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New Zealand golfer Michael Campbell was put out of his misery when failing to make the cut after the second round of the US Open in San Diego today.
Campbell has yet another weekend off after his second round of 12-over-par 83 left him towards the bottom of the field in the second major of the year.
The 2005 US Open champion entered the tournament following an extended run of wretched form and never threatened to reverse his fortunes after posting 78 in the first round.
The omens were not good from the first hole today, which he bogeyed, and he repeated that at the third.
An early departure from the picturesque Torrey Pines course was confirmed when Campbell then bogeyed four holes in succession from the fifth.
Worse followed on the back nine, as he shelled six shots in a stretch of five holes from the 11th.
Campbell completed his 36 holes in 19-over 161, with just one birdie to his name, to trail the leader, Australian Stuart Appleby, by 22 shots.
- NZPA