By GolfLynk Publisher on Monday, 09 November 2020
Category: Geoff Shackelford

Masters Says Goodbye To The Ten Shot Cut Rule?

Beginning with the 2020 Masters Tournament, the low 50 players and ties will qualify for the final 36 holes. This is the first change to the cut since 2013.

— The Masters (@TheMasters) November 9, 2020

Certainly with daylight at a premium and a bleak weather forecast, you can understand the Fall Masters going to a 50-and-ties cut format.

But as GolfDigest.com’s Alex Myers notes, the vaunted ten shot rule helped nine others make the cut in 2019 and on a course where a huge comeback is not out of the question. Yet today’s Tweet suggests the change is permanent.

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