Links season is upon us and it’s a huge week at the Renaissance Club for the co-sanctioned Genesis Scottish Open on both the PGA and DP World Tours.
Xander Schauffele defends the title as Scotland’s national open heads to Renaissance for the fifth consecutive year. A total of 156 of the PGA and DP World Tour’s finest players will grace the East Lothian links to try and win the Rolex Series title and get their games trending into next week’s 151st Open Championship at Royal Liverpool.
Eight of the world’s top 10 line up in the stacked field, including TaylorMade athletes World No.1 Scottie Scheffler and World No.3 Rory McIlroy.
Here we take a look at five TaylorMade staffers to look out for this week in Scotland…
Genesis Scottish Open Key Info
| Course | Renaissance Club, East Lothian, Scotland |
| Yardage/Par | 7,237 yards/Par 70 |
| Dates | 13-16 July, 2023 |
| Defending champion | Xander Schauffele (-7) |
5 Players To Watch At The Genesis Scottish Open
Scottie Scheffler
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- World Ranking: 1
- PGA Tour wins: 6
View Scottie Scheffler What’s in the bag?
The World No.1 is playing phenomenal golf this year and he may even be disappointed with the fact that he has ‘only’ won two tournaments.
Scheffler defended the WM Phoenix Open and then won the Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass.
He hasn’t finished outside of the top-five since April and incredible he hasn’t placed outside of the top 12 since October.
Rory McIlroy
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- World Ranking: 3
- PGA Tour wins: 23
View Rory McIlroy What’s in the bag?
McIlroy is back at the Scottish Open after skipping it last year, with the Northern Irishman hoping to get his game trending heading into Hoylake.
The four-time Major champion came so close to winning the US Open last month and then posted a T7 at the designated Travelers Championship, where he made his first ever hole-in-one.
His last five results read T7-T7-T9-2-T7. Will he get a ‘1’ over the next two weeks? It’s likely!
Rickie Fowler
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- World Ranking: 21
- PGA Tour wins: 6
View Rickie Fowler What’s in the bag?
What a year it has been for Rickie. He is back in the winner’s circle for the first time since February 2019, shot 62 in the US Open and is up to 21st in the world. He’s also now likely to feature for Team USA at the Ryder Cup in Rome, something that looked off the table at the end of 2022 when he was outside of the world’s top 100.
The talented American looks close to his best and he’s surely going to…
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