Rory is the Story at Genesis Scottish 0pen...54 hole scoreboard.. Sunday TEE TIMES

 DP World /PGA Tour : Genesis Scottish Open Leaderboard Tee Times Weather

Rory McIlroy carded the joint lowest round of Saturday to join Chris Gotterup in a share of the lead at the Genesis Scottish Open.

McIlroy began Moving Day four shots behind the overnight leader, but he reeled in the American with a patient 66 to set the clubhouse target of -11 at the Renaissance Club.

Gotterup, who equaled the course record 61 on Friday, missed a lengthy birdie putt at the last for the outright lead as he signed for a level-par 70.

McIlroy spoke about his renewed optimism on his first event in Europe since completing the career Grand Slam with his emotional Masters Tournament victory in April.

He put himself in pole position for a fifth Rolex Series triumph before next week's Open Championship on home soil at Royal Portrush.

"It's my first realistic chance to win after the Masters, and I've had a great season," McIlroy said. "I won at Pebble. I won PLAYERS. I said this, when you do something that you've been dreaming your whole life to do, it was a huge moment in my life, my career.

"I think I just needed that little bit of time. And to be back here for last couple of weeks, and feel like I could actually digest all of it.

"I feel like I came to this tournament with renewed enthusiasm and excitement for the rest of the year.

Gotterup had three holes left to play, but he followed McIlroy home with pars after missing his birdie effort from 22 feet at the last.

"I know what I'm capable of. I've won before," Gotterup said. "Obviously different tournament. But I won in college and I've won before. So I know what it takes.

"It's going to take a good round for sure and I'm going to go give it my best.

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A sunny breezy Saturday at Genesis Scottish Open.. Rory tied for lead . 54 hole results

 DP World /PGA Tours : Genesis Scottish Open Leaderboard Tee Times Weather

It is another glorious sunny, slightly breezy day in East Lothian, Scotland, the locals all nursing their sunburns, in what has been a very dry spring, they are being called the Scottish Riviera jokingly by the press.

See all 3 of my links above for a live leaderboard, tee times and the weather.

FYI....I am watching from Toronto, the Live Feed on line via the DP World Tour website who have the great Sam Torrance, Dominik Holyer and Jamie Spence on course, they are part of the European Tour broadcast members like Ken Brown and Tony Johnstone, all steeped in the tradition left by Peter Alyss and Alex Hay amongst others. There is nobody in America comparable, especially while in the British Isles.

Canadians TEE TIMES

Nick Taylor T28 67 66, 73 -4 

Taylor Pendrith T21 67 69 69 -5

Corey Conners T61  70 69 71 E

Mac Hughes MC 68 73

Aaron Cockerill MC 73 71

Notables

Rory McIlroy T1 68 65 66 -11

Chris Gotterup T1  68 61 70 -11

Scott Scheffler T15 67 68 69 -6

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Brooke Henderson makes the cut Amundi Evian Championship ..Saturday TEE TIMES

  LPGA/LET: Amundi Evian Championship 

Leaderboard

Brooke Henderson just made the cut late Friday night at this version of the Amundi Evian Championship in Lake Geneva, France.

Scores of 73 71 +2 T59 was enough, with the cut fluctuating between +1 and +2 all day.

However she is far behind the leaders, Aussie Grace Kim 65 68 -10 and a Korean, Somi Lee 67 65 -10.

This is the 4th of 5 LPGA /LET majors. 

Bryan Angus 

Rory "shaking off some rust" Genesis Scottish Oen

 Rory McIlroy believes he has nearly shrugged off his ring rust after surging into contention at the Genesis Scottish Open.

The World Number Two is playing in Europe for the first time since completing the career Grand Slam following his Masters Tournament victory in April.

It is also his first start in nearly three weeks and following a conservative -2 68 during his opening round at the Renaissance Club, the Northern Irishman rolled in six birdies and a late bogey -5 65 to sit four shots at -7, adrift of clubhouse leader Chris Gotterup -11

Ahead of next week's Open Championship on home soil at Royal Portrush, the 36-year-old is confident he has shaken off any rustiness caused by inactivity as he aims to secure his fifth Rolex Series title in North Berwick.

