All is not lost for Scott. There is another cutoff for players inside the top 60 in the world after the FedEx St Jude Classic (June 11), just as US Open week begins.
The contenders from the 2017 US PGA – Justin Thomas, Patrick Reed, Hideki Matsuyama and Louis Oosthuizen – are among the favourites this week, and one of them will likely flourish. But, on the whole, history paints an ominous forecast.