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A birdie at the last hole ended a 16-year Home of Golf nation victory drought with Rory McIlroy winning the Genesis Scottish Open at the Renaissance Club. McIlroy denied crowd favourite Robert MacIntyre who was on the practice range expecting a play-off against the current World No. 3 but with McIlroy holing a tesing 11-foot birdie putt at the last in a round of 68 for an 18-under victory tally after the Scot finished at 17-under. MacIntyre set the cluhouse winning target at 17-under thanks a stunning ...

World No. 3 Rory McIlroy took a wet Route 66 to the top of the leaderboard late on day two of the Genesis Scottish Open. McIlroy posted five birdies but for a second day running dropped a shot at the 17th to move to grab a one-shot lead at 10-under on a bleak-looking host Renaissance course to the east of Edinburgh. Three players – the South Korean duoe of Tom Kim (65) and first round leader Byeong Hun An (70) plus England’s Tyrrell Hatton (62) – share second place at nine-under. McIlroy, ...

Calls for Padraig Harrington to be picked for September’s Ryder Cup grow louder following his strong display after two rounds of the Genesis Scottish Open. Harrington, 51, battled the trough early morning conditions to walk from the course with a sizzling 66 to be then clubhouse leader in the $US 9m event being hosted on the Renaissance course to the east of Edinburgh. The Dubliner’s round included eight birdies, none better than hitting a 250-yard second shot at the ninth hole of his round to ...

Padraig Harrington continues to show age is no barrier moving into the early clubhouse lead early afternoon on day two of the Genesis Scottish Open. Harrington, who turns 52 at the end of next month, grabbed six birdies in a four-under-par 66 and head to lunch at seven-under in overcast conditions on the host Renaissance course. The triple major-winning Harrington, who turns 52 at the end of next month, is the oldsest in this year’s 41st hosting of the Scottish Open. After heavy early morning rain, ...

Seamus Power will be hoping he’s shaken off a hip injury that forced him out after just nine holes on day one of the Genesis Scottish Open, The double PGA Tour winning Irishman was making his debut in the premier Scottish event when he advised his two playing partners he was withdrawing after nine holes on day of the $US 9m co-sanctioned event. Power was two-over at the time. The affable Irishman’s has returned to Europe very much with the goal of boarding September’s special charter ...

It took Rory McIlroy just seven holes to stamp his presence with an eventual eight-under 64 in bright but windy conditions on the opening day of the Genesis Scottish Open. McIlroy headed to a well-earned luncheon break close to fours-hours even after teeing-off with a six-under-par 64 and his lowest PGA Tour first-round score since the 2022 Travelers Championship (62) The effort tied McIlroy with Belguim’s Thomas Detry, and at the end of the opening day in the $US 9m event, the duo were sharing ...

A switch of the Horizon Irish Open to September has Shane Lowry contesting a first Genesis Scottish Open since 2016. Lowry is among five Irish contesting this week’s $US 9m co-sanctioned PGA Tour tournament being staged for a fifth occasion on the Renaissance course to the east of Edinburgh. The Irishman is returning to competition after a fortnight’s break following his T19th finish at the Travelers Championship, and a tournament he began and ended with a round of 64. “This week’s Scottish ...