SAN DIEGO — Scottie Scheffler had just three PGA Tour victories to his name and no major championships on his resumé. LIV Golf had not signed up anyone to play in its new league funded by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund.
That’s how long ago it was since Xander Schauffele had a weekend off at a golf tournament.
Schauffele’s remarkable streak of 72 consecutive cuts made on the PGA Tour ended Friday in the Farmers Insurance Open when he missed an eight-foot birdie putt on his final hole of the second round. He missed the cut by one shot at Torrey Pines in his hometown.
“I don’t like missing cuts — I think my record proves that,” Schauffele said after his 3-under-par 69 on the North Course put him at 2-under 142. “But it’s actually kind of nice, to be honest, if I was going to pick a spot. I get to hang out with my family. … All said and done, it’s probably the best place to miss it.”
It was the fifth-longest cut streak in PGA Tour history, and the longest since Tiger Woods ended his record streak at 142 at the Byron Nelson Classic in 2005.