ERIN, Wis. — Dustin Johnson, Rory McIlroy and Jason Day made the wrong kind of history at the U.S. Open.

They’re all leaving early.

For the first time since the world golf rankings began in 1986, Nos. 1, 2 and 3 all missed the cut in a major. Johnson capped the collective failure with a late collapse on the back nine at Erin Hills, making three bogeys over a five-hole stretch and closing with a 73.

He three-putted on No. 13. He hammered a chip from just short of the par-5 14th that led to another three-putt bogey. And then he came up short of the 17th green and dropped one more shot that sent him home early to spend time with his newborn son.

Day and McIlroy never had much of a chance, either, both out of the picture before Johnson even teed off.

And they had even more company.

Eight of the top 12 in the world will not be around for the weekend at this most unusual U.S. Open, where the top 60 and ties advanced to the final two rounds. The cut was at 1-over 145, tying a U.S. Open record set in 1990 at Medinah.

British Open champion Henrik Stenson (No. 6), Alex Noren (No. 8), Jon Rahm (No. 10), Justin Rose (No. 11) and Adam Scott (No. 12) also missed the cut.

Johnson, the defending champion, missed the cut at the Memorial, so this was the first time since 2013 (Pebble Beach, Riviera) that he has missed the cut in consecutive events.

Day at least managed to find one positive spin.

“Guess what?” he said to his 4-year-old son. “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.

Day shot a 75 for a two-day total of 10-over 154, ending at 17 the longest active streak of making the cut in the majors. The last time Day missed a cut in a major was the 2012 PGA Championship, just a month after his son was born.

He never would have guessed it.

“I felt the most calm I have in a major in a long time this week,” said Day, who arrived last Friday. “And just unfortunately, this didn’t pan out.”

It didn’t for McIlroy, either.

McIlroy, the No. 2 player in the world, also arrived last Friday having missed the last month to rest a nagging rib injury. He loved Erin Hills, a course with wide fairways between the knee-high fescue that he figured would allow him to attack. If only he had hit the fairways.

McIlroy was never in the short grass from the 11th hole to the end on Thursday when he opened with a career-worst 78, and he didn’t do nearly enough in the second round until it was far too late. And even that was frustrating.

Sure, he birdied four of his last six holes to salvage a 71 and finish at 5-over 149. But he missed a pair of 10-foot birdie chances in that stretch, and one of the birdies he made was a two-putt from 20 feet on the par-5 seventh.

“Show up for the last six holes, anyway,” McIlroy said.

It was the second straight year McIlroy missed the cut at the U.S. Open.

McIlroy dismissed the notion of being rusty before the tournament, but conceded that he hasn’t played nearly enough. He missed nearly two months at the start of the year when he was diagnosed with a slight rib fracture, and then the latest break after The Players Championship.

The U.S. Open was only his sixth start this year.

“I think at the end of the day, it’s competitive rounds and get the card in my hand,” McIlroy said. “And I’ve been very light on competitive rounds this year, and it’s just a matter of getting into a good round of golf now.”

His schedule will pick up immediately. McIlroy is headed to the Travelers Championship next week in Connecticut, and he has three straight tournaments starting with the Irish Open through the British Open.

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