The Genesis Scottish Open returns to The Renaissance Club. Scheffler arrives as lead featured player, excelling in approach play at +1.0 strokes gained.
Source: NWS forecast (North Berwick, Scotland) as of July 7, 2026. Conditions subject to change.
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Chris Gotterup Defending | -15 | |
| 2024 | Robert MacIntyre | -18 | |
| 2023 | Rory McIlroy | -15 | |
| 2022 | Xander Schauffele | -7 |
| Year | Finish | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | T11 | -16 |
| 2024 | T46 | -14 |
| 2023 | T25 | -10 |
| 2022 | CUT | +14 |
Hovland earned his eighth PGA TOUR victory in a playoff over Scottie Scheffler at Travelers Championship. This triumph marked his most recent competitive start on tour.
The victory positioned Hovland as the eighth international winner this season with his tenth win. He became the second Norwegian winner following Kristoffer Reitan’s triumph at Truist Championship.
Hovland makes his fifth consecutive start at Genesis Scottish Open this week. His best finish there came in 2025 when he posted a T11 result.
Hovland enters the week ranked No. 20 in FedExCup standings and No. 13 in Official World Golf Ranking.
| Year | Finish | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | T47 | -4 |
| 2024 | T4 | -28 |
| 2023 | CUT | -2 |
| 2022 | CUT | +16 |
Aaron Rai earned his breakthrough DP World Tour victory at The Renaissance Club during the 2020 Genesis Scottish Open. He defeated Tommy Fleetwood in a playoff to secure that pivotal win. The Englishman is making his ninth consecutive start at the Genesis Scottish Open. He has competed in five editions since the event became co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour and DP World Tour.
Rai’s major championship success marks a historic milestone for English golf. The reigning PGA Championship winner became the eighth Englishman to win a major championship since 1940. He has accumulated two PGA Tour victories: the 2024 Wyndham Championship and 2026 PGA Championship. His career includes three victories each on the DP World Tour and HotelPlanner Tour, totaling nine professional wins.
The 2025 Genesis Scottish Open proved to be Rai’s finest performance to date. He won by two strokes over fellow 54-hole co-leaders Rory McIlroy and Marco Penge. His week was highlighted by a career-best, course record-tying 9-under 61 in the second round. Rai seeks to become the first player to successfully defend at the Genesis Scottish Open.
Rai captured his fifth victory and third of the season at last week’s John Deere Classic. His other wins this season include the Sony Open in Hawaii and WM Phoenix Open. As a third-year PGA Tour member, he owns wins in each of his three seasons on Tour. Across 85 career starts, Rai has accumulated five total victories.
Rai stands among elite company this season in terms of multiple victories. He joins one of four players with multiple wins on Tour this season. Matt Fitzpatrick leads with three victories, while Wyndham Clark and Cameron Young each own two wins. With his John Deere Classic victory, Rai moved to No. 6 in the FedExCup standings and No. 7 in the Official World Golf Ranking.
| Year | Finish | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | T8 | -18 |
| 2023 | T3 | -20 |
| 2022 | CUT | +10 |
Scheffler makes his fifth career start at the Genesis Scottish Open this week. His best previous finish came in 2023 with a tie for third place. He arrives one week before defending his 2025 Open Championship title.
The world’s top-ranked player enters the week off a playoff loss to Viktor Hovland at the Travelers Championship. This runner-up finish marks his 14th career second-place finish on the PGA Tour. It represents his fourth runner-up result already this season.
Scheffler leads the FedExCup standings heading into this event. He has recorded 20 wins on the PGA Tour to date. He pursues his second victory of the season after winning The American Express.
The reigning world No. 1 holds an extraordinary streak of 35 consecutive top-25 finishes. This streak ranks second most in the past 40 years of professional golf. Tiger Woods holds the record with 38 consecutive top-25 finishes.
Scheffler maintains the PGA Tour’s longest consecutive made cuts streak at 78. His last missed cut occurred at the 2022 FedEx St. Jude Championship. This demonstrates remarkable consistency across competition throughout his career.
Scheffler leads the entire tour across multiple statistical categories this season. He tops the tour in top-10 finishes with nine total. He leads in Strokes Gained: Total at 2.249, Greens in Regulation percentage at 72.52%, Scoring Average at 68.18, and Birdie Average at 4.82 per round.
