Overview
- The 2026 Genesis Scottish Open is due to start Thursday at The Renaissance Club with a 156‑player field that includes top stars such as Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and defending champion Chris Gotterup.
- Active LIV Golf players including Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton are in the field because their DP World Tour memberships and conditional releases cleared them to play in this PGA Tour co‑sanctioned event.
- Organizers reverted to the 2019 routing for the par‑70, 7,282‑yard course and are staging roughly a $9 million purse, making the week a heavy competitive tune‑up ahead of The Open at Royal Birkdale.
- The Scottish Open offers three Open Championship berths for non‑exempt finishers and carries points that feed both the FedExCup and Race to Dubai, intensifying its competitive stakes for players finalizing Open setups.
- Reports that Saudi backing for LIV is expected to end after this season have put the breakaway tour’s future in doubt, and Rahm said he has not been asked to invest personally, leaving player contracts and 2027 alignments uncertain.