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17 January 2009
After an opening 71, Woods birdied the par-five seventh today to get back to level par, but promptly bogeyed the next two holes to drop back to two over at the turn and a double-bogey six at the 10th left him one shot outside the projected cut mark.
Overnight leader Miguel Angel Jimenez and many others failed to cope with a strong wind on the Ayrshire links and Open debutant Marino carded a second round of 68 for a five-under-par halfway total of 135.
Marino was originally third reserve for the championship and only received a call-up on Sunday, by which time he had dispatched his father from Virginia to Florida to collect his passport and post it to Illinois, where he was playing in the John Deere Classic.
"I replaced Shingo Katayama and I found out Sunday morning," explained Marino, who holed out from 116 yards for birdie on the third, holed a bunker shot on the sixth for another and eagled the 17th.
"I was at the John Deere. I didn't have any warm clothes. I didn't have a passport. I had to fly my dad to my house in Florida so he could get my passport and FedEx it to me at the John Deere. He left Friday morning and flew back Friday night!
"I wasn't even expecting to play in this tournament. I didn't think I was going to be an alternate, let alone be playing. So when I found out I got in, I was super-excited."
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