What is the longest active streak of cuts made on the PGA Tour? All you need to know

Making the cut is usually the first goal of every player in tournament golf, whether on the PGA Tour or not. It gives you a better chance of moving up the leaderboard and, in professional events, means a paycheque for the week's results.

For this reason, missing few cuts is something that is highly prized among professional golfers, and tournament streaks without missing a cut are considered very difficult records to achieve. The longest current streak on the PGA Tour belongs to Xander Schauffele, who has gone 57 tournaments without missing a cut and counting.

Xander Schauffele last missed a cut at The Masters Tournament in 2022. Since then, he has won five tournaments, including two major championships, and finished in the top 10 27 times.

Another player with an impressive run of tournaments without missing the cut is Scottie Scheffler. The world number one has played 44 tournaments without missing the cut, most recently at the 2022 FedEx St. Jude Championship. Since then, he has won nine tournaments, including a major championship, and finished in the top 10 26 times.

However, these records are not without controversy. Among the tournaments played by both Xander Schauffele and Scottie Scheffler are several PGA Tour limited-field events that do not make any cuts.

These include five of the eight Signature Events in the 2023 and 2024 seasons (The Sentry, AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, RBC Heritage, Travelers Championship, Wells Fargo Championship), as well as the TOUR Championship.

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A look at the longest streaks of made cuts in PGA Tour history

The longest streak without missing a cut in PGA Tour history belongs to none other than the legendary Tiger Woods with 142. Woods extended this streak between 1998 and 2005 and is considered by many to be the most difficult of the numerous records he has set throughout his career.

Woods' streak began at the 1998 Buick Invitational, about a year and a half into his professional career. Woods did not miss another cut until more than seven years later at the 2005 EDS Byron Nelson Championship.

The second-best streak belongs to another legendary player, Byron Nelson, with 113. Nelson even retired without breaking his streak, which was finally broken in 1949.

Jack Nicklaus is the author of the third-best streak in PGA Tour history with 105. The Golden Bear started the streak in 1970 and ended it in 1976.

All of these streaks are also controversial because of the characteristics of the tournaments at each stage. Woods and Nicklaus played in several non-cut events, while Nelson played in weaker fields in 1944 and 1945 due to World War II conscription.