A rib injury sidelined him<\/a> from the second week of January until the Arnold Palmer Invitational in early March. Once he returned, he was No. 141 in the FedExCup standings.\u00a0<\/p>\n\u201cI was never going to [catch up] with these elevated events with no cut, missing two of them [the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and Genesis Invitational]. It was going to be a pretty big thing to overcome,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd then I missed another three different events [the American Express, Farmers Insurance Open and WM Phoenix Open] where I usually get a lot of points.\u201d<\/p>\n
The nine-time Tour winner has the sport\u2019s longest made-cut streak (69). However, in 13 starts this season, he has only three top 10s (the Masters, Genesis Scottish Open and British Open). The last two were in his last two starts, entering the playoffs with momentum to make the Tour Championship. But now he\u2019s in danger of missing out on East Lake for the first time in his career.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously, I\u2019d like to get there,\u201d Schauffele said. \u201cRight now, I\u2019m working on getting a little better. The bar is pretty low at the moment. As it stands, top 10 here [in Memphis] is probably six under at the end of today, so I need to look at making up six shots. It wouldn\u2019t take much to make me happy at this point. Just have to do better.\u201d<\/p>\n
Schauffele isn\u2019t the only player at risk of having his season end prematurely, though. Entering the weekend at the FedEx St. Jude, Matt Fitzpatrick is projected at No. 43, Wyndham Clark is 46th and Jordan Spieth is the last man in at No. 50, while Rickie Fowler and Tony Finau sit on the outside. <\/p>\n
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