Genesis Scottish Open 2026 Betting Preview: Odds, Picks and Best Bets at The Renaissance Club

The PGA Tour and DP World Tour cross the pond together this week for the 2026 Genesis Scottish Open, teeing off Thursday at The Renaissance Club in North Berwick, Scotland. With $9 million on the line and a field that reads like a major championship — Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Xander Schauffele and defending champion Chris Gotterup are all in North Berwick — this year’s Scottish Open is shaping up as one of the deepest fields of the entire season, and the perfect final tune-up before The Open Championship at Royal Birkdale next week.

The Renaissance Club has hosted this event every year since 2019 and will remain the host course through 2026, giving bettors a deep pool of recent form and course-history data to lean on. Scheffler enters as the betting favorite, but a stacked leaderboard of major winners and in-form contenders makes this one of the more competitive outright markets golf will see all summer.

Scottish Open Odds: Scheffler the Favorite, McIlroy and Rahm Chasing

Scottie Scheffler opens as the betting favorite at +480 (FanDuel), still hunting his second win of the season after taking the American Express earlier this year and finishing runner-up at the Travelers Championship two weeks ago. Rory McIlroy sits second on the board at +1000, followed closely by LIV’s Jon Rahm at +1200. Xander Schauffele (+2200), Matt Fitzpatrick (+2000), Tommy Fleetwood (+2200) and Ludvig Åberg (+2500) round out the next tier of realistic contenders, according to FanDuel’s latest board.

Defending champion Chris Gotterup sits further down at +3000 despite carrying red-hot form into the week, while other notable names include Wyndham Clark (+3300), Viktor Hovland (+3300), Robert MacIntyre (+3500, the 2024 champion and a Scottish native), Justin Thomas (+4000) and Tyrrell Hatton (+3000). Prediction markets on Kalshi have Scheffler at a 16% implied win probability, with McIlroy at 11% and Rahm at 8%, reflecting a top of the board that’s tighter than most weeks on Tour.

Chris Gotterup’s Remarkable Run Continues

No player arrives with more momentum than the defending champion. Chris Gotterup closed the John Deere Classic on Sunday with a 9-under 62, erasing a five-shot deficit to win his third title of the year and fifth of his career — the most individual wins of any player on Tour in 2026. It was exactly the form he carried into North Berwick a year ago, when he stunned McIlroy down the stretch to win his first career PGA Tour title at 15-under, a victory he has since called the launching pad for a run that included wins at the Sony Open and WM Phoenix Open. Gotterup tees off Thursday at 3:28 a.m. ET in a marquee grouping alongside McIlroy (2023 champion) and Robert MacIntyre (2024 champion) — pairing the tournament’s last three winners together for the opening two rounds.

Betting the defending champion at +3000 given that kind of recent form and course history is one of the more interesting value plays on the board this week, even with Scheffler and McIlroy soaking up most of the attention.

McIlroy’s History at The Renaissance Club

Rory McIlroy has a legitimate case as the sentimental favorite given his track record here. He won the event in 2023 with a birdie-birdie finish to edge Robert MacIntyre by a shot, then finished tied-fourth in 2024 and runner-up to Gotterup last year at 13-under. McIlroy comes into this week off a T2 finish at the Genesis Invitational and having completed the career grand slam with a second Masters title in April, though he was well off form at The Players Championship (T46) in March. With three straight top-4-or-better finishes at this exact course, McIlroy’s history at The Renaissance Club makes him more than justifiable as the second choice on the board, even at plus-money.

Best Bets for the Genesis Scottish Open

With the top of the board bunched tightly together, several handicappers are steering away from outright picks toward top-20 and top-10 parlay plays. One popular build pairs Jon Rahm, Tommy Fleetwood and Alex Fitzpatrick to all finish top-20 (ties included), which pays out around +750 at DraftKings. First-round leader markets are also drawing action, with Wyndham Clark (+4800) offering plus value relative to his outright number, while longer-shot names like Ryan Gerard, Eugenio Chacarra and Michael Brennan carry appealing top-10-after-round-one prices in the +750 to +830 range.

• Prediction: Rory McIlroy wins his second Genesis Scottish Open title at The Renaissance Club
• Best Bet: Rory McIlroy outright (+1000)

Scheffler’s ranking as the favorite is well earned given his overall consistency, but McIlroy’s specific course history — a win, a T4 and a runner-up finish in his last three trips to North Berwick — combined with his current major-winning form makes him the sharper outright angle this week.

