Miles Russell of Jacksonville Beach fades late, misses cut at PGA Tour's ISCO Championship

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Miles Russell was two shots inside the cut line when he birdied the par-5 10th hole at the Hurstbourne Country Club in Louisville, Ky., on July 11 in the second round of the PGA Tour's ISCO Championship.
The 16-year-old from Jacksonville Beach couldn't hold on in his third PGA Tour start as an amateur.
Russell bogeyed four of his last eight holes and finished with a 73 and a 36-hole total of 3-over 143, two shots off the 1-over cut.
Russell had to birdie one of the last three holes to make the weekend but two-putted for par at Nos. 16 and 17 and missed the 18th fairway to the left, forcing him to gouge a shot out of heavy rough and under the branches of a tree.
It came up about 30 yards short of the hole and needing to hit that in the jar to make the cut, he sent the shot past the flag and into the fringe on the other side. Russell had 30 feet for par, sent a chip 9 feet past the hole and made that for bogey.
Russell was trying to become the second First Coast teenager to make a cut on the PGA Tour this summer. Tyler Mawhinney of Fleming Island made the cut and tied for 65th
Miles Russell was in good shape through 11 holes
Russell bogeyed his first hole but played steady after that with seven pars and tap-in birdies on the two par-5 holes, Nos. 7 and 10.
Russell got up and down from off the green for both of his short birdie putts and made three par putts on the front nine between 6 and 8 feet.
His troubles began with a three-putt for bogey at No. 11. Russell failed to make par after hitting into the left bunker at the par-3 13th hole and into the back fringe at the par-4 15th, missing putts of 11 and 6 feet.
Russell had putts of 21 feet at No. 16 and 33 feet at No. 17 for birdie.
What were Miles Russell's stats in the second round?
He hit 7 of 14 fairways for the second day in a row and after finding the putting surface in seven of his first nine holes, he hit only two more the rest of the round, for 11 of 18. Russell needed 31 putts.
Has Miles Russell made the cut in a pro event?
Russell made the cut in his first professional tournament at the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour LECOM Suncoast Open in Lakewood Ranch. He was the youngest player to ever make the cut in a Korn Ferry Tour event.
He's played three more Korn Ferry events and three PGA Tour events in all without making another cut. But he's played overall, with a 70.56 stroke average in 16 rounds, with 11 rounds of par or lower.
What's next for Miles Russell
Russell is scheduled to play in the U.S. Junior Amateur July 21-26 at the Trinity Forest Golf Club near Dallas.
This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Miles Russell of Jacksonville Beach misses cut at PGA Tour ISCO Championship