"[Shaken off] most of it," McIlroy said. "There's still a few loose shots in there, but for the most part it was a good day.

"I holed a lot of putts. I did most things pretty well. So yeah, it was a good day for that, getting into contention and then seeing how your game holds up when you're in the thick of things, trying to win a golf tournament.

"I think that tells you a lot more about where you are than just the first two days of a tournament." 

McIlroy took advantage of calmer conditions on the East Lothian coastline course and birdied five of his first seven holes to move ominously up the leaderboard.

The wind picked up slightly as he reached the turn, but he still picked up a shot at the fifth to reach eight under.

However, he blotted his card when he pushed a short par putt right of the cup at the eighth, his penultimate hole, to slip back.

"I mean, the conditions this morning, I felt like if we didn't play the first nine in three for four under you're losing strokes to the field.

"I got off to a bit of a flier. The conditions were so benign this morning, hardly any wind, and the wind started to pick up a little bit on the back nine for us but still very, very manageable. It was nice to play in those conditions.

"Disappointing to drop one coming in there, but overall it's a really good score and puts me right into the thick of things going into the weekend.

"Overall, I thought it was a good day and obviously excited for the weekend right in the thick of things.

"In contention going into the last two days and you know that's where if there is anything you need to work on in your game, that's where it's going to show when you're under that sort of pressure trying to win a golf tournament. I'm looking forward to that."

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Chris Gotterup surprise leader Genesis Scottish Open... Saturday TEE TIMES

 DP World Tour/PGA Tour : Genesis Scottish Open Leaderboard  Tee Times Weather

Chris Gotterup rocketed to the top of the leaderboard following a sensational 61 to lead by two shots at the Genesis Scottish Open.

The American, who won the 2024 Myrtle Beach Classic on the PGA TOUR, was a relative unknown on these shores ahead of his arrival in East Lothian, but he grabbed the attention of the patrons with a flawless display and a red hot putter on Friday.

He began the second round four shots off the quartet of overnight leaders, however, the 25-year-old got his birdie blitz started with a 45-footer at the second before reaching the turn in a brilliant 29.

When he added three more birdies by the 14th hole, there were murmurs of the magical number 59 but he parred his way home to equal the course record at the Renaissance Club and set the target of -11

Gotterup's closest rival proved to be Harry Hall at -9, with English pair Matt Fitzpatrick, Marco Penge and Swede Ludvig Åberg one shot further back at -8 T3.

The laid back young American, who admitted to having trouble getting out of bed in the early hours due to the time change said "I'll take a nine-under any day. Relatively stress-free for the most part, which is always nice.

"Other than 16, I think I played really well today. I didn't do much wrong on 16. Just didn't make a birdie on a hole that you'd like to.

"Obviously I found a little something out there today, hopefully just keep it rolling this weekend."

He needed two birdies from his final four holes to become only the second player on the DP World Tour to sign for a 59, however, he could only par his way home for a -9 second round and -11.

Hall, who opened with a -3 67, moved up the leaderboard thanks to three successive birdies from the 14th. He stalled momentarily with a bogey at the second, but bounced back in style by picking up shots at the third, fourth, fifth and sixth for -6 64, to sit two adrift of Gotterup at -9

Fitzpatrick credited his improved iron striking for his blemish-free - 7 63 in North Berwick, while Penge mixed six birdies, a dropped shot and a double-bogey in his -3 67.

