Xander Schauffele missed the cut by one stroke at the Farmers Insurance Open, ending his streak of 72 consecutive made cuts on the PGA Tour. The San Diego native attributed his performance to recent equipment changes, particularly with his driver. Despite the disappointment, Schauffele took the rare weekend off in stride, looking forward to time with family.
For the first time in 1,391 days, Xander Schauffele will not play the weekend rounds of a PGA Tour event. His birdie putt from 8 feet on the 18th hole of Torrey Pines' North Course slid by on Friday, leaving him one stroke short of the cut line at the Farmers Insurance Open. This marked the end of his 72 consecutive cuts made, the longest active streak on Tour and the fifth-longest in PGA Tour history.
Schauffele, a San Diego native now living in Jupiter, Florida, with his wife Maya and infant son Victor, remained philosophical about the miss. "It’s going to be nice to have the weekend off," he said. "Going to go home and relax and regroup." He noted the comfort of being near family, adding, "If I miss the cut in Charlotte or somewhere, I would just be sitting in a hotel room by myself. ... You know what, all said and done, it’s probably the best place to miss it."
The last time Schauffele missed a cut was at the 2022 Masters. This week's event was his first of the 2026 season. He opened with a 73 on the challenging South Course but struggled on the North, where a bogey on the drivable par-4 seventh hole and pars on two reachable par-5s proved costly. Schauffele blamed recent tweaks to his driver and shaft, saying, "I don’t like switching stuff and I switched, and then when you switch back, things kind of feel weird. You start swinging to fit the club and it kind of affects like everything down the bag."
"Bogeying a drivable par 4 and parring two par 5s in the middle of the fairway—you deserve to miss the cut," he reflected. "The fact that I was close to the cut is pretty amazing."
With Schauffele's streak over, world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler now holds the longest active run at 65 cuts made. Scheffler's mark trails legends like Tiger Woods, who holds the all-time record with 142. Schauffele was unaware of the exact cut line until after his final putt, asking caddie Austin Kaiser, "Is that it?" He shrugged it off and plans to compete next at the WM Phoenix Open.
