Second round leaderboard:
-8 Billy Mayfair (US) -7 A Cabrera (US) -6 P Mickelson, D Johnson, JP Hayes, P Goydos (all US)
Selected others:Evens P Harrington (Ire) +1 L Westwood, G owens, R Fisher (Eng) +9 Tiger Woods (US)
Tiger Woods missed the cut for only the sixth time in his professional career after a horrendous second-round back nine at the Quail Hollow Championship.
The world number one, who started day two on two over, began with a birdie on the first hole in North Carolina.
But Woods, 34, went on to card three successive bogeys from the 10th before two straight double bogeys on the 14th and 15th holes to finish with 79.
American Billy Mayfair leads on eight under following a second-round 68.
Woods's second-day playing partner Angel Cabrera is one stroke adrift while world number two and Masters champion Phil Mickelson is among a group of four Americans on six under.
However, the spotlight will be firmly focused on Woods, who carded his worst round for seven years as he finished eight shots over the projected cut at one over.
His total of 153 was his highest ever score for the first two rounds at a PGA tournament.
"Whatever it was, it wasn't good enough," said Woods, making only his second appearance since his five-month hiatus following revelations about his personal life.
Woods reached the turn at level par - but his game completely unravelled on the back nine as he dropped an incredible seven strokes.
The 14-time major winner's troubles began at the 10th as he bogeyed the par-five hole before dropping further shots at the 11th and 12th.
Although he regained his composure to par the 13th, his game completely imploded at the par-four 14th, carding six when he pitched over the green and into the water.
Worse was to follow when he four-putted the par-five 15th but managed to consolidate the damage by carding three pars on the final three holes.
Woods has previously only missed the cut five times in 240 professional starts, his last came in the Open at Turnberry last year.
His half-way exit was his first on home soil since the 2006 US Open.
More to follow.
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