The two-time Masters champion headed into the third major of the year as the pre-tournament favourite, having won the Memorial Tournament on Sunday to register a fifth PGA Tour win in eight starts, only to fail to challenge for a second major victory of the season. Scheffler only made the halfway cut on the mark of five over and registered just four birdies during a frustrating the week, ending on eight over to post his poorest result since a tied-45th finish at the CJ Cup in October 2022.
'Last week, with the golf course the way it is, it probably was not the best prep work for me coming into another really challenging event,' Scheffler said. 'I shot five under the first round at Memorial, which would have been the easiest day, and was three under from there on out.
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