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Rory McIlroy's Players campaign came to an early end as the Northern Irishman missed the cut after shooting five-over for the tournament.
McIlroy started his week at TPC Sawgrass by defending the PGA Tour's changes to its designated events, particularly its no-cut format, but ended it by falling victim to the cut for the sixth time in his career at the flagship event.
He dug himself a hole with an opening double bogey Thursday, leaving him facing an uphill battle after a first round of 76.
Things did not improve in his second round, with McIlroy bogeying the fifth and then double bogeying the sixth before a birdie to stand at six over par after 10 holes.
A storm-hit second round delayed the inevitable for McIlroy as the threat of lightning suspended play with none of the afternoon starters able to finish their rounds, instead having to come out early doors Saturday.
Rory McIlroy missed the cut at the Players Championship, finishing five-over for the event
His luck appeared to have changed as he came out Saturday morning with birdied on 11 and 16 giving him a glimmer of hope of making the cut but a final bogey on 18 was the final nail in the coffin, seeing him miss the cut by three shots.
'Just very blah,' McIlroy said, summing up his week. 'Yeah, I guess the course, you just have to be really on to play well here. If you're a little off, it definitely magnifies where you are off. It's a bit of an enigma.
'Some years I come here, and like it feels easier than others. It's just a tricky golf course, and you don't hit
