World number one Scheffler misses cut at Scottish Open, ending nearly four-year streak

[p]World number one [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/scheffler-scottie/bXfIuBYu/"]Scheffler[/a], in his final start ahead of his title defence at ‌next week's British Open, carded a two-over-par 72 at The Renaissance Club ‌that left him at even par on the week in North Berwick and ‌outside the projected cut of two under.[/p][p][b]"I got off to a ‌tough start and back nine, just felt like I wasn't hitting it close enough to give myself enough opportunities. I think that's really kind of what it comes ‌down to,"[/b] said Scheffler.[/p][p][b]"Got off to a poor start ⁠, and after that, I didn't ‌really hit it close enough to give myself a bunch of looks."[/b][/p][p]The last time ​Scheffler missed the cut was 78 events and 1,428 days ago at the 2022 FedEx St. Jude Championship, according to the ​PGA Tour. The new leader for consecutive cuts made on the PGA Tour is [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fitzpatrick-matthew/6whOHmtf/"]Matt Fitzpatrick[/a], who is at 28.[/p][embed guid="f1fceb67-c424-49aa-9d15-62426cdb2dce" url="https://x.com/PGATOUR/status/2075561950914757034" social-type="twitter" /][p]It marked the second missed ⁠cut in four starts ​at The Renaissance Club for Scheffler, who will head to Royal Birkdale in Southport for the year's final major sooner than he and the rest of the golf world had expected.[/p][p][b]"This week for me is a week that ‌I really wanted to play well, and this week is a golf course I feel like I can play well on. I just haven't for some reason,"[/b] said Scheffler.[/p][p][b]"It could be one of those things where you just get over jet lag, get used to a new style of golf, new types of grasses, and maybe I just haven't adjusted as quickly, or maybe this golf course just doesn't suit my eye much."[/b][/p][p]Englishman Smith produced a stellar display of ball-striking and wielded a red-hot putter to ‌mix eight birdies with a lone bogey for a 63 that brought ​him to nine under on the week and gave him the ‌clubhouse lead until he was joined by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kim-joohyung/G28Un9r8/"]Kim[/a], who birdied two of his final three holes for a 66. Fitzpatrick (65) was a shot back.[/p][p]Northern Ireland's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mcilroy-rory/djwanksN/"]McIlroy[/a] also made a fast start to the second round with four birdies before the turn and, after a back-nine ⁠bogey, was at eight under on ⁠the week with five holes ‌left to play in his second round.[/p]