Dustin Johnson is scheduled to be in Butler Cabin on Sunday evening, draping the green jacket over the shoulders of the Masters champion.

That'll be his only official appearance at Augusta National this weekend.

Johnson - the world No.1 and reigning Masters champion - bogeyed three of his final four holes on Friday and missed the cut by two shots.

"Obviously, I wanted to be around for the weekend," Johnson, who won the event last November, said.

"I like this golf course. I feel like I play it very well.

"I just didn't putt very good. It's pretty simple."

Johnson was the biggest - though hardly the only big name - to drop out.

Lee Westwood's streak of 12 consecutive cuts at the Masters appearances is over; he was five over.

Rory McIlroy's run of 10 consecutive times playing the weekend at Augusta is done too; he was six over.

Brooks Koepka is going home early for the first time in six Masters appearances.

Sergio Garcia, the Masters champion of 2017, and Australian former world No.1 Jason Day also fell short of qualifying to play this weekend.

The top 50 players and ties make the cut at the Masters; this year, that was three over, or 10 shots back of leader Justin Rose.

Koepka came to Augusta National less than a month removed from surgery on his right knee, to repair a dislocated kneecap and some ligament issues.

If it wasn't the Masters, he wouldn't have played this week - or for several more weeks.

This being Augusta, he took a shot. He shot 75 on Friday, missing the cut by two strokes at 5 over.

"How disappointed do you think I am?" Koepka said.

"I worked my (butt) off just to get here, and then to play like this is pretty disappointing."

While Johnson's weekend absence is clearly the major surprise, some made it to Saturday for the first time.

That list included Matt Jones, who shot a three-under 69 to sit at one under.

"To make the cut was always the first goal," the 40-year-old Australian said.

Meanwhile, Jose Maria Olazabal said "it's like winning the event" as he made the cut at the Masters for the first time since 2014.

The 55-year-old Spaniard, who won in 1994 and 1999, is two over.

"It's lovely to see Augusta played like we have the last two days, fast and firm. It reminds me a lot of the late '80s and '90s," Olazabal said.