How to Follow Along

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Round 1 Update: 9:20 AM ET

Rory McIlroy’s late charge came up just short of the outright lead, as he settled for a closing par on 18 to sign for a 5-under 65 and a share of the top spot at The Renaissance Club. He’s tied at the top with Tom Kim, Bernd Wiesberger and Patrick Cantlay, all matching that number as the morning wave wraps its business — a crowded four-way lead rather than the solo breakthrough that looked possible an hour ago.

One shot back at 4-under, Brooks Koepka’s group has checked in alongside Min Woo Lee, who settled for 66 after flirting with the lead earlier in his round. Attention now shifts to the afternoon wave, with Scottie Scheffler, Jon Rahm, Xander Schauffele and Matt Fitzpatrick among the headliners set to tee off in the early afternoon local time as the tournament’s biggest names look to make a dent in a suddenly bunched leaderboard.

Round 1 Update: 8:10 AM ET

Tom Kim was first off the course Thursday and made it count, carding a bogey-free 5-under 65 to sit atop the clubhouse leaderboard as the morning wave wraps up at The Renaissance Club. He’s not alone at -5, though — Bernd Wiesberger, Min Woo Lee and Patrick Cantlay are all matching that number with holes still to play, setting up a crowded chase for the outright first-round lead. Scoring has been low across the board, as calm coastal winds and receptive greens let a big chunk of the field get to red numbers early.

Rory McIlroy is quietly building on his strong course history here, sitting at 3-under through 13 and squarely in the mix a shot or two back of the pace. Defending champion Chris Gotterup has been grinding, sitting at just 1-under through 13 in the marquee group alongside McIlroy and Robert MacIntyre, while Xander Schauffele is at even par through 14. Plenty of tournament left, but the early clubhouse mark from Kim gives the rest of the morning wave a clear number to chase.

Round 1 Update: 8:30 AM ET

Rory McIlroy has caught fire down the stretch and rocketed into a share of the first-round lead, reaching 5-under through 17 to pull level with the early clubhouse pace-setters. An opening eagle on the par-5 first got him started, and a run of late birdies has erased the gap that had him three shots back just an hour ago — a dramatic swing that puts him one hole away from sole possession of the outright lead at The Renaissance Club.

The morning wave has otherwise wrapped up its business in the clubhouse: Tom Kim, Bernd Wiesberger and Patrick Cantlay all signed for matching 5-under 65s, while Brooks Koepka checked in at 4-under. Calm coastal conditions have produced a bunched leaderboard, and with McIlroy threatening to join the group at the top, round one is shaping into a genuine scramble for the lead before the afternoon wave — Scheffler, Rahm and company — even tees off.

Round 1 Update: 10:50 AM ET

Matt Fitzpatrick is quietly building the best round of the afternoon wave, sitting 2-under through six holes alongside playing partners Scottie Scheffler and Tommy Fleetwood at The Renaissance Club. Scheffler has yet to find his stride, even par through seven, while Fleetwood has clawed to 1-under through seven of his own — a marquee group where Fitzpatrick is doing the early heavy lifting.

Jon Rahm’s return to a PGA Tour-sanctioned event hasn’t started smoothly, as the LIV golfer sits 2-over through six holes alongside Alex Fitzpatrick and Rasmus Højgaard. Elsewhere, Xander Schauffele has already wrapped his morning-wave round with a 1-under 69, while overnight pace-setters Tom Kim, Bernd Wiesberger, Patrick Cantlay and Rory McIlroy continue to hold a share of the clubhouse lead at 5-under as the afternoon wave works through its front nine.

Round 1 Update: 11:20 AM ET

The tournament’s marquee pairing has finished its business, and the trio split three different directions. Rory McIlroy locked in a share of the first-round lead at 5-under alongside Tom Kim, Bernd Wiesberger and Patrick Cantlay, while defending champion Chris Gotterup came home at 2-under and Robert MacIntyre matched Wyndham Clark at 3-under — a tidy finish, but nothing close to the theater that decided last year’s title between McIlroy and Gotterup down the stretch.

