​SOUTHPORT, England – It had been so long since Scottie Scheffler missed the cut on the PGA Tour that the World Cup hadn’t even started yet — that would be the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, not the one being held at the moment in the United States.But the unthinkable happened as the world No. 1 proved that he’s human, missing the cut at last week’s Genesis Scottish Open, his first time doing so in 78 starts on Tour dating to the 2022 FedEx St. Jude Championship. How did it feel to have a rare weekend off?AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement“I don’t think it hurts as much as coming close to winning and finishing second,” Scheffler said. “I felt like coming in second at Travelers hurt more than missing the cut, but missing the cut is significantly more frustrating is how I would describe it.”1 / 19A young visitor shelters in the shade, as players practice a few days before the start of the 2026 Open Golf Championship at Royal Birkdale golf course near Southport in north-west England on July 12, 2026.(ANDY BUCHANAN, AFP via Getty Images)Scheffler noted that one of his friends on the Tour jotted out a long text with all the possible options of things he could do having missed the cut — from practicing at the range to going to the gym or heading straight to the next tournament. Scheffler said his friend held off on sending the text — probably too soon — but told him about it.“I was like, ‘Oh, you should have sent it.’ I was a bit lost,” Scheffler cracked.In fact, Scheffler did go to the gym on Saturday and then headed for Royal Birkdale, a strip of England’s largest and most dramatic sand dunes and site of this week’s 154th British Open, where he is the defending champion. He proceeded to play 18 holes on Sunday in front of several hundred curious spectators who were delighted to be able to see the most dominant golfer since Tiger Woods in the flesh rather than on TV. Now the question is, was last week a blip on the radar, or is there reason for concern that Scheffler is off his game?AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementJim “Bones” Mackay, who will be walking the fairways for NBC Sports this week, expects the extra rest and chance to reset will make Scheffler “that much more of a force.”“I expect the fact that he did miss the cut this week to light something of a fuse that much more underneath him,” Mackay said during a media conference call last week. “Certainly, he hasn’t been quite at the level of play that we saw him last year in terms of what he’s done this year, but he’s still Scottie Scheffler, and my gosh, the intestinal fortitude that guy has is second to none on the PGA Tour, and I expect him to rebound in a big way next week.”When Scheffler defeated Harris English by four strokes to win The Open at Royal Portrush last year and capture his fourth major title, it marked his fourth of six wins on the season, including the PGA Championship. He became just the third golfer to win multiple major