Scottie Scheffler will be watching the conclusion of the Genesis Scottish Open on TV — just like the rest of us.
The world No. 1 is in unfamiliar territory after missing the cut at The Renaissance Club on Friday, snapping a nearly four-year streak of made cuts.
It wasn’t a particularly ugly missed cut. Scheffler carded rounds of 68 (2 under) and 72 (2 over) to finish his week at even par, but players are going low in North Berwick and the cut is projected at 2 under.
Scheffler was one off that number for much of the second nine, just looking for one more birdie to keep the streak alive. Instead, he bogeyed the par-3 ninth to close.
“The eighth hole, I hit the fairway and I’m in a divot,” Scheffler said. "...and then the ninth hole, felt pretty solid — just dies. Overall, just not quite good enough.”
The last time Scheffler missed a cut was at the 2022 FedEx St. Jude Championship — 78 events and 1,428 days ago. To put that streak into perspective, the new leader for consecutive cuts made on Tour is Matt Fitzpatrick, who is at 28.
“It’s a little different now with some of the signature events not having cuts. But you know, this is — I don’t think I finished outside of the top 20 or something like that many times this year.”
Before this week, Scheffler’s worst finish in 14 starts this year was T-24 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in March. He followed that with a T-22 at The Players — his second worst finish of the year.
In 2026, Scheffler has one win (The American Express), four runner-ups, and two third-place finishes. He had previously finished in the top 25 in every tournament.
“I’m definitely proud of the consistency,” he said, “and wish I had a couple days over the weekend to make up some ground.”
Scheffler said, for some reason, he doesn’t play his best golf at The Renaissance Club, but ‘not his best’ still resulted in a T-8 in 2025 and T-3 in 2023.
“It’s funny. Like last year, I feel like I got really frustrated on this golf course playing some good golf and just not really able to get anything going as well,” he said. “You know, then I went and played well at The Open Championship.
(“Played well” — when he won.)
"[This tournament is] suiting me well over the years, but like I said, I haven’t played well here but I’ve played pretty well at The Open.
“So it’s always a balancing — it could be one of those things where you just get over jet lag, get used to new style of golf, new types of grasses, and maybe I just haven’t adjusted as quick, or maybe this golf course just doesn’t suit my eye much.”
Now Scheffler heads to Royal Birkdale a couple days early — “Figure out how I get down to Birkdale and go from there.”
The defending Open champion has never been to Birkdale before, so this will be his first look at the course where he will try to repeat and win his fifth major.
“I’ll get down there a little earlier than I thought I would,” he said, “and have a couple extra days on the course to prepare.”
