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For about four years, death, taxes and Scottie Scheffler doing the cutting were among the few things you could count on.
Until Friday.
For the first time since FedEx St. Jude Championship in 2022, Scheffler missed the cut at the Scottish Open, ending a streak of 78 cuts. It was the longest streak on the PGA Tour since Tiger Woods set the record of 142 consecutive cuts from February 1998 to May 2005.
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Scottie Scheffler of the United States stands during day two of the Genesis Scottish Open at the Renaissance Club in North Berwick, Scotland, on July 10, 2026. (Ross Parker/SNS Group)
Scheffler finished two shots off the cut after shooting a 2-over 72 on Friday to finish at even par for the tournament. The 30-year-old was blunt in his assessment of his game.
“Got off to a bad start and after that I didn’t really get close enough to give myself a lot of looks,” Scheffler said. “How to shoot over par.”
The cut for the top 65 and tie was not official until the second round was completed. Scheffler was tied for 88th when he missed a 6-foot par putt on the par-3 ninth to fall back to even-par 142.
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Scottie Scheffler stands on the fifth tee during the second round of the Genesis Scottish Open at The Renaissance Club in North Berwick, Scotland on July 10, 2026. (Tracy Wilcox/PGA TOUR via Getty Images)
Scheffler will look to turn the page quickly as he will attempt to defend his title at The Open Championship next week. The 154th Open will be played at Birkdale, and Scheffler has not played the links course.
“A little different than I had planned,” Scheffler said. “Find out how I get down to Birkdale and leave.”
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Scottie Scheffler stands on the fifth tee during the second round of the Genesis Scottish Open at The Renaissance Club in North Berwick, Scotland on July 10, 2026. (Tracy Wilcox/PGA TOUR via Getty Images)
Scheffler was just three strokes off the lead to begin the day, but struggled with the putter. He missed a 3 1/2-foot par putt on No. 11, his second hole. On the par-5 12th, his chip out of the tall grass to a back pin caught a ridge and rolled into a bunker, leading to another straight bogey.
Xander Schauffele snapped his streak of 72-under par at Torrey Pines in January. The longest active streak now belongs to Matt Fitzpatrick at 29 in a row.
