What Does MDF Mean in Golf?

Published 02/08/2022, 4:41 AM EST

Golf includes numerous rules and regulations. However, some of them may sound meaningful. Others can be cruel towards the professionals. As a result, making the sport hard to play.

Notably, in some of the recent rulings is the MDF. Let us see what is MDF and how is it used in the sport.

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What does MDF mean in golf?

Professional golf tournaments usually have four rounds of 18 holes each. After 36-holes a cut score is determined. And as a result, players failing to meet the cut line score have an exit from the event. Usually, the top 70 and ties advance over to the week of a professional golfing event. And the rest of the players have to return back without any prize money.

However, when the top 70 and ties move on to the third and the fourth rounds, it means more than 70 players are playing. As a result, it gets tough to accommodate all the players in the event. But they have a solution. Let’s see what it is?

A new term appeared on the scoreboards in January 2008. The term is MDF. MDF stands for ” Made Cut but did not finish”. This does not mean that the professional withdrew from the event in the third or the fourth round of the event due to an injury.

Thus, a secondary cut is used. This cut line comes in effect if in the initial cut more than 78 professionals make the cut. It is to limit the number of professionals as it will be difficult for the organizers to schedule tee times for a large number of players.

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So a cut score lower than the earlier one is determined after 54 holes. And MDF appears against the names of the professionals who do not make the secondary cut. However, this method has received scrutiny from both media as well as professionals. Jon Rahm had to leave the Players Championship after the third round back in 2017 due to the same.

Jon Rahm’s round three at Players Championship in 2017

Rahm made a rather horrid start to the third round at the 2017 Players Championship. The Spaniard carded three bogeys, Two double-bogeys, and only one birdie in the front nine. As a result, shooting a six-over-par at the turn. However, the back nine was not any different. He made three bogeys, a double-bogey, and only one birdie in the back nine. As a result, shooting a 10 over par,82.

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Bazif Qadri is a Golf writer at EssentiallySports. Currently pursuing BSC Economics Hons, Bazif is a golf enthusiast. Not only a fan, but he is also an avid golfer himself.

What Does MDF Mean in Golf?

What does MDF mean in golf?

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Jon Rahm’s round three at Players Championship in 2017