DiMarco leads list of golfers not playing

Tom Lehman, David Duval and Michael Campbell also have the weekend off.
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) -- Chris DiMarco sure could have used this shot a year ago.
DiMarco made an eagle Friday with his final swing at the Masters, holing out a 6-iron on the 18th hole.
Alas, it wasn't nearly enough to get him to the weekend at Augusta National -- a startling change from the position he was in last April.
The plucky DiMarco had a stirring Sunday duel with Tiger Woods at the 2005 Masters, forcing a playoff with the world's best player.
Woods won his fourth green jacket with a 15-foot birdie putt on the first extra hole -- another close-but-no-cigar call for the short-hitting player who putts with that strange "claw" grip.
Bad start
This time, DiMarco didn't come close to challenging for his first major title. He put himself in a big hole at the start with a 4-over 76.
He followed with a 74 -- a score bolstered by that improbable shot from 177 yards, but still two strokes shy of making the 4-over 148 cut.
Plenty of others were on their way out of town, including U.S. Ryder Cup captain Tom Lehman, whose week began with a random drive-by shooting -- he wasn't hurt -- and ended with a 76-75 in the Masters.
Lehman managed only one birdie over two days and finished with a 7-over 151, a blow to his hopes of being the first U.S. playing captain since Arnold Palmer in 1963.
Of course, Lehman has an inside track to the team even if he fails to crack the top 10 in the points -- the captain gets to pick the last two players himself.
Others ousted
Also missing the cut: reigning U.S. Open champ Michael Campbell (149); 2005 Tour Championship winner Bart Bryant (149); and former No. 1 player in the world David Duval (159), who certainly had the most interesting round of the day.
Already staggering after an opening-round 84, Duval began the day with a double bogey at No. 1 and a quintuple-bogey 10 at the second, when he drove into a hazard on the left and took two more penalty strokes before he finally escaped.
But Duval bounced back, making five birdies over his final 12 holes and a 32 on the back nine on the way to signing for a 75. Not nearly good enough to make the cut, but quite a recovery nonetheless.
Then there's the most fortunate golfer in the field -- Brandt Jobe. He made an eagle at No. 10 that was even more remarkable than DiMarco's at the 18th, finding the cup with a 6-iron from 202 yards.
"I knew it was pretty good, but I couldn't believe it went in," Jobe said. "I just about fell over."
He, too, gets a pair of crystal goblets -- and something even more rewarding. Jobe finished with a 148, just enough to make the cut.