Tiger Woods' PGA TOUR record of consecutive cuts made ended at 142 on Friday when he made an early exit at the EDS Byron Nelson Championship. Woods finished 36 holes at 1-over 141 and missed the cut by one stroke. Ernie Els now has made the most consecutive cuts at 20. He shot 72 Friday to finish at 4 under and five strokes off the lead. Most consecutive events without missing a cut Number of events Player Year/Event started Year/Last event to make the cut 142 Tiger Woods 1998 Buick Invitational 2005 Wachovia Championship (Missed cut at the 2005 EDS Byron Nelson Championship) 113 Byron Nelson 1941 Bing Crosby National Pro-Am 1948 Colonial National Invitational 105 Jack Nicklaus 1970 Sahara Open 1976 World Series of Golf 86 Hale Irwin 1975 Bing Crosby National Pro-Am 1978 -- Through the conclusion of the season 72 Dow Finsterwald 1955 Carling Golf Classic 1958 Houston Invitational 53 Vijay Singh 1995 NEC World Series of Golf 1998 THE PLAYERS Championship 53 Tom Kite 1980 Western Open 1982 Manufacturers Hanover Westchester Classic