Åberg made a bogey-bogey start, but he bounced back with eight birdies before a closing five for 65, saw him slip back alongside Fitzpatrick and Penge  at -8

Playing the back nine first Rory McIlroy went out in -5 30 and briefly held the lead on his way to 65 -7 total  alongside American duo Keith Mitchell 67 and Jake Knapp 69, Austrian Sepp Straka 69, Canada's Nick Taylor 66 and German Matti Schmid 68.

edit *** 3 Canadians survived the cut which fell at -1. Nick Taylor T6 67 66 -7, Taylor Pendrith T27 67 69 -4, Corey Conners T65 70 69 -1

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edited**** Genesis Scottish Open.. McIlroy, Nick Taylor T4.. completed 36 hole results

 DP World Tour /PGA Tour : Genesis Scottish Open Leaderboard  Tee Times Weather

With his full A game on display Rory McIlroy has taken advantage of the lovely early morning conditions in East Lothian, Scotland to post a bogey free front 9 of 30 strokes on the Renaissance Club, birdies at 10,12 14,15,16. 

With pin point accuracy he birdied 2/3 par 3's, but began his day on the par 5 10th with a 370 yard drive down the fairway, his 220 yard approach to 19 feet, narrowly missing that putt for eagle 3.

However it was a story of two nines, with a birdie and a lone bogey coming in to sign for -5 65 and a -7 total T4.

WEATHER .. Mostly sunny, 21*c  breeze 4-8mph NE. The wind picks up with the incoming tide to 12-18 this afternoon.  Weather

Leaderboard note *** American Chris Gotterup birdied 6 /9 holes to go out in 29, added another at #10 to take the lead on -7, he finished with -9 61 to take the lead  at -11 after 36 holes

Harry Hall 67 64 -9 2nd

Matt Fitzpatrick 69 63 -8, Ludvig Aberg 67 65 -8, Marco Penge 65 67 -8 all T3rd

edit *** with the wind up as expected the late wave is clearly struggling compared to the early. eg Scott Scheffler was only -1 thru 13 holes. Watch the cut line at -1

Canadians today. (cut fell -1)

Nick Taylor T4 67, 66 -7   A fine bogey free, 4 birdie morning has him right in the mix.

Taylor Pendrith T23 67 69, -4  Pendy may rue -1 in the ideal scoring conditions this morning

Mac Hughes 68, 73 MC

Corey Conners 70 69 -1

Aaron Cockerill 73 71 MC

Notables

Scott Scheffler T21 67 68 -5

Ludvig Aberg T2  67 64 -9

Xander Schauffele T13 68 66 -6

Adam Scott T38  69 68 -3

On the number T64 -1

Robert MacIntyre 68 71 

Justin Thomas 69 70

Corey Conners 70 69

Paddy Harrington 67 72

Missed Cut E par

Mac Hughes 68 73

JJ Spaun 70 72

Colin Morikawa 68 76 

Aaron Cockerill 73 71 made a 40 foot birdie 2 on his last hole in Scotland..

Bryan Angus

Four atop Scottish Open.. Canadians in contention Round 1 results, Friday TEE TIMES

 DP World Tour : Genesis Scottish Open  Leaderboard  Tee Times  Weather

Nico Echavarria, Jake Knapp, Sepp Straka and Victor Perez could not be separated as they held a one-shot lead at the Genesis Scottish Open.

There was slight wind off the East Lothian coastal course on Thursday, but the high quality field made light work to create a logjammed leaderboard at the Renaissance Club in the second Rolex Series event of the season.

Colombian Echavarria was the first player in the clubhouse house at -6 before American Knapp and Austria's Straka joined him with their respective 64s.

Frenchman Perez was the only afternoon starter to reach that mark, with 28 players sitting within three shots of the leading quartet after 18 holes.

"It's Thursday. You can enjoy seeing yourself up on the leaderboard," Echavarria said. "Overall, it was fun. Our group played very well.

"It's good when your playing partner is playing good so you can see how there's a lot of birdies out there."

Knapp the young American made a rapid start in North Berwick, holing birdies from five feet at the first and third before a brilliant 45-foot effort at the fourth saw him move to -3. 

"Definitely can't complain," Knapp said. "I think it tests a little bit of everything and obviously you can hit what you think is a decent shot and it can bounce somewhere and go somewhere funky. So you have to be able to roll with the punches."

