Scheffler Misses Cut; 2026 Scottish Open Sunday TV Schedule
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- Scottie Scheffler missed his first PGA Tour cut in 79 tries through the first 36 holes at The Renaissance Club, ending the fifth-longest made-cuts streak in tour history and removing the reigning Open champion from Sunday's field.
- Rory McIlroy entered Moving Day as one of three co-leaders, taking a sharply different path from playing partner Scheffler, who was sent packing after Round 2.
- Chris Gotterup, the defending Scottish Open champion and fresh off his fifth career PGA Tour win at the John Deere Classic, is bidding to become the first golfer to win the event back-to-back in its history.
- Matt Fitzpatrick is among the challengers Gotterup must fend off on Sunday, with Round 3's conclusion starting at 2 a.m. ET before Round 4 tee times later in the morning.
- CBS carries live Round 4 TV coverage from 12-3 p.m. ET on CBS, Paramount+, CBSSports.com, and the CBS Sports App, with Golf Channel handling early coverage from 10 a.m. to noon.
- Last year's Scottish Open produced six top-12 finishers who also finished top 10 at the following week's Open Championship, framing this week's Renaissance Club leaderboard as a meaningful Royal Birkdale preview.
Why it matters: Scheffler's missed cut after 79 consecutive made cuts eliminates the world's top-ranked player and defending Open champion from the final-round reps at Renaissance Club, while Gotterup's bid to become the first back-to-back Scottish Open winner gives Sunday genuine competitive stakes. Last year's leaderboard-to-Open correlation (six of the top 12 replicated at the major) gives every remaining shot added weight as a Royal Birkdale preview.
