Second again - why has Scheffler stopped winning?

Although wins are the sole currency on tour, Matt Fitzpatrick and Cameron Young have each collected three victories this season, while Wyndham Clark boasts a regular win and a US Open title. A look at the FedEx Cup season-long standings confirms Scheffler's continued dominance. Players earn points based on where they finish in each tournament, and Scheffler leads Fitzpatrick by 795 points in the standings. Although he has not won since January, he has finished near the top in almost every start. His runner‑up finish at the 3M Open on Sunday marked his fifth second‑place result of the season, making him only the second player in the last 40 years to record at least five runner‑ups in a PGA Tour campaign. He has also posted two third‑place finishes and cracked the top five on eleven occasions over his seventeen starts in 2026. "I deliberation I've been truly adjacent to winning immoderate tournaments and that tin beryllium frustrating," Scheffler said earlier the Scottish Open. ""At the aforesaid time, I've had immoderate bully results - a 4th and a 2nd are not atrocious results by immoderate means. Margins in play are truly tiny and I conscionable support trying to bash my best."" The lack of victories has not stopped him from extending his lead at the summit of the Official World Golf Ranking. In fact, the gap between him and second‑placed Rory McIlroy equals the distance separating McIlroy from America's Matt McCarty, who sits 67th. Scheffler has held the world No. 1 position since 21 May 2023—a stretch of roughly 166 weeks. Tiger Woods' uninterrupted run at the top lasted 281 weeks, from June 2005 through October 201 Read the full story at BBC News →