Scottie Scheffler’s group has been the round’s quietest so far, with the world No. 1 sitting even par through nine alongside Matt Fitzpatrick and Tommy Fleetwood, both of whom have cooled off after fast starts — Fitzpatrick has given back the two shots he built through his opening six holes. Jon Rahm has steadied his round after a rocky start, climbing back to even through seven, while Justin Thomas sits even through eight in the group directly behind him. Plenty of holes remain before the afternoon wave can make a run at the four-way logjam atop the leaderboard.

Round 1 Update: 11:40 AM ET

Scottie Scheffler has finally found a heartbeat, rolling in a birdie on his ninth hole to move to 1-under and climb off the mat after an even-par start alongside Matt Fitzpatrick and Tommy Fleetwood at The Renaissance Club. The world No. 1 still trails the four-way logjam at the top by four shots, but the group has picked up its pace through the turn as coastal conditions stay calm.

Jon Rahm continues to grind through a scratchy opening round, sitting even through nine after clawing back from an early 2-over start, while Justin Thomas has moved to 1-under through his own ninth hole in the group just behind. Up top, Rory McIlroy, Tom Kim, Bernd Wiesberger and Patrick Cantlay remain locked together at 5-under as the clubhouse leaders with the afternoon wave still working through its outward nine.

Round 1 Update: 12:20 PM ET

The chase pack behind the four-way logjam has come into sharper focus as the morning wave’s full scorecards keep trickling in. Kurt Kitayama and Michael Thorbjornsen have both signed for 4-under 66s to join Brooks Koepka and Min Woo Lee in a share of fifth, stretching the leaderboard’s top tier to eight players within a single shot of Rory McIlroy, Tom Kim, Bernd Wiesberger and Patrick Cantlay’s clubhouse-best 5-under.

Midday now belongs to the afternoon wave, where Scottie Scheffler, Jon Rahm, Justin Thomas and Tommy Fleetwood remain bunched near even par working through their outward nines at The Renaissance Club. The back nine will decide whether any of the tournament’s biggest names can climb into red-number contention before round one’s card gets turned in, with the morning’s crowded top tier setting a stiff early target.

Round 1 Update: 12:50 PM ET

Scottie Scheffler turned in 2-under after rolling in a birdie on the par-3 ninth, trimming his deficit to the four-way share of the lead — Rory McIlroy, Tom Kim, Bernd Wiesberger and Patrick Cantlay, all at 5-under — down to three shots. Playing partners Matt Fitzpatrick and Tommy Fleetwood have both cooled after fast starts, and the real test for the group now shifts to the closing nine at The Renaissance Club.

Defending champion Chris Gotterup’s card told two different stories on his back nine, catching fire with four birdies through his first eight holes before a bogey on his final hole trimmed the finish back to 2-under. Elsewhere, Patrick Reed has joined Brooks Koepka and Min Woo Lee in a share of fifth at 4-under, while Rasmus Hojgaard eagled the par-5 seventh to jump to 3-under — pushing the leaderboard’s red-number logjam even deeper as the afternoon wave works toward the clubhouse.

Round 1 Update: 2:00 PM ET

Rasmus Hojgaard has pulled clear of the four-way logjam at the top, playing his front nine in 3-under 32 before adding an eagle at the par-5 seventh and birdies at 11, 13 and 14 to reach 6-under through 15 — the first player all day to build more than a one-shot cushion. It’s a sudden move that separates him from Rory McIlroy, Tom Kim, Bernd Wiesberger and Patrick Cantlay, whose 5-under 65s now sit a shot back in the clubhouse.

McIlroy’s round is officially in the books after closing with birdies on two of his final three holes, and Brooks Koepka’s 4-under 66 — built on seven birdies against three bogeys — gives the major-winning contingent another name to watch this week. Elsewhere, Alex Fitzpatrick nearly aced the par-3 ninth before the ball caromed off the flag, and afternoon-wave players like Scottie Scheffler and Jon Rahm are still working through their back nines as Hojgaard’s breakaway number gives the field a fresh target to chase.

Round 1 Update: 2:50 PM ET

A five-way tie now headlines the clubhouse after the final groups worked through The Renaissance Club’s back nine, with Rasmus Hojgaard’s late push settling back into the pack rather than the breakaway lead it looked like an hour ago. Tom Kim, Bernd Wiesberger, Patrick Cantlay, Rory McIlroy and Hojgaard all sign for matching 5-under 65s to share round one honors, giving the tournament a genuinely crowded picture at the top of the leaderboard heading into Friday.

