‘Unforgiving’ Bay Hill Punishes Collin Morikawa and Other PGA Tour Heavyweights; Leaves Golf World Stunned

The Arnold Palmer Invitational marks the perfect amalgamation of tradition, camaraderie, and a top-notch golfing experience. This tournament is more than just birdies and bogeys. It is a celebration of the sport’s enduring spirit. However, as the fans line up to cheer for their favorite golfers, at certain points they tend to face major setbacks too.

For the Arnold Palmer Invitational 2024, the cut faced by the players after the first two rounds was a big disappointment for the golfing community. From Tony Finau withdrawing at the last moment to players like Collin Morikawa missing the cut line, it has been a roller coaster of events. Here is a list of top PGA Tour players who unfortunately missed the cut at Bay Hill.

The Arnold Palmer Invitational gave a ‘tough test’

After the first two rounds, golfer Collin Morikawa was announced to miss the cut, along with Tommy Fleetwood, Justin Rose, Matt Fitzpatrick, and Adam Scott. They are just below the cutline at 4-over par. Sam Harrop, the pianist and avid golf fan too, expressed his concerns regarding the same.

Taking to his official Twitter account, he wrote, “Bay Hill is just so brutally unforgiving. Fleetwood and Morikawa, two absolute flushers, a combined +16 today. I can’t speak for everyone, but for me, a tough test = compelling viewing.” 

It turns out that Fleetwood and Morikawa are indeed among the most favorite players, as Bob Harig, too, further tweets about the cutline miss. He wrote, “Four players have shot in the 80s today at Bay Hill, including Tommy Fleetwood (80) and Collin Morikawa (80). They will be among the relatively few to miss the cut at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.”

The cut not only saddened significant followers of the golfing community but also sent shockwaves all across the Internet. They flooded Sam Harrop’s tweets with a nod of agreement!

The golf community is enjoying the ‘tough test’

Despite the fact that other fan favorites like Rickie Fowler and Rory McIlroy, who made it to the cut, had a rather disappointing day, the golf community was rather perplexed to witness the unexpected names that missed the cut. Yet, they were all in for the tough fight and in no way stepping back from the adrenaline rush.

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Agreeing with Sam Harrop, they left comments like:

And another expressing the same thought wrote:

While one of them simply commented:

While another, giving out a nod of refutation, commented:

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Another follower, taking to the overall selection and game stats, simply commented:

However, most of them had a gala time watching the match, and it is evident from the following comment:

All in all, the entire golf community, despite having a thrilling ride witnessing the Arnold Palmer Invitational game, was laid back at some of the disappointing names that could not make it to the cut. Nonetheless, the fight they put up was thoroughly enjoyable!