SOUTHPORT, England (AP) — Justin Rose could feel the warmth and adulation as he walked up the 18th hole Friday in the British Open. He just wishes he could have changed the day of the week.

Rose had left himself too big of a hole and didn’t make nearly enough putts to make the cut at Royal Birkdale. He closed with a 2-under 68 — he shot 76 in the first round — and his exit was more ceremonial than it was a celebration.

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