Scottie Scheffler’s opening round ended modestly at 2-under 68, part of a deep logjam that also includes defending champion Chris Gotterup, Viktor Hovland and Ludvig Åberg. Jon Rahm’s return to a PGA Tour-sanctioned event was rockier still, closing at 3-over 73 and already six shots off the pace, while Xander Schauffele’s 1-under 69 keeps him within shouting distance of the leaders as the field resets for round two.

Round 2 Update: 9:00 AM ET

Jordan Smith has authored the round of the tournament so far, carding a bogey-free 7-under 63 in round two to vault into the outright lead at 9-under at The Renaissance Club. The rank outsider — priced at +15000 to win this week — has posted the low number of the event and now holds a one-shot cushion over Matt Fitzpatrick, who backed up his steady opening round with a 5-under 65 of his own to reach 8-under and solo second.

Thursday’s five-way share of the lead has splintered early in round two: Rory McIlroy, Patrick Cantlay and Bernd Wiesberger are just a few holes into their second rounds and still parked at 5-under, while Tom Kim has stumbled to 1-over through his opening holes. Scottie Scheffler’s day is trending the other direction entirely, the world No. 1 slipping to even par for the tournament after a 2-over 72, while Jon Rahm has quietly rallied from Thursday’s 3-over 73 to reach 4-under through 17 holes in round two, climbing into red numbers at 1-under overall. The projected cut sits at 1-under, with several marquee names — Robert MacIntyre, Wyndham Clark, Xander Schauffele and defending champion Chris Gotterup — still to tee off in the afternoon wave.

Round 2 Update: 10:20 AM ET

Rory McIlroy has kept the pressure on from the moment he teed off in round two, playing his first six holes in 2-under to climb to 7-under overall — good enough to sit within striking distance of Jordan Smith’s tournament-best pace at The Renaissance Club. Tom Kim has flipped his morning entirely, following an early bogey with a string of birdies to reach 1-under for the day and climb to 6-under overall, part of a crowded chase pack now forming just behind the two co-leaders.

Defending champion Chris Gotterup is finally underway in the afternoon wave and has opened with a bang, playing his first five holes in 3-under to reach 5-under for the tournament. Jon Rahm closed out one of the more dramatic reversals of the week, backing up Thursday’s 3-over 73 with a 5-under 65 in round two to finish at 2-under overall, while the projected cut line has crept to 2-under as low scores continue to pour in across The Renaissance Club.

Round 2 Update: 10:50 AM ET

A three-way traffic jam has formed near the top of the leaderboard, with Rory McIlroy climbing to 8-under to draw level with Matt Fitzpatrick, just a single shot behind outright leader Jordan Smith’s tournament-best 9-under. McIlroy’s push has been steady rather than spectacular, chipping away at Smith’s overnight cushion as the Northern Irishman keeps chasing a second Scottish Open title at The Renaissance Club.

Scottie Scheffler’s second-round struggles have only deepened — the world No. 1 remains stuck at even par for the tournament, now nine shots off the pace after opening the week as the outright favorite. Robert MacIntyre and Wyndham Clark have quietly worked their way to 3-under apiece, while Jon Rahm sits in the clubhouse at 2-under following his round-two turnaround, holding right around the projected cut line.

Round 2 Update: 11:50 AM ET

Scottie Scheffler’s week at The Renaissance Club is officially over. The world No. 1 signed for a 2-over 72 to finish his second round at even par for the tournament, two shots outside the projected cut line of 2-under — an early exit that hands the week’s biggest shock to the player who opened as the outright betting favorite at +480.

Jordan Smith’s bogey-free 63 has him locked into the clubhouse at 9-under, and Rory McIlroy has clawed his way level, climbing to 9-under through 10 holes to forge a share of the outright lead with eight holes still to play. Matt Fitzpatrick’s steady 65 is in the books at 8-under for solo third, while defending champion Chris Gotterup has pushed his round further along, reaching 6-under through 10 holes and climbing into the thick of the leaderboard’s upper tier.

Round 2 Update: 12:50 PM ET

Tom Kim has authored his own line into the clubhouse lead, closing out a bogey-free second-round card to join Jordan Smith at 9-under and forge a share of the top spot at The Renaissance Club. Rory McIlroy’s push for the outright lead has stalled just as quickly as it arrived — a dropped shot through his 13th hole has trimmed him back to 8-under, tied with Matt Fitzpatrick’s now-complete 65 for third, one shot behind the new co-leaders.

