McIlroy, DeChambeau miss cut in Texas as Palmer leads

Rory McIlroy and Bryson DeChambeau missed the cut at the Valero Texas Open as Ryan Palmer opened up a two-shot lead at the halfway stage in San Antonio.

​​​​​McIlroy and DeChambeau will miss out on a further two rounds of competitive action ahead of next week's Masters at Augusta - live on Sky Sports - at which McIlroy will be aiming to claim his first major title since 2015 and complete the career Grand Slam.

The Northern Irishman carded a one over par 73 in round two on Friday, with two bogeys and a solitary birdie, after an eventful even-par round one on Thursday in which he hit six pars, six birdies and six bogeys.

McIlroy missed the qualifying mark by two strokes, with DeChambeau four shots further back on five over par following a four over par second round which included a triple-bogey seven on the par-four first hole.

DeChambeau has recently returned to action after injury and failed to make it out of the pool phase at last week's WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play in Austin.

Palmer, meanwhile, shot a six under par second-round 66 with six birdies and no bogeys to head the field at 10 under, in front of fellow Americans Kevin Chappell and Matt Kuchar and South Africa's Dylam Frittelli, who are each on eight under.

Palmer said: "To go bogey-free on this golf course is good any day, but when you throw in the winds we had, it makes it that much more special. I'm excited the way I'm driving the ball again.

"I spent the last month and a half really struggling and my results have kind of shown that but my driver's back to where it was a year ago, my game's where I feel it was a year ago."

Defending champion Jordan Spieth is tied for 47th at two under par following a second-round 70.

Earlier in the day, reigning Masters