Harrington misses cut, Byrd and Furyk lead Memorial Tournament

American duo Jonathan Byrd and Jim Furyk moved into a share of a one-stroke halfway lead over Mike Weir and Mark Wilson at the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club.

Byrd carded a solid bogey-free four-under-par 68 to move onto seven under overall, while Weir scattered three bogeys across his card but crucially picked up the fifth birdie of his second round at the 18th to take his place at the top of the leaderboard after a two-under 70.

However, Open champion Padraig Harrington misses the cut by four strokes after slumping to a five-over-par 77 to drop to eight over.

Former Masters champion Weir moved up into a tie for third with a second-round 69 which included six birdies and three bogey.

The Canadian was joined at six under par by Wilson, who reached the turn in four under but dropped two shots over his final five holes to miss out on the outright lead after being forced to settle for a second-round 70.

Japan’s Ryuji Imada (69) and Matt Bettencourt (68) sit tied for fifth a further shot off the pace, with Ernie Els (70), Davis Love III (68) and first-round leader Luke Donald (76) in a group at four under.

During his first round Donald reeled off eight birdies in nine holes around the turn to leap to the top of the overnight leaderboard, but his second-round four-over-par effort included just one birdie and four of his five bogeys over the final seven holes of his opening nine holes.

After starting on the back nine, he pulled a shot back with a first birdie of the second day at the par-four first, but handed the shot back two holes later before playing his last seven holes in level par.

World number one Tiger Woods dropped down the leaderboard after carding a two-over 74 to join world number three Paul Casey (70) at one under and tied for 24th.

“I’m encouraged by that,” Woods said. “I just need to hit my irons a little better and obviously make the short ones. I missed two or three of those today.”

Although six shots off the pace, Woods and Casey will be around for the whole weekend.

World number nine Vijay Singh, Justin Rose, Brian Davis and Adam Scott also missed the cut.