2023 Scottish Open champion Rory McIlroy is in the field for this week’s co-sanctioned event at Renaissance Club.
He’ll be joined by two-time Senior US Open champion Padraig Harrington as the pair gear up for the final major of the year at Royal Portrush.
The Genesis Scottish Open field is strong with most of the world’s top players in action.
World No1 Scottie Scheffler heads the pack against a field that includes the top five and eight of the top 10 players in the Official World Golf Rankings, plus 15 of the top 20 in the FedExCup standings.
The tournament is co-sanctioned between the PGA Tour and the DP World Tour – and there’s $1,530,000 up for grabs for the winner from a total purse of $9,000,000.
Last year, local favourite Robert MacIntyre went one better than his second-place finish behind Rory McIlroy in 2023. He edged out Adam Scott by a single stroke to claim victory – marking the Oban native’s second title in just two months.
However, one notable absentee this week is Shane Lowry.
The 2019 Open champion has opted to skip the Scottish Open to fine-tune his preparations for next week’s return to Royal Portrush.
World number 18 Lowry has been seen preparing at Portmarnock, Royal Portrush and Baltray in recent weeks as he looks to earn a second win at the Antrim venue.
Last weekend’s PGA Tour John Deere Classic winner Brian Campbell will also be in the field in North Berwick.
The purse in 2025 remains the same with the winner also set to take advantage of the elevated 8,000 Race to Dubai points (500 FedExCup), and 2,000 Ryder Cup points on offer.
Meanwhile, Ireland’s Conor Purcell and Seamus Power will head to Louisville, Kentucky to compete in the alternate event, the ISCO Championship.
There is a $4m prize pool this week stateside, with the champion taking home $720,000.
All the action is live on Sky Sports Golf from Thursday morning.
