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The eighth cut is the deepest

Padraig Harrington missed his fifth cut in a row at the Open de France to equal his worst run since he turned professional in 1996.

Ouch!So far this year he has missed eight cuts from 15 strokeplay starts and that's as many as he missed in 29 events in his rookie season on the European Tour.

In 2007 and 2008, when he won three majors, he missed a total of just five cuts. His most consistent period came in 2001 and 2002, when he missed just two of 46 halfway cuts. 

Tiger Woods has missed just five cuts in his professional career

55 cuts missed from 340 events on PGA and European Tour since 1996

1996 (missed 8 cuts from 29)
Benson and Hedges International Open
Alamo English Open
Murphy's Irish Open
Scottish Open
Sun Microsystems Dutch Open
Chemapol Trophy Czech Open
Volvo German Open
One 2 One British Masters

1997 (2 of 29)
Portuguese Open
Alamo English Open

1998 (6 of 26)
Cannes Open
Peugeot Open de Espana
Murphy's Irish Open
127th Open Golf Championship
One 2 One British Masters
Trophee Lancome

1999 (3 of 26)
Dubai Desert Classic
Murphy's Irish Open
Standard Life Loch Lomond

2000 (4 of 24)
Bay Hill Invitational
Heineken Classic
Greg Norman Holden International
Canon European Masters

2001 (1 of 22)
US PGA CHAMPIONSHIP

2002 (1 of 24 strokeplay)
VOLVO PGA CHAMPIONSHIP

2003 (3 of 23)
BellSouth Classic
THE MASTERS TOURNAMENT
Nissan Irish Open
Linde German Masters

2004 (3 of 23 strokeplay)
133rd OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
BMW International Open
dunhill links championship

2005 (4 of 24)
THE MASTERS TOURNAMENT
Booz Allen Classic
US OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
Linde German Masters

2006 (4 of 29)
THE PLAYERS Championship
135th Open Championship
US PGA Championship
Mallorca Classic

2007 (1 of 24 strokeplay)
Stanford St. Jude Championship
US OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
Deutsche Bank Championship

2008 (4 of 22)
The Celtic Manor Wales Open
THE PLAYERS Championship
The Barclays
Deutsche Bank Championship

2009 (8 of 15) * = consecutive
*AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
*Northern Trust Open
Quail Hollow Championship
*The 3 Irish Open
*The Memorial Tournament
*St Jude Classic
*US Open
*Open de France