Scottie Scheffler shot a 2-over 72 within the second spherical of the Genesis Scottish Open to fall again to even par, placing him in a tie for 87th place with greater than half the sphere but to submit. Contemplating solely the highest 65 gamers (and ties) transfer on to play the weekend, the World No. 1 will miss the reduce for the primary time in almost 4 years.
Heading into the week, Scheffler had made the reduce in 78 consecutive begins courting again to the 2022 BMW Championship. His final missed reduce got here the week earlier than on the FedEx St. Jude Invitational, which was 1,428 days in the past.
Since then, Scheffler has greater than double the variety of wins (19) than he has finishes exterior the highest 20 (eight). All through this persistently dominant stretch of golf, it has been simple to neglect that Scheffler continues to be human. His efficiency at The Renaissance Membership lastly reminded us of that.
Scheffler will undoubtedly begin a brand new streak and be high-quality in the long term, however some alarm bells are going off with the Open Championship only a few days away.
