For the primary time in almost 4 years, Scottie Scheffler will not be round for the weekend.
Scheffler missed two key putts within the ultimate 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 lower by two pictures.
“Acquired off to a poor begin, and after that I did not actually get it shut sufficient to present myself a bunch of appears to be like,” Scheffler stated. “That is the way you shoot over par.”
As a substitute of making an attempt 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 file of 142 cuts in a row from February 1998 to Might 2025.
The lower 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 looking forward to his title defence on the Open Championship at Royal Birkdale, a hyperlinks course he has not performed.
“Slightly totally different than I used to be planning,” Scheffler stated. “[I’ll] work out how I get all the way down to Birkdale and go from there.”
Scheffler’s lower streak included 25 tournaments that had no 36-hole lower. Woods performed in 31 such tournaments throughout his streak. Byron Nelson held the earlier file 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 lower.
“It is a bit totally different now with a number of the signature occasions not having cuts,” Scheffler stated. “However I do not assume I completed exterior of the highest 20 or one thing like that many instances this yr. I am undoubtedly happy with the consistency, and want I had a few days over the weekend to make up some floor.”
Scheffler additionally missed the lower within the Scottish Open in 2022, every week earlier than the Open at St. Andrews. He then missed the lower on the St. Jude Championship — the final yr it had a full discipline with a 36-hole lower — and had not missed one since.
“For no matter cause, I simply have not performed my greatest golf on this course,” stated Scheffler, who has solely two prime 10s in his 5 appearances at The Renaissance Membership.
“It could possibly be a kind of issues the place you simply recover from jet lag, get used to new fashion of golf, new kinds of grasses, and perhaps I simply have not adjusted as fast, or perhaps this golf course simply would not go well with my eye a lot.
“I will mirror on that on the finish of the yr 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.
AP
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