Defending champion Chris Gotterup keeps grinding his way up the board, reaching 7-under through 13 holes and squarely into the leaderboard’s upper tier as he chases his second straight Scottish Open title. The projected cut has held at 2-under, a number that already sent Scottie Scheffler (even par) to an early exit and briefly threatened Jon Rahm before his Friday 65 pushed him to a safe 2-under finish; Min Woo Lee has quietly climbed to 8-under through 17 to join the group just behind the leaders.

Round 2 Update: 1:50 PM ET

Rory McIlroy has completed the charge he started an hour ago, reaching 9-under through 17 holes to forge a three-way share of the lead alongside Jordan Smith’s bogey-free 63 and Tom Kim’s matching second-round card. All three sit level atop The Renaissance Club as round two nears its final groups.

Defending champion Chris Gotterup has quietly climbed into a share of fourth at 8-under through 17 holes, drawing level with the already-complete rounds of Matt Fitzpatrick and Min Woo Lee, one shot back of the new co-leaders. The projected cut line has tightened to 1-under, a number that leaves Scottie Scheffler’s even-par finish two shots outside the weekend and pushes several more recognizable names toward the wrong side of the line as the second round winds down.

Round 2 Update: 2:30 PM ET

A three-way tie now sits atop the leaderboard after 36 holes, with Rory McIlroy closing out his round to join Jordan Smith and Tom Kim at 9-under apiece at The Renaissance Club. McIlroy’s finish caps a steady back-nine push that erased Smith’s overnight cushion, while Matt Fitzpatrick and Min Woo Lee have completed their own rounds a shot back at 8-under for a share of fourth.

The cut has finalized at 2-under at The Renaissance Club, and defending champion Chris Gotterup’s card is in the books at 7-under, leaving him just two shots off the new co-leaders and firmly alive to defend his title this weekend. Danny Willett and Wyndham Clark headline the group at 6-under, sitting just outside the top tier as the field resets for Saturday’s third round.

Round 3 Update: 7:10 AM ET

Thick sea fog has rolled in off the Firth of Forth and forced PGA Tour officials to suspend round three at The Renaissance Club, freezing the leaderboard before the tournament’s final pairing has even reached the first tee. Rory McIlroy, Tom Kim and Jordan Smith remain knotted together at 9-under overall, exactly where Friday’s second round left them, with their marquee 10:35 a.m. ET tee time now in limbo.

Matt Fitzpatrick and Min Woo Lee sit a shot back at 8-under, while defending champion Chris Gotterup and Robert MacIntyre headline a chase pack bunched at 7-under, still hoping for a runway of dry holes to make a move this weekend. No restart time has been announced yet, though tournament officials are monitoring conditions along the coast in hopes of getting groups back out before the weather window closes further.

Round 3 Update: 9:30 AM ET

The haar has finally lifted enough for officials to get groups back onto The Renaissance Club, and Saturday’s early wave hasn’t wasted the reprieve. Mac Meissner has been the biggest mover off the restart, playing his first holes in 3-under to jump into red figures for the tournament, while Jon Rahm has steadied his week with an even-par start and Viktor Hovland has slipped to 1-over through his opening holes.

None of the marquee names have teed off yet. Rory McIlroy and Matt Fitzpatrick are due out shortly after 10 a.m. ET, with fellow co-leaders Tom Kim and Jordan Smith to follow in the final pairing, while defending champion Chris Gotterup and Robert MacIntyre are both still waiting in the clubhouse on their delayed tee times. A lot of golf is about to happen in a short window once the leaders finally get moving.

Round 3 Update: 11:20 AM ET

The marquee grouping finally teed off shortly after 10 a.m. ET, and Rory McIlroy wasted little time making up for the fog delay, playing his first four holes in 2-under to move to 11-under and take a share of the outright lead the moment Tom Kim and Jordan Smith stepped to the first tee behind him in the anchor pairing. Matt Fitzpatrick has kept pace alongside McIlroy, rolling in a birdie at the par-5 first to reach 9-under and stay within striking distance of the co-leaders.

Defending champion Chris Gotterup and Robert MacIntyre are also back in action after the delay, with Gotterup opening steady pars to hold at 7-under while MacIntyre has slipped to 6-under following an early bogey. The Renaissance Club has dried out enough that officials don’t expect another weather stoppage, though the compressed Saturday schedule means the final groups are racing the clock to finish before dark.

