FORT WORTH, Texas — Scottie Scheffler joined elite company by winning last week’s PGA Championship, pushing himself into a group with Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods as the only players in the modern era to win 15 times (including three majors) before the age of 29.
And although at the beginning of the 2025 season — after a freak accident around the holidays — Scheffler was in the top-5 just once in his first five tournaments, he’s posted four top-5 finishes since, including a win at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson and the major victory at Quail Hollow.
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But at the Charles Schwab Challenge, Scheffler was close to missing the cut, which would have marked the first time in 55 starts that he hadn’t reached the weekend.
Who’s leading at Colonial Country Club?
John Pak raced to the top of the first-round leaderboard after posting a score of 63 (-7). Pak, 26, is making his 13th PGA Tour start since moving up from the Korn Ferry Tour and has one top-25 finish this season. He’s ranked No. 266 in the world entering this week’s PGA Tour event.
But Ben Griffin and Matti Schmid both finished with rounds of 63 on Friday to take the lead. Each is at 11 under.
How did Scottie Scheffler shoot on Friday?
Scheffler, who leads the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup standings, finished his second round with 71. he bogeyed his last hole of the day, No. 9, since he started on the back, to fall to 1 over for the tournament. He posted a 68 on Thursday in the opening round, opening the tournament with an eagle and a birdie.
What was the cut line at the Charles Schwab Challenge?
Scheffler sits at 1 over, and that was exactly the projected cut as of 2:15 p.m. The cut line for the event, held at Colonial Country Club, is the top 65 golfers and ties after 36 holes.
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But the projected cut line moved to even at around 4 p.m. ET and stayed there, meaning Scheffler reached the weekend.
Is Scottie Scheffler OK?
Although he played fairly well, Scheffler did seem to wince after a tee shot on the second hole at Colonial.
There was no word of an injury,
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This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Scottie Scheffler keeps cut streak alive at Charles Schwab Challenge
