British Open Cut Line 2015: Full List of Players Removed on Saturday

Tiger Woods highlights the group of golfers who failed to reach the cut line at the 2015 British Open on Saturday. The 14-time major champion finished seven strokes below the even-par cutoff as he once again failed to rediscover his former glory on one of the sport's biggest stages.

A total of 80 players will advance to the third round. Weather issues—rain Friday and high winds Saturday—forced the tournament to restructure the schedule. Round 3 is now set to take place Sunday, and a champion will be crowned Monday, barring any further setbacks.

Let's check out how the leaderboard shapes up through two rounds of play before taking a look at the players who didn't make the cut. It's followed by a breakdown of the marquee names who are heading home early from St. Andrews.

Tournament Leaderboard

Missed-Cut List

Player	Score
Marcel Siem	+1
Pablo Larrazabal	+1
John Daly	+1
Tommy Fleetwood	+1
Rikard Karlberg	+1
Brian Harman	+1
Alexander Levy	+1
Shane Lowry	+1
Carl Pettersson	+1
Victor Dubuisson	+1
Kevin Kisner	+1
Mikko Ilonen	+1
Jonas Blixt	+2
Hiroyuki Fujita	+2
Stephen Gallacher	+2
Pelle Edberg	+2
Russell Knox	+2
Joost Luiten	+2
Byeong-Hun An	+2
Brandt Snedeker	+2
Darren Clarke	+2
Matteo Manassero	+2
Raphael Jacquelin	+2
Tyrrell Hatton	+2
Paul Kinnear	+2
Scott Hend	+2
Danny Lee	+3
George Coetzee	+3
Ryan Moore	+3
Keegan Bradley	+3
Sandy Lyle	+3
J.B. Holmes	+3
Shinji Tomimura	+3
Ian Poulter	+3
Bubba Watson	+3
Tadahiro Takayama	+3
David Hearn	+3
Jaco Van Zyl	+4
Soren Kjeldsen	+4
Miguel Angel Jimenez	+4
Tom Lehman	+4
Yuta Ikeda	+4
Kiradech Aphibarnrat	+4
Romain Wattel	+4
Mark Young	+4
James Hahn	+4
Morgan Hoffmann	+5
Hiroshi Iwata	+5
Bill Haas	+5
Koumei Oda	+5
Edoardo Molinari	+5
Daniel Berger	+5
Taichi Teshima	+5
Thomas Bjorn	+5
Ben Curtis	+5
Adam Bland	+5
Daniel Brooks	+5
Wen-Chong Liang	+6
Gunn Yang	+6
Justin Leonard	+6
Tom Gillis	+6
Alister Balcombe	+6
Scott Strange	+6
Robert Dinwiddie	+6
Charley Hoffman	+6
Kevin Streelman	+6
Todd Hamilton	+7
Matt Every	+7
Tiger Woods	+7
Rod Pampling	+8
Jonathan Moore	+8
Nick Faldo	+10
Mark Calcavecchia	+11
Ben Taylor	+11
Tom Watson	+12
Gary Boyd	+13

Cut Recap

Woods has now missed the cut in three of his last four major tournaments. Furthermore, he hasn't cracked the top 10 in a major since 2013, and his last triumph came at the 2008 U.S. Open. It's fair to wonder if that drought will ever end.

Perhaps the most confusing aspect of his struggles is the contrast of the elements. When he talks or plays practice rounds, there's almost always a sense he's getting close to everything clicking again. Yet between Thursday and Sunday (in the suddenly rare event he makes the cut), things fall apart.

It's a phenomenon explored by Golf Channel's Tiger Tracker:

He's still in good shape physically and has avoided the injury issues that plagued him in previous years as of late. That would suggest it's more of a mental block when it comes to carrying his practice swings into tournament action.

Even though there's been a lot of talk about retirement from the outside, Woods isn't coming anywhere close to talking about that as a possibility. In fact, even after the disastrous past couple of days, he's still talking about the next British Open at the home of golf, per Ewan Murray of the Guardian:

It's impossible to completely discount him because of his outstanding track record. That said, he can't continue to take the same approach and expect different results. Something needs to change with his swing preparation for him to become a serious threat in majors again.

John Daly found himself among the players who missed the cut by a single stroke. St. Andrews' large fairways work well for the erratic ball-striker, as evidenced by his Open Championship title on the course in 1995, but he wasn't able to capitalize on enough birdie looks this week.

Four of the top 10 players in the FedEx Cup standings also got the ax. Brandt Snedeker (+2), J.B. Holmes (+3), Bubba Watson (+3) and Charley Hoffman (+6) all failed to break par in the second round en route to their early exits.

Watson's finish made his cut particularly painful. He found himself right on the line with three holes to play but then carded a bogey on No. 16 and a triple bogey on the 17th to seal his fate.

Afterward, he told Jim McCabe of Golfweek that links courses have his number: "Haven't perfected it yet. Just look at my record."

Other notable players no longer active in the 2015 British Open include Jonas Blixt, Keegan Bradley, Ian Poulter and Miguel Angel Jimenez.

Looking ahead to the weekend, Dustin Johnson once again has himself in perfect position to capture his first career major title. Closing the deal remains his biggest issue, however, which became painfully clear when his meltdown on the final green at the U.S. Open gave Jordan Spieth the victory.

Speaking of Spieth, his bid to win the Grand Slam is in danger if he doesn't start to climb the leaderboard on moving day. He's five strokes back in a tie for 14th place. He'll want to shave at least two strokes from that gap and jump over a handful of players before the final round.

All told, if the weather at St. Andrews continues to make scoring conditions difficult, it's going to take a terrific performance from Johnson, Spieth or somebody else to raise the Claret Jug.