Anirban Lahiri cards second 73 to miss cut at PGA Championships

Anirban Lahiri hit a second straight three-over 73 to miss the cut at the PGA Championship, his first Major appearance in just under three years. Lahiri's woes were mainly with his putter as he missed three putts inside eight feet and another five between 10-15 feet. That the morning wind went up to 30km per hour did not help either as the wind was almost absent in the afternoon.

Will Zalatoris, a 25 year old from Dallas, leads as he added 65 to his first round 66 and was nine-under, the third-best opening 36-hole score in PGA Championship history. Zalatoris is playing his eighth major, and he already has four top 10s. So, a week that began with the arrival of his second child, a son Avyaan, and a surprise practice round with Tiger Woods, ended early for Lahiri.

There was, however, a moment of excitement for Lahiri as his tee shot on the Par-3 sixth came within six inches for a near hole-in-one. Lahiri, needing a solid under par second round, opened with a bogey and added one more on third. A birdie on sixth was followed by another bogey on ninth.

The back nine saw him start with a birdie on 10th but bogeys on 10th and 16th meant an early departure. Meanwhile, Woods, despite pain and discomfort, made his second straight Major cut after the car crash 15 months ago. Woods followed his first round 74 with a second round 69, a superb effort in itself, to make the cut at T-53.

It was Woods' 18th cut in 22 starts at the PGA Championship. Woods is 12 shots behind the 25-year-old Dallas golfer Zalatoris. It seemed all over for Woods as he double bogeyed on the par-3 11th.

But he fought back, saving par from a bunker on No. 12, hit wedge to 4 feet for birdie on the par-5 13th. He saved another with a 15-footer on the next hole