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An early US Open departure for Day and McIlroy

ERIN, Wis. (AP) Jason Day was walking away from Erin Hills with his wife and son when he managed to find one positive about this U.S. Open.

”Guess what?” he said to 4-year-old Dash. ”We get to go home today because Daddy played poorly.”

That’s something Day, the No. 3 player in the world, rarely says at a major.

He was a long shot to make the cut Friday after opening with a 79, his worst score ever in a U.S. Open, and he removed any suspense when he hit a wedge over the green at No.