For the primary time in almost 4 years, Scottie Scheffler will not be round for the weekend.
Scheffler missed two key putts within the last three holes Friday within the Scottish Open, the final one from 6 toes for par that gave him a two-over 72 to overlook the 36-hole minimize by two photographs.
“Obtained off to a poor begin, and after that I did not actually get it shut sufficient to provide myself a bunch of appears to be like,” Scheffler mentioned. “That is the way you shoot over par.”
As a substitute of attempting to make up floor on the weekend at The Renaissance Membership, Scheffler was planning to go to Royal Birkdale sooner than he had anticipated to organize for the Open Championship main.
Scheffler had made 78 consecutive cuts courting again to 2022. It was the longest streak on the PGA Tour since Tiger Woods set the report of 142 cuts in a row from February 1998 to Might 2025.
The minimize fell at two-under 138 when the potential for stronger afternoon wind didn’t materialise. Scheffler completed at even-par 140 after his early begin, and already was waiting for his title defence on the Open Championship at Royal Birkdale, a hyperlinks course he has not performed.
“Somewhat totally different than I used to be planning,” Scheffler mentioned. “[I’ll] work out how I get right down to Birkdale and go from there.”
Scheffler’s minimize streak included 25 tournaments that had no 36-hole minimize. Woods performed in 31 such tournaments throughout his streak. Byron Nelson held the earlier report at 113 in a row throughout an period the place gamers needed to end within the cash — usually the highest 20 besides the majors and some different occasions — for it to be thought of making the minimize.
“It is a little bit totally different now with among the signature occasions not having cuts,” Scheffler mentioned. “However I do not suppose I completed exterior of the highest 20 or one thing like that many instances this 12 months. I am positively happy with the consistency, and need I had a few days over the weekend to make up some floor.”
Scheffler additionally missed the minimize within the Scottish Open in 2022, per week earlier than the Open at St. Andrews. He then missed the minimize on the St. Jude Championship — the final 12 months it had a full subject with a 36-hole minimize — and had not missed one since.
“For no matter purpose, I simply have not performed my finest golf on this course,” mentioned Scheffler, who has solely two high 10s in his 5 appearances at The Renaissance Membership.
“It could possibly be a kind of issues the place you simply [need to] recover from jet lag, get used to new fashion of golf, new sorts of grasses, and possibly I simply have not adjusted as fast; or possibly this golf course simply would not swimsuit my eye a lot.
“I will replicate on that on the finish of the 12 months and assess what my plans are going into subsequent season.”
Xander Schauffele had his streak of 72 straight cuts finish at Torrey Pines in January. The longest lively streak now belongs to Matt Fitzpatrick at 29 in a row.
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