European Ryder Cup winner Straka made his bid for a maiden Rolex Series title by birdieing his first two holes at the tenth and 11th.

The Austrian sat two off the lead with another two, from the 15th and it soon got better for the World Number Ten. He improved his score with birdies at the third and fourth, and when he rolled from 13 feet to complete the hat-trick of birdies at the fifth, he was the outright leader at -7

However, Straka bogeyed his next two holes to slip one back, only to chip in at the eighth - his penultimate hole - to card his 64.

He said: "It's a little bit unpredictable and it puts you in spots where you may be a little bit uncomfortable, and you hit shots that you normally wouldn't hit. I think that's what makes it the most fun."

Perez has not been in the winner's enclosure since winning the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championships in 2023, but home comforts seemed to help the Dundee-based golfer. He lives with a Scottish dental student from Dundee, Abigail Gliksten

The 32-year-old picked up shots at the 14th, 15th and 16th before holing from 25 feet at the last to get to -6

"I've always kind of enjoyed keeping the ball down and long putts from off the green," Perez said. "I think it may play in my hand a little bit better with what I'm good at. So, yeah, enjoyed a very good first day, but a lot of golf left."

Calum Hill led the Scottish challenge, sitting one adrift at -5 of the leaders alongside German pair Marcel Siem and Matti Schmid and Englishman Marco Penge.

Norway's Viktor Hovland carded his first flawless round at this event to sit with South Korean Tom Kim, New Zealand's Ryan Fox and American duo Wyndham Clark and Keith Mithell in a share for ninth at -4

edit **** Nick Taylor and Taylor Pendrith lead the Canadian contingent at -3 67, next is Mac Hughes -2 68. Corey Conners got in at E 70 and then Aaron Cockerill the DP World Tour regular is at +3 73.

The cut is projected at -1.

Rory McIlroy made bogey 5 on his opening hole, ending up out in E 35, and with a bogey  at the 15th it was looking like a dull start to his week, however 3 straight closing birdies gave the crowd something to cheer about, in at -2 68.

The European broadcast team Sam Torrance and Dominik Holyer were left to apologize for the profane language of the man they were calling "the world's best golfer" Scott Scheffler who despite his #1 status had some trouble reading the speed and slopes of the seaside greens of the Renaissance Club. He is in at -3 67 none the less.

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LPGA Amundi Evian Championship, Brooke Henderson T81..Round 1 results/ Friday TEE TIMES

 LPGA/LET: Amundi Evian Championship 

Leaderboard

Round 1 is complete in Evans-Les-Bains France, on the Lake Geneva resort in the foothills of the Alps for this beautifully located, LPGA major.

I can tell you Charley Hull collapsed twice before being carted off on a stretcher, apparently suffering from a virus.

The 1st round  leaders at -6 65 are, Aussie Gabby Ruffels, American Andrea Lee, Ireland's Leona Maguire. American Jennifer Kupcho and Aussie Grace Kim

Brooke M. Henderson of Canada watches her tee shot on the second hole during the first round of the Meijer LPGA Classic golf tournament, Thursday, June 13, 2024, in Belmont, Mich. (Al Goldis/AP)

The projected cut line is +1

Canada's Brooke Henderson, a former champion in 2022, is well back in a T81 +2 73 playing in her 10th Amundi-Evian.

Bryan Angus

Round 1 wrapping up mainly sunny skies, Genesis Scottish Open... live leaderboard

 DP World Tour/ PGA Tour: Genesis Scottish Open   Leaderboard  

You can watch live coverage here by clicking on the link above on the DP World Tour website. You will enjoy the subtle excellence of the European Tour broadcast team with Dom Holyer, Sam Torrance and Jamie Spence on course while they are on line broadcasting live.

Here is the link to the all important weather forecast for the week. Weather  

Play began under partly sunny skies with a breeze W 12-18mph. It will become windy as the tide comes in this afternoon W 18-22mph. 