Rory McIlroy arrives at the Genesis Scottish Open seeking continued dominance at the event. The 2023 Genesis Scottish Open winner has finished inside the top five the last three starts at the event, posting a win in 2023, a T4 finish in 2024, and a T2 finish in 2025. McIlroy won the 2024 Genesis Scottish Open by one stroke over Adam Scott, which served as his second PGA TOUR title that year alongside the 2024 RBC Canadian Open.
As the World No. 2, McIlroy is making his 10th start on TOUR this season and his first start since the U.S. Open, where he finished T32. The 30-time PGA TOUR winner’s season has been highlighted by a win at the Masters Tournament and a runner-up finish at The Genesis Invitational. McIlroy seeks his fifth consecutive season with multiple PGA TOUR titles. Should he prevail this week, McIlroy would become the first player to win the Masters Tournament and Genesis Scottish Open in the same season.
McIlroy has accumulated four top-10 finishes in 16 starts this season, with his best finish being runner-up at the Valero Texas Open. He enters the week No. 34 in the FedExCup standings and No. 20 in the Official World Golf Ranking. McIlroy enters the week ninth on TOUR in Strokes Gained: Approach the Green at 0.589.
McIlroy joined Colin Montgomerie, who accomplished the feat in 1999, as players from Scotland to win the Genesis Scottish Open.
Playing on a sponsor exemption, nine-time winner Robert MacIntyre is making his Genesis Scottish Open debut and his 200th PGA TOUR start. MacIntyre has one top-10 in 13 starts this season, posting a T9 finish at the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches. MacIntyre is making his first start since the U.S. Open, where he missed the cut. MacIntyre enters the week No. 81 in the FedExCup and would be eligible to compete in the FedExCup Playoffs as part of the Returning Member Program.
The Genesis Scottish Open stands as the 28th event of the FedExCup Regular Season, with only five weeks remaining until the FedExCup Playoffs commence. This marks the fifth consecutive year that both the PGA TOUR and DP World Tour co-sanction the event through their Strategic Alliance. The Renaissance Club will host the Genesis Scottish Open for the eighth consecutive year, providing continuity and familiarity to the competition.
The assembled field represents significant competitive depth heading into the final qualifying stretch. Six of the top 10 players in the Official World Golf Ranking will compete this week. Four past Genesis Scottish Open champions currently rank among the top 20 in the Official World Golf Ranking: No. 2 Rory McIlroy (2023), No. 7 Chris Gotterup (2025), No. 14 Xander Schauffele (2022), and No. 20 Robert MacIntyre (2024). The field also includes 48 of the top 70 players in the FedExCup standings.
Recent tournament activity has shaped much of the starting field composition. Thirty-five of the 156 players competed at last week’s John Deere Classic. Chris Gotterup captured that title with Doug Ghim finishing T6 and Mac Meissner also placing T6. Additionally, World Golf Hall of Fame member Padraig Harrington successfully defended his U.S. Senior Open title.
The Genesis Scottish Open serves as the final qualifying opportunity for Royal Birkdale Golf Club. Three spots remain available into next week’s 154th Open Championship through the Open Qualifying Series. The top three players not otherwise exempt who make the cut will earn exemptions. In the event of a tie for a qualifying place, the player with the higher Official World Golf Ranking position entering the week will earn the spot.
Scottie Scheffler maintains a commanding position in the season-long race. He holds a 316-point lead in the FedExCup standings over Matt Fitzpatrick, who sits at 3,195 points to Scheffler’s 3,511 points. Matt Fitzpatrick and Chris Gotterup lead the TOUR with three victories each this season. They join Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, and Ben Griffin as the only players to earn three or more victories in a season since 2024.
International success has marked this PGA TOUR season notably. Eight international winners have claimed 10 victories across the schedule so far. Five first-time winners have emerged through the first 27 events: Jacob Bridgeman at The Genesis Invitational, Ricky Castillo at the Puerto Rico Open, Alex Fitzpatrick at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, Kristoffer Reitan at the Truist Championship, and Bud Cauley at the RBC Canadian Open. However, the Genesis Scottish Open has not crowned a first-time winner in its last five editions.
The 54-hole leader has demonstrated significant predictive value this season. The 54-hole leader or co-leader has won 10 of 25 individual stroke-play events on TOUR this season. At the Genesis Scottish Open specifically, the 54-hole leader or co-leader has won three of the last four years, with Gotterup prevailing in 2025, McIlroy in 2023, and Schauffele in 2022.
Source: PGA TOUR Media