Round 3 Update: 12:40 PM ET

Rory McIlroy has stretched his cushion at the top of the leaderboard, rolling in back-to-back birdies through his opening stretch to reach 12-under and open a three-shot gap over the chasing pack at The Renaissance Club. Playing partner Matt Fitzpatrick has matched him blow for blow through the same holes, holding at 10-under and refusing to let the gap widen any further as the pair’s anchor pairing works through the front nine.

Defending champion Chris Gotterup has finally found his rhythm, stringing together consecutive birdies to climb to 9-under and vault back into outright contention as the final groups make their own turns. Robert MacIntyre has answered his earlier bogey with one of his own to reach 7-under, while the compressed Saturday schedule — a product of the morning’s fog delay — has tournament officials watching the clock, though North Berwick’s long summer daylight gives every group a wide runway to finish.

Round 3 Update: 1:40 PM ET

Chris Gotterup’s charge hasn’t slowed down as he turns for the back nine, adding another birdie to reach 10-under and trim his deficit on Rory McIlroy to two shots at The Renaissance Club. McIlroy has settled into a more patient stretch after his early outburst, playing his middle holes in even par to hold steady at 12-under, while Matt Fitzpatrick has cooled off, dropping a shot to fall to 9-under and lose ground in the anchor pairing.

Robert MacIntyre has quietly climbed back into form of his own, stringing together three birdies on the front nine to reach 9-under and join Fitzpatrick in a share of third, giving the Scotsman a real chance to make noise in front of his home fans this weekend. The compressed Saturday schedule remains a factor with groups working quickly through the afternoon, but clear skies and firm greens have replaced the morning’s fog as conditions stay favorable for scoring down the stretch.

Round 3 Update: 2:50 PM ET

Robert MacIntyre has given the home galleries another reason to roar, rolling in his fourth birdie of the back nine to join Matt Fitzpatrick at 10-under and climb within two shots of the outright lead at The Renaissance Club. The Scotsman’s afternoon surge has turned Saturday into as much a MacIntyre story as a McIlroy-Gotterup one, with the crowd noise around North Berwick building with every closing hole.

Chris Gotterup has answered right back, converting a two-putt birdie on a closing par-5 to reach 11-under and cut his deficit on Rory McIlroy to a single shot. McIlroy has settled for pars through his last two holes to hold at 12-under, and with the final pairing working through the toughest stretch of the back nine, North Berwick’s long summer daylight leaves plenty of runway for the group to finish before a photo-finish Sunday.

Round 3 Update: 4:00 PM ET

Thick fog rolled back into North Berwick for the second time Saturday, forcing officials to suspend the third round for good at 7:55 p.m. local time with the leaderboard scrambled from where it stood hours earlier. Matt Fitzpatrick has seized control at The Renaissance Club, catching fire with four early birdies to reach 11-under and grab a share of the lead with Michael Thorbjornsen, while playing partner Rory McIlroy endured the exact opposite day — three bogeys, including a costly one on the par-5 7th, dropped him all the way back to 6-under and out of serious contention for now.

Defending champion Chris Gotterup has quietly worked his way back into the mix, sitting at 10-under alongside Wyndham Clark, Min Woo Lee, Jordan Smith and clubhouse leader Kevin Roy, who nearly matched the course record with a bogey-free 64. Robert MacIntyre and Tom Kim headline the group a shot further back at 9-under, still with holes to play when the horn sounded. Play resumes Sunday at 2 a.m. ET to finish round three, with the final round teeing off the same day no earlier than 5:15 a.m. ET — a doubleheader necessary to get the tournament in the books before The Open Championship prep begins at Royal Birkdale.

Round 4 Update: 7:30 AM ET

Robert MacIntyre gave the home galleries exactly what they wanted to close out round three, catching fire down the stretch to join Matt Fitzpatrick and Min Woo Lee in a three-way share of the 54-hole lead at 12-under at The Renaissance Club. The Scotsman’s finishing kick erased the deficit he was chasing when play resumed Sunday morning, turning the marquee storyline of the week into a genuine hometown title bid heading into the final round.

