When you are the top player in the world in a given sport, you always have a huge target on your back with lofty expectations. When a highly-ranked player underperforms or appears more human with a rare bad day or round, it carries more weight because of their high ranking.
We have heard all week about how tough the 2025 U.S. Open was going to be. It's being held at Oakmont Country Club outside of Pittsburgh, which is already a tough course. Then it went viral how high the second cut of rough was, and all week, golfers were saying, based on their practice round scores, that it was going to be a tough weekend.
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Scheffler, coming off a win at the PGA Championship, struggled in his first round, posting a 3-over 73. The second round started on a high note with a birdie on his first hole and then four straight pars. But then Scheffler couldn't get away from some bogeys.
He wound up making two strokes over five holes before a bogey on his final hole dropped his score to +4 — disappointing for Scheffler's standards but still good enough to sneak inside the cut line.
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Scottie Scheffler score today
Scheffler started the second round on the back nine.
| Hole | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Par | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Scheffler R2 Score | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Scheffler Total Score | +2 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +3 | +3 | +4 | +4 | +5 | +4 | +5 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +3 | +3 | +4 |
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U.S. Open cut line 2025
Only the top 60 players and ties will continue for the final two rounds of the 2025 U.S. Open. Currently, the cut line is projected to be 7-over, per the PGA Tour's website.
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Last time Scottie Scheffler missed the cut
It certainly is not a common occurrence, but here are the last times that Scheffler missed the cut.
PGA Tour
The last time that Scheffler missed the cut for a regular PGA Tour event was in August of 2022 at the FedEx St. Jude Championship.
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Majors
Scheffler has played in 24 majors so far in his career. He has made the cut in all but three of them. Scheffler missed the cut in his first career major at the 2016 U.S. Open. He also missed the cut at the 2019 U.S. Open, and his most recent missed cut at a major was at the 2022 PGA Championship.
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