The leaderboard with the late wave getting near the end of their round par 70 Renaissance Club.

Clubhouse Leaders: Columbian, Nico Echavarria 64 American, Jake Knapp 64, Austrian, Sepp Straka 64 and Frenchman Victor Perez all -6.

Marcel Siem veteran German, countryman Matti Schmid and Calum Hill, Scotland, in the clubhouse -5 65.

Canadians 

Taylor Pendrith -3 67

Nick Taylor -3 67

Mac Hughes  -2 68 

Corey Conners E 70 

Aaron Cockerill +3 73

Notables

Rory McIlroy -2 68

Bob MacIntyre -2 68 

Collin Morikawa -2 68

Xander Schauffele -2 68

Scott Scheffler -3 67

Ludvig Aberg -3 67

Viktor Hovland -4 66

Ryan Fox -4 66

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There are two alternate PGA/DP World Tour events. details, TEE TIMES

 While the focus of the world of golf is on the British Isles over the next two weeks, some players from the DP World Tour are preparing themselves for a double-header in the United States on the PGA TOUR.

Held in parallel with the Genesis Scottish Open this week, the ISCO Championship will feature a field of PGA TOUR and DP World Tour members as part of the Strategic Alliance between both tours.

For those players not exempt into the second Rolex Series event of the Race to Dubai season, opportunity beckons stateside.

Fifty DP World Tour members, featuring a mix of seasoned stars and emerging talent from the HotelPlanner Tour and Qualifying School, will tee it up at Hurstbourne Country Club in Louisville, Kentucky.

edit *** There are also 3 Canadians, Adam Hadwin, Adam Svensson and Ben Silverman. To see the ISCO Championship entry list in full, click here.

Last year, the tournament was won by England's Harry Hall, who subsequently took up DP World Tour membership and recently came through qualifying to secure his Open Championship debut next week.

After nine editions at Keene Trace Golf Club, this is the first to be staged at Hurstbourne Country Club.

At both the ISCO Championship and next week's Barracuda Championship, which runs in parallel to The 153rd Open, on the Closing Swing, players from both sides of the Atlantic are vying for a US$4 million purse.

To see the Barracuda Championship entry list in full, click here. 

The Tahoe Mt. Club in Truckee, California will be the host, it uses a Modified Stableford scoring system and was won by Nick Dunlap last season.

The tournament represents one of the last chances for players to earn FedEx Cup points for the fast-approaching Playoffs.

The winner will also be exempt on both Tours through 2027 (through 2026 on PGA TOUR for non-members).

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4 Canadians join Cockerill at Genesis Scottish Open.. TEE TIMES

 DP World Tour : Genesis Open Tee Times

Aaron Cockerill now 33 toils as the lone Canuck on the DP World Tour, #92 Race to Dubai, 331 owgr. The Teulon, Manitoba native now has a home in Dubai to make travel easier for his wife Chelsea and daughter Addison.

This week he welcomes the Canadian flags of Corey Conners, Mac Hughes, Taylor Pendrith and Nick Taylor in a 5 strong Canadian contingent in North Berwick on the Renaissance Club which is on a parcel of land adjacent to Muirfield. 

It's a rare trip to the UK for the 4 regulars on the PGA Tour circuit, they are here with the 153rd Open in mind next week at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland.

Group 10 8.39  1st      Mac Hughes, Nacho Elvira, Elvis Smylie

Group 13 9.12  1st      Aaron Cockerill, Max McGreevy, Kim Hongtaek

Group 19 7.55 10th    Corey Conners, Padraig Harrington, Calum Hill

Group 43 12.48 10th  Taylor Pendrith, Kevin Yu, Julian Guerrier 

Group 45 13.10 10th   Nick Taylor, Keith Mitchell, Adrian Otaegui

The locals will love the return of defending champion, Scotland's Bob MacIntyre, and world #2 Rory McIlroy the 2023 winner, along with a truly International field, not usual for a regular DP World Tour event.

