The reason why Scottie Scheffler has struggled on the PGA Tour in 2026 becomes clear at the 3M Open

By admin — In News — July 25, 2026

   ​Photo by Andrew Wevers/Getty ImagesScottie Scheffler’s frustrating PGA Tour season continued on day two of the 3M Open on Friday.Scheffler got off to a great start at the 3M Open on Thursday, firing a round of six-under par 65.The world number one then got to nine-under par for the tournament midway through his second round at TPC Twin Cities.Scheffler added the 3M Open to his schedule this season in order to avoid a three-week layoff between the end of The Open Championship and the start of the PGA Tour playoffs.However, Scottie Scheffler ran into trouble on his back nine on Friday at the 3M Open, and he ended up finishing at seven-under for the tournament, seven shots adrift of the leader, Michael Kim.Scheffler‘s performance through two rounds at the 3M Open has been symbolic of his 2026 PGA Tour season as a whole in many ways.Photo by Andrew Wevers/Getty ImagesHe made far too many sloppy errors on Friday and allowed numerous birdie chances to pass him by.While it’s hard to pinpoint exactly why he has failed to win multiple times this season, there have definitely been slight changes in his approach, if you look hard enough.In fact his second round in Blaine, Minnesota, offered up a potential reason as to why he hasn’t quite lived up to expectations in 2026.Scottie Scheffler hasn’t been at his best on the PGA Tour in 2026First of all, it’s very important to highlight that Scheffler has still been the best and most consistent player on the PGA Tour this season.He has recorded one win and 10 top-5 finishes in 16 starts and is inside the top 14 in every key statistical category.Most players on the PGA Tour aside from a select few would give anything for a season like that.In fact, he has putted better in 2026 than ever before, and he leads the stroke average category by quite some margin.The only reason he has received any kind of criticism at all is because golf fans and analysts are comparing his 2026 season to what he produced in 2024 and 2025.He won seven times in 2024 and added a further six titles to his tally in 2025. That win-rate was always going to be unsustainable.Considering his impressive stats and results, analysts have struggled to pinpoint exactly what has been wrong with Scheffler this week.Why has he failed to win more than once? Nobody seems to have a definitive answer to that question.However, after his second round at the 3M Open, we might just know exactly why Scheffler hasn’t been at his brilliant best over the past five or six months.Photo by Andrew Wevers/Getty ImagesThe 30-year-old world number one was bogey-free through 31 holes of the tournament until disaster struck on the 14th hole.Why Scottie Scheffler has struggled in 2026 becomes clear at the 3M OpenScheffler made a double bogey six on the 14th after finding the water with his approach shot from the middle of the fairway.Of course, anyone can make a double bogey at any given moment.However, it was the way that Scheffler succumbed to the double bogey o  

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