The 43rd Hosting Scottish Open – Did You Know?

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43rd Hosting 2025 Genesis Scottish Open – Pre Tournament Information 

Player Interviews (All Times Local)

Tuesday, July 8

Noon – Connor Syme

12:30 p.m. – Xander Schauffele

Wednesday, July 9

Approx. 10:20 a.m. – Scottie Scheffler (8 a.m. Pro-Am)

Approx. 11:15 a.m. – J.J. Spaun (8:44 a.m. Pro-Am)

Approx. 11:40 a.m. – Robert MacIntyre (8:55 a.m. Pro-Am)

Approx. 1 p.m. – Rory McIlroy (8 a.m. Pro-Am)

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Robert MacIntyre

  • Seeks to become the first player to successfully defend at the Genesis Scottish Open
  • Won the 2024 Genesis Scottish Open by one stroke over Adam Scott, marking his second PGA TOUR title (2024 RBC Canadian Open)
  • Joined Colin Montgomerie (1999) as players from Scotland to win the Genesis Scottish Open in the 42 times it has been played since first being contested on the DP World Tour in 1972
  • Has four top-10 finishes in 17 starts this season, with his best finish being runner-up at the U.S. Open
  • No. 20 in the FedExCup standings           

Rory McIlroy

  • Would become the first player to win the Masters Tournament and Genesis Scottish Open in the same season
  • World No. 2 has finished inside the top five the last two seasons at the Genesis Scottish Open (Won/2023, T4/2024)
  • With wins at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, THE PLAYERS Championship and Masters Tournament, is one of six multiple winners this season (Scottie Scheffler/3, Ryan Fox/2, Ben Griffin/2, Sepp Straka/2, Brian Campbell/2)
  • Fifth PGA TOUR season with three or more victories (2012/4, 2014/3, 2019/3, 2022/3, 2025/3)
  • No. 2 in the FedExCup standings

Xander Schauffele

  • World No. 3 has one top-10 finish in 11 starts this season (T8/Masters Tournament)
  • 2022 Genesis Scottish Open champion has nine victories on the PGA TOUR; most recent: 2024 Open Championship
  • Has made 67 consecutive cuts dating to the 2022 Masters Tournament, the longest active streak on TOUR and sixth-longest streak in TOUR history (Tiger Woods/142; Byron Nelson/113; Jack Nicklaus/105; Hale Irwin/86; Dow Finsterwald/72)
  • No. 57 in the FedExCup standings

Scottie Scheffler

  • World No. 1, reigning FedExCup Champion and 16-time PGA TOUR winner in search of fourth victory of the season (THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson, PGA Championship, the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday)
  • Ranks T54 on the all-time wins list, tied with five others (Jack Burke Jr., Ralph Guldahl, Mark O’Meara, Justin Thomas, Tom Weiskopf)
  • Will make his third career start at the Genesis Scottish Open (MC/2022, T3/2023)
  • Has finished inside the top 25 in all 14 starts this season and enters the week with nine consecutive top-10 finishes
  • No. 1 in the FedExCup standings

J.J. Spaun

  • Earned first major championship at the 2025 U.S. Open, his second win on TOUR in his 236th start (2022 Valero Texas Open)
  • Has four top-three finishes in 18 starts this season (T3/Sony Open in Hawaii, T2/Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches, P2/THE PLAYERS Championship, Won/U.S. Open)
  • Finished T59 in his only other start at the Genesis Scottish Open (2022)
  • No. 7 in the FedExCup standings

Connor Syme

  • Has one top-25 finish in seven prior PGA TOUR starts (T15/2024 Genesis Scottish Open)
  • Winner of the 2025 KLM Open, his first DP World Tour win in 182 starts
  • No. 157 in the Official World Golf Ranking, the third-highest ranked Scottish player (Robert MacIntyre/14, Ewen Ferguson/147) 

Genesis Scottish Open notes

  • The Genesis Scottish Open is the 31st event of the FedExCup Regular Season, with only four weeks remaining until the start of the FedExCup Playoffs; this the fourth consecutive year that the Genesis Scottish Open is co-sanctioned by the PGA TOUR and DP World Tour as part of the Strategic Alliance between both Tours
  • The Renaissance Club hosts the Genesis Scottish Open for the seventh consecutive year, with two of the last three winners among the current top three in the Official World Golf Ranking (No. 2/Rory McIlroy/2023, No. 3/Xander Schauffele/2022); other champions at The Renaissance Club since 2019 include current PGA TOUR members Aaron Rai (2020), Min Woo Lee (2021) and Robert MacIntyre (2024)
  • Additional player highlights:
    • Eight of the top 10 in the Official World Golf Ranking are in the field: No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, No. 2 Rory McIlroy, No. 3 Xander Schauffele, No. 4 Justin Thomas, No. 5 Collin Morikawa, No. 8 J.J. Spaun, No. 9 Ludvig Åberg, No. 10 Sepp Straka
    • Six past FedExCup champions: Brandt Snedeker (2012), Rory McIlroy (2016, 2019, 2022), Justin Thomas (2017), Justin Rose (2018), Viktor Hovland (2023), Scottie Scheffler (2024)
    • Brian Campbell, a two-time winner this season (including at last week’s John Deere Classic), seeks to become the first to win back-to-back tournaments since Scottie Scheffler (2024 Masters Tournament, RBC Heritage)
    • Nine past champions are in the field: Luke Donald (2011), Justin Rose (2014), Alex Noren (2016), Brandon Stone (2018), Bernd Wiesberger (2019), Aaron Rai (2020), Xander Schauffele (2022), Rory McIlroy (2023), Robert MacIntyre (2024)
    • Sponsor exemptions: Alex Noren, Richie Ramsay, Brandt Snedeker
  • The Genesis Scottish Open is the final event of The Open Qualifying Series (OQS) where three spots will be available into next week’s 153rd Open at Royal Portrush; the top three players, not otherwise exempt, who make the cut at the Genesis Scottish Open will earn an exemption; in the event of a tie for a qualifying place, the player with the higher position in the Official World Golf Ranking entering the week will earn the spot

 PGA TOUR season notes

  • Nine first-time winners in 2025: Thomas Detry (WM Phoenix Open), Brian Campbell (Mexico Open at VidantaWorld), Joe Highsmith (Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches), Karl Vilips (Puerto Rico Open), Min Woo Lee (Texas Children’s Houston Open), Ben Griffin/Andrew Novak (Zurich Classic of New Orleans), Ryan Fox (ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic), Aldrich Potgieter (Rocket Classic)
  • Two PGA TOUR rookies have won this season: Karl Vilips (Puerto Rico Open), Aldrich Potgieter (Rocket Classic)
  • International players have won 16 of 30 events this season: Hideki Matsuyama/Japan, Nick Taylor/Canada, Sepp Straka/Austria/2, Rory McIlroy/Northern Ireland/3, Thomas Detry/Belgium, Ludvig Åberg/Sweden, Karl Vilips/Australia, Viktor Hovland/Norway, Min Woo Lee/Australia, Garrick Higgo/South Africa, Ryan Fox/New Zealand/2, Aldrich Potgieter/South Africa


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