Defending champion Chris Gotterup rounded out his third round at 11-under alongside Michael Thorbjornsen and Tom Kim, leaving just one shot separating six players at the top of a wide-open leaderboard. Rory McIlroy’s rough third round is now official at 6-under for the tournament, six shots back and needing a special final 18 to factor into the outcome, while the final round has now teed off with threesomes working off the first tee at The Renaissance Club.

Round 4 Update: 8:20 AM ET

Kevin Roy has wasted no time making noise in the final round, rolling in back-to-back birdies through his opening four holes to climb within four shots of the lead as the earliest tee times work through The Renaissance Club’s front nine. Marcus Armitage and Andy Sullivan have also found red numbers early, part of a mid-morning chase pack looking to bank a number on the board before the marquee groups even reach the first tee.

Saturday’s three-way 54-hole co-leaders — Robert MacIntyre, Matt Fitzpatrick and Min Woo Lee, all at 12-under — are due off shortly in the final threesome of the day, with defending champion Chris Gotterup a shot back at 11-under in the second-to-last group. Rory McIlroy, six shots off the pace after his fog-hampered third round, will need something special from the earlier tee times to have any realistic shot at defending his 2023 title before the week is out.

Round 4 Update: 9:50 AM ET

Three trips to Royal Birkdale are on the line Sunday alongside the trophy, with several players just outside the exemption list treating the closing round as a de facto Open Championship qualifier. Kevin Roy has kept the pressure on early, adding a third birdie through his opening six holes to climb to 9-under, while Marcus Armitage has matched that pace with back-to-back birdies of his own to join the group chasing those final spots.

The marquee final threesome of Robert MacIntyre, Matt Fitzpatrick and Min Woo Lee has now reached the first tee, still deadlocked at 12-under, with defending champion Chris Gotterup a shot back at 11-under in the group just ahead. Rory McIlroy has opened his uphill final round with an early birdie to reach 7-under, a small step in the comeback he’ll need to make before the leaders even turn for home at The Renaissance Club.

Round 4 Update: 11:40 AM ET

Tom Kim has shrugged off a sour finish to his third round and grabbed the outright lead in the final round, running off back-to-back birdies through his first four holes to jump clear of Matt Fitzpatrick, Min Woo Lee and Robert MacIntyre at The Renaissance Club. It’s the first time all week Kim has held sole possession of the top spot, a reward for a stretch that saw him play 32 holes without a bogey before a late slip closed out Saturday’s round.

Rory McIlroy has delivered exactly the response his Saturday collapse demanded, ripping off five birdies across his first seven holes Sunday to erase most of the six-shot deficit he carried into the final round. A bogey at the ninth cooled him off just enough to leave him three back at the turn in a tie for seventh, but the momentum swing has been unmistakable given where his week stood 24 hours ago. Elsewhere, Viktor Hovland has quietly authored the round of the day, playing his first 17 holes in 6-under as he chases a backdoor finish before the leaders even reach the turn.

Round 4 Update: 11:50 AM ET

The leaderboard has bunched into a three-way logjam at 13-under, with Matt Fitzpatrick, Min Woo Lee and Tom Kim all sharing the top spot as the final group turns onto the back nine at The Renaissance Club. None of the trio has managed to pull away through the front side, trading birdies and momentum in a round that keeps refusing to settle before the tournament reaches its business end.

Rory McIlroy has turned Sunday into the round he needed all week, ripping off a 6-under front nine to sit just one shot outside the lead with five holes still to play. His putter has finally caught up with tee-to-green form that’s looked sharp for days, and a closing surge would complete one of the more dramatic turnarounds of his year — a legitimate threat to crash the leaders’ party before the trophy is handed out at The Renaissance Club.

Round 4 Update: 12:10 PM ET

Tom Kim’s solo lead didn’t survive long, with Matt Fitzpatrick and Min Woo Lee both birdieing the par-5 7th to pull level at 14-under and restore a three-way tie atop The Renaissance Club leaderboard. Johnny Keefer has quietly climbed into sole possession of fourth at 13-under, a shot clear of a chasing trio of Rory McIlroy, Keita Nakajima and Si Woo Kim at 12-under.

McIlroy’s back-nine surge has been the number to watch all morning, and eight birdies across his last 14 holes have him within two shots with only three left to play. The margin is thin enough that one more red number could force him into a playoff conversation, but with the top three separated by nothing and still playing, he needs at least one of them to slip before his round is over.

