Atwal makes cut, Tiger misses at Greenbrier Classic

White Sulphur Springs: Indian golfer Arjun Atwal sank a tense 13-feet putt for a birdie on the 18th hole to squeeze inside the cut line but the two big names of the event - Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson - missed the cut at the Greenbrier Classic here.

Atwal, who has had a tough time this season, missing more cuts than he has made, is now one-under 139 for two rounds on the par-70 Old White TPC Course.

Daniel Chopra missed the cut with a second round 74 after his first round 69.

Indian golfer Arjun Atwal sank a tense 13-feet putt for a birdie on the 18th hole to squeeze inside the cut line.

Atwal had a bogey on the seventh but made up with birdies on the 11th and 12th but a bogey on the 13th placed him in the danger zone. He hauled himself back to safety with a long birdie putt on the final hole to survive the cut.

But the big news was Tiger Woods missing the cut at the same event a week after winning his third title of the season. Woods shot 71 and 69 and it was only ninth missed cut in his entire year.

Also missing the cut was Phil Mickelson, making it the first time for the two (Woods and Mickelson] to have missed the cut in the same tournament as professionals. When Woods was an amateur, he and Mickelson missed the cut at the 1993 Byron Nelson.

US Open champion Webb Simpson moved to the top of the leaderboard at nine-under as play was halted earlier due to darkness on a day when play was also delayed due to rain.

First-round leader Vijay Singh dropped down the leaderboard with a second-round 74 after a first-round 63.

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