Scottie Scheffler Survives 71 to Extend 75-Cut Streak — Golf Tournament Today
Scottie Scheffler turned a wobbling Friday into another made cut at golf tournament today, posting an even-par 71 at the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday after being 4 over through 10 holes. The world No. 1 kept his PGA TOUR streak alive at 75 consecutive made cuts and will tee it up for a 76th straight weekend.
Scheffler’s Friday fight
He opened the round in trouble at Muirfield Village, where three consecutive bogeys put the cut line in play before he steadied himself with a par at the par-5 11th. Scheffler later holed a 22-foot birdie on No. 15 and a 40-foot birdie on No. 16, enough to keep him inside the number after a round he described as one of the worst he had hit in a couple years.
“I felt like I was going to shoot about 90 today” was how he put it after the round. That was not bluster. He had been 4 over par through 10 holes and still had to piece together a finish just to stay in the tournament.
Muirfield Village pressure
The cut carried extra weight because Scheffler entered the week with back-to-back titles at Muirfield Village already on his record, and he is trying to join Tiger Woods as the only golfers to win three straight at the Memorial. Preserving the run keeps that chase alive for the weekend, with nine shots separating him from the lead after Friday.
His streak is the longest active made-cut run on the PGA TOUR, and Hideki Matsuyama’s 25 straight made cuts is the next closest. That gap puts Scheffler alone at the top of one of golf’s quietest endurance races, where a single bad afternoon can erase months of consistency.
Missed cuts around Scheffler
Several familiar names went the other direction. Jordan Spieth shot 7-over 79 and missed the cut, Andrew Novak also posted 79 after starting the day at 1-under, and Ben Griffin finished 7 over after a 39 on the back nine. Robert MacIntyre missed his third cut of the year at 7 over, and Min Woo Lee fell out after playing the last two holes in 3 over.
Scheffler’s round left him with a live weekend and a clear margin of survival: inside the cut line, still chasing a title, and still carrying a streak that has now stretched to 75 consecutive made cuts. “This tournament was one that definitely could have got away from me, but right now I'm only nine shots back and still have a chance going into the weekend,” he said, with the pressure of Friday turned into another Saturday start.