This is the 2nd of the 5 premier Rolex events, a purse of $9,000,000.

Bryan Angus

Genesis Scottish Open : What a week..

 The second Rolex Series event of the season kicks off the Closing Swing as the DP World Tour heads to the Renaissance Club for the Genesis Scottish Open.

Marvelous MacIntyre

Robert MacIntyre alongside father Dougie, who caddied during his victory at the RBC Canadian Open. Image: Shutterstock.

There were magical scenes 12 months ago in North Berwick as Robert MacIntyre won his home open, a year on from having his heart broken by Rory McIlroy. 

In 2023, MacIntyre played a stunning shot into the last to card a 64 and lead by one before McIlroy birdied the 17th and 18th - the latter with a stunning approach of his own - to snatch the trophy.

But the man known as Bob would not be denied again, coming from three shots back on the back nine to birdie the last and get to -18, becoming the first Scottish winner of the Genesis Scottish Open in the Rolex Series era. 

"I've put a lot of work into this," he said. "I've changed a lot within the team and I've just worked hard. I wanted the Scottish Open. The crowd has been unbelievable. The crowd support, the support of the Scottish people from 2017, 2018, 2019, the support has been unbelievable. Close last year but I had my chance here at the end and I just kept saying to myself, 'just take a chance, take a chance'. I took it. I can't believe it."

Rolex Series returns

After a six-month break since the Hero Dubai Desert Classic, the Rolex Series is back on the DP World Tour this week. The Genesis Scottish Open is the second of five Rolex Series events in 2025, with the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth Club and the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship and DP World Tour Championship - which make up the DP World Tour Play-Offs - to come

Scotland's national open is one of just three events to feature in every season of the Rolex Series since its inception in 2017, with Rafa Cabrera Bello, Brandon Stone, Bernd Wiesberger, Aaron Rai, Min Woo Lee, Xander Schauffele, McIlroy and MacIntyre all adding their name to the trophy.

Closing Swing begins

The Closing Swing - the fifth and final Global Swing of the 2025 Race to Dubai - gets under way this week with plenty on the line. The winner of the Swing will gain entry into every event in Phase Two of the season - the Back 9 - as well as a US$200,000 bonus, with a place in the field at the BMW PGA Championship also available to the highest-ranked player in the Swing Rankings not already exempt.

PGA TOUR stars on show

This is the fourth edition of the Genesis Scottish Open to be co-sanctioned with the PGA TOUR and a host of that circuit's biggest names are making their way to East Lothian. 

World Number One Scottie Scheffler leads the overseas charge and he will be joined by 2022 champion Xander Schauffele and fellow two-time Major Champion Collin Morikawa. Recent U.S. Open winner JJ Spaun is also in the field, meaning all four reigning Major champions will tee it up this week. 

The event's place on the calendar the week before The Open Championship has long brought PGA TOUR stars to Scotland, with then-reigning Open champion Tom Lehman lifting the trophy in 1997 and Phil Mickelson winning in 2013 before going on to lift the Claret Jug seven days later.

A route to Portrush

edit*** It is also a glittering week for tennis fans, with the historic Wimbledon championships reaching their climax in London with full TV coverage capturing every moment, before attention swings to the 153rd Open at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland, with native son Rory McIlroy carrying the hopes of his nation.

This week is the final event of the The Open Qualifying Series and the final chance for players to earn their place in the field at the final major Championship of the season at Royal Portrush. The leading three players not already exempt will tee it up in Northern Ireland next week.

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DP World Tour : Winners on conclusion of the European Swing....

 With the DP World Tour making a quick transition from one Global Swing to another, here is all you need to know at the conclusion of the European Swing.

Reitan clinches Swing success

Norwegian Kristoffer Reitan is unlikely to forget his past two-month spell of golf in a hurry.

Ahead of the Turkish Airlines Open in May, he was 37th in the Race to Dubai Rankings but has since enjoyed a stellar stretch of results - highlighted by his maiden DP World Tour victory at the Soudal Open.

