Overview
- Play started at The Renaissance Club on Thursday after organizers re-routed the course to a par 70 at 7,282 yards with the two nines flipped to produce a more dramatic finish.
- The new routing moves the former par-3 6th to play as the 15th with added spectator seating to make it a stadium hole, a change players including Jon Rahm and Viktor Hovland have publicly praised.
- Tee times and pairings were released for Round 1 with two-tee starts across the opening two days and marquee groups such as Rory McIlroy with Robert MacIntyre and Chris Gotterup and Scottie Scheffler with Tommy Fleetwood and Matt Fitzpatrick.
- The event features a deep, co-sanctioned field that includes top PGA Tour and DP World Tour players plus some eligible LIV Golf participants, and it carries a $9 million purse with $1,575,000 for the winner.
- Broadcasts are available across Sky Sports, Golf Channel and streaming on the ESPN app/PGA Tour Live while the Scottish Open also serves as an Open Qualifying Series event and a final chance to tune links play before Royal Birkdale next week.