Fisher, 16, fired a second-round 76 at Merion
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English teenager Oliver Fisher had a nightmare finish to his second round at the US Amateur Championship in Philadelphia - but still progressed.
Fisher, 16, hit double bogeys at the 17th and 18th to card a 76 and slip to six over - the score chosen as the cut.
Gary Wolstenhome is Britain's leading player, at three over after a 71, eight behind leader James Lepp of Canada.
Welshman Rhys Davies also made the cut thanks to a 72, but Scotland's Richard Ramsay just missed out after his 76.
The top 64 players after two strokeplay rounds go on to contest 18-hole knockout matchplay at Merion.
Ramsay's Walker Cup colleague Richard Dinwiddie of England also failed to progress - his 76 leaving him at eight over.
Scotland's Lloyd Saltman, 19, tied with Fisher at level par after round one, slumped to a 79 to miss the cut.
Saltman, who won the low amateur prize at the Open in July, plummetted to nine over to miss the cut by two strokes.
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