Round 4 Update: 12:50 PM ET

Tom Kim has reasserted himself as the outright leader, rolling in a birdie on the par-4 10th to reach 15-under and open a two-shot cushion after Matt Fitzpatrick and Min Woo Lee both dropped a shot on the par-4 8th to slide back to 13-under. The 24-year-old has never finished worse than a tie for 20th in four prior Scottish Open starts, and a win here would be his fourth career PGA Tour title.

Rory McIlroy’s furious comeback bid came up just short in the clubhouse, closing with a 6-under 64 to post 12-under after a costly bogey on 16 was answered by a birdie on 17 before a missed birdie look on 18 shut the door. It’s a fourth straight top-10 finish at this event for McIlroy, and while he won’t factor into today’s winner’s circle, he heads to Royal Birkdale for The Open Championship with real momentum in his game.

Round 4 Update: 1:20 PM ET

Tom Kim has turned Sunday into a runaway, draining a birdie on the par-5 12th to become the first player all week to reach 16-under and stretch his cushion to three shots. The 24-year-old is now working with real breathing room over a four-way logjam for second at 13-under that includes Matt Fitzpatrick and Min Woo Lee, both of whom need to match Kim’s number on the same hole just to stay within shouting distance.

Rory McIlroy’s furious final-round bid is complete, and it wasn’t quite enough — a 6-under 64 gets him into the clubhouse at 12-under for a fourth straight top-10 finish at this event, but it leaves him on the outside looking in with Kim now three clear and several holes still to play. Barring a late collapse from the leader, McIlroy heads to Royal Birkdale for The Open Championship without a Scottish Open trophy, though a week like this is the kind of form boost he wanted heading into a major.

Round 4 Update: 1:50 PM ET

Min Woo Lee has trimmed Tom Kim’s cushion to a single shot, drilling a delicate chip over the spine on the drivable par-4 14th to inside three feet and converting for birdie to reach 15-under. Matt Fitzpatrick answered right behind him, escaping a greenside pot bunker with a spectacular blast to three feet and matching the birdie to climb to 14-under, keeping himself two back and squarely alive in the chase.

Kim couldn’t add to his cushion on the same hole, missing a 10-foot birdie look on the right edge after driving through the green and settling for a par to hold at 16-under. It’s the kind of number that leaves the door cracked for the group behind him, with four holes remaining for the final trio to decide who walks away with the Genesis Scottish Open title and the Royal Birkdale momentum that comes with it.

Round 4 Update: 2:20 PM ET

Tom Kim answered the pressure right back, sticking a 4-iron from 205 yards to six feet on the tough par-4 16th and rolling in the putt to push his cushion back out to two shots at 17-under, the new low mark of the week at The Renaissance Club. It’s his sixth birdie of the final round, and if the 24-year-old closes it out, the 4-irons that produced birdies on both the 10th and 16th will headline the highlight reel from his fourth career PGA Tour win.

Robert MacIntyre gave the home crowd one last roar on the par-5 12th, ripping a driver off the deck from over 300 yards to set up an eagle putt that got him to 11-under — probably too little too late to catch Kim, but a signature moment nonetheless. Rory McIlroy’s furious final-round 64 is already in the books at 12-under for the clubhouse lead, while Min Woo Lee (15-under) and Matt Fitzpatrick (14-under) still have work to do down the stretch to catch the leader.

Round 4 Update: 2:50 PM ET

Tom Kim has his fourth PGA Tour title. The 24-year-old got up-and-down from just long of the 18th green for a closing par, sealing a bogey-free 6-under 64 and a two-shot win at 17-under over Min Woo Lee at The Renaissance Club. It’s Kim’s first win in three years and instantly the signature moment of a career that’s been searching for its old spark — a pair of towering 4-irons on the 10th and 16th set up the birdies that broke the tournament open, and his putter never blinked coming down the stretch.

Kim’s victory puts him in rare company: he’s now the fifth international-born player to win four PGA Tour titles before turning 25, joining Rory McIlroy, Sergio Garcia, Adam Scott and Hideki Matsuyama. Min Woo Lee’s late charge came up just short despite a terrific up-and-down out of the fescue on 16, while Matt Fitzpatrick and Robert MacIntyre’s final-group push never found enough separation to catch the runaway leader. The Genesis Scottish Open is in the books, and the field now turns its attention north to Royal Birkdale and next week’s Open Championship.