James Piot entered the second round of the day in search of a career round. Piot shot a nine-over-par 81 in round one, leaving him far outside the threshold of the top 50 golfers who make the cut and advance into the weekend.
Early, it looked like the reigning U.S. Amateur champion was going to pull off a miracle after going par-birdie-birdie-par on the first four holes, but Piot fell victim to worsening weather conditions and fast greens to shoot a second-round score of 11 over par. That leaves Piot with a two-day score of 74, meaning he missed the cut and will not advance at The Masters.
After the strong start, Piot double-bogeyed and bogeyed the fifth and sixth holes, pushing his overall score to +10. The wild swing of scoring continued into the back half of the front nine as Piot added two more birdies and a par to move to -1 on the day and +8 overall.
Piot started the back nine with back-to-back bogeys to wipe out his birdies to finish the front and moved him back to +10.
Over the last seven holes, Piot had six pars and one bogey on the 15th hole to finish with a score of +11. The projected cut line sits around four over par, putting Piot far outside the range of contention. Piot will get another shot at a major in June at the U.S. Open at Brookline Country Club.
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