World number one Scottie Scheffler misses a cut for the first time since 2022 as Rory McIlroy remains joint leader at the Genesis Scottish Open halfway stage.

-9 R McIlroy (NI), T Kim (Kor), J Smith (Eng); -8 M Fitzpatrick (Eng), MW Lee (Aus); -7 R MacIntyre (Sco), C Gotterup (US), V Perez (Fra), J Luiten (Ned), N von Dellingshausen (Ger), S Yellamaraju (Can), K Nakajima (Jpn) Selected others: -6 D Willett (Eng); -4 J Thomas (US); -3 T Fleetwood (Eng); -2 J Rahm (Spa); E S Scheffler (US) Seventy-eight events. Four years. 1,428 days. Scottie Scheffler's long and impressive run of cuts made is now over. Nobody can say they saw this coming. The world number one hadn't even finished outside the top 25 in any tournament since 2024. The four-time major winner arrived at the Renaissance Club this week targeting a first win on Scottish soil to further burnish a gleaming CV and send him into his Open Championship defence on a high. Instead, he is packing his bags early. A two-over 72 in the second round sealed his Genesis Scottish Open fate, while Rory McIlroy posted 66 to retain a share of the lead. Northern Ireland's McIlroy is tied at the top on nine under with England's Jordan Smith - who tore round in 63 - and South Korean Tom Kim. Scheffler exits on level par, two strokes shy of the cut line. Knowing he needed a chip-in birdie on the last, he ended up with bogey to extinguish any lingering hope.