Wrong kind of history created as Johnson, Day and McIlroy miss cut

Dustin Johnson, Rory McIlroy and Jason Day made the wrong kind of history at the U.S. Open. They’re all leaving early.

For the first time since the Official World Golf Ranking began in 1986, Nos. 1, 2 and 3 all missed the cut in a major.

Johnson capped off this collective failure with a late collapse on the back nine at Erin Hills, making three bogeys over a fivehole stretch and closing with a 73.

He three-putted on No. 13. He hammered a chip from just short of the par-5 14th that led to another three-putt bogey. And then he came up short of the 17th green and dropped one more shot that sent him home early to spend time with his newborn son. “I couldn’t possibly shoot any higher than I did,” Johnson said. Day and McIlroy never had much of a chance, both out of the picture before Johnson even teed off.

And they had even more company. Eight of the top 12 in the world will not be around for the weekend at this most unusual U.S. Open, where the top 60 and ties advanced to the final two rounds. The cut was at 1-over 145, tying a U.S. Open record set in 1990 at Medinah.

Joining them were British Open champion Henrik Stenson (No. 6), Alex Noren (No. 8), Jon Rahm (No. 10), Justin Rose (No. 11) and Adam Scott (No. 12).

Johnson also missed the cut at the Memorial, so this was the first time since 2013 (Pebble Beach, Riviera) that he has missed the cut in consecutive events.