Starting the final round in Belgium nine shots adrift of the lead, he carded a stunning course-record 62 that saw him play his way into a play-off which he then won to become just the second Norwegian - after Viktor Hovland - to win on Golf's Global Tour.

His ability to go low was further underlined when he carded a 60 - the low 18 hole score of the season so far - to finish in a tie for second a week later in Austria.

Across his six appearances in the Swing, he won, finished second, added another top five and finished no worse than a tie for 46th as he amassed more than €785,000 in prize money.

As winner of the European Swing, Reitan earns entry into every event in Phase Two of the 2025 Race to Dubai - the Back 9 - along with a US$200,000 bonus.

Reitan can also look forward to a debut appearance at The Open later this month, with John Parry, Haotong Li, Daniel Hillier and Shaun Norris all securing spots at Royal Portrush as the leading five players on the Race to Dubai Rankings not otherwise exempt.

 1. Turkish Airlines Open

The action on the European Swing began at Regnum Carya as the Turkish Airlines Open made its return to the DP World Tour schedule after a six-year absence

After four top-ten finishes since graduating from the HotelPlanner Tour, Martin Couvra had already caught the eye but he underlined his potential with a brilliant performance to claim his first DP World Tour title and first as a professional, after winning on the HotelPlanner Tour as an amateur in 2023.

2. Soudal Open

Following the second Major Championship of the season at the US PGA Championship, Belgium was the location for another HotelPlanner Tour graduate to claim his first DP World Tour title. Nine shots adrift of the lead heading into the final round at Rinkven International, the likelihood of Kristoffer Reitan claiming victory appeared slim but he closed with a stunning course-record 62 before edging out Ewen Ferguson and Darius van Driel in a play-off to lift the trophy and join Viktor Hovland as just the second winner from Norway on the DP World Tour.

3.  Austrian Alpine Open 

After a four-year absence from the schedule, the DP World Tour returned to Austria where the trend of HotelPlanner Tour graduates securing maiden DP World Tour titles continued. Marcel Schneider may have led the way after days one to three, but it was fellow German Nicolai von Dellingshausen who was the one entering the winner's circle for the first time.

4.  KLM Open

As the fourth oldest championship in Europe, the KLM Open boasts a stellar roll call of champions including greats of European golf Seve Ballesteros, Bernhard Langer, José María Olazábal and Colin Montgomerie. 

Right from the off Connor Syme seemed to be on song, opening with a 65 before a third-round 66 saw him open up a two-shot lead. Despite the strong winds and rain in the final round, the Scot saw off playing partner Joakim Lagergren to seal his breakthrough win in his 182nd appearance on the DP World Tour.

5.  Italian Open

After the U.S. Open and then an off week in the Race to Dubai schedule, the action resumed in Tuscany as the DP World Tour made a first visit to Argentario Golf Club. Part of The Open Qualifying Series, there was plenty to play for at the Italian Open with a DP World Tour title and two places into The Open at stake.

 Adrien Saddier emerged triumphant as he carded a back nine 30 to become the fifth first-time winner on the DP World Tour in five events on the European Swing. Playing in his 200th event, he held off countryman Couvra to lift the title as the French pair sealed spots at Royal Portrush.

6. BMW International Open

There was great intrigue ahead of the Swing climax as a strong field assembled in Germany. Such was the depth of international talent on show, it was no surprise that there was plenty of low scoring.

It was English pair Daniel Brown and Jordan Smith who set up a final-round duel, with the former emerging the victor as a flawless 66 helped him claim his second DP World Tour title with a two-shot victory.

edit **** Now the golfing world arrives in the the UK. With the Wimbledon fortnight entering it's 2nd week in London it is a glittering time of the summer for sports fans across Britain and indeed around the world.

The relatively new Renaissance Club on land acquired by its American owners, adjacent to Muirfield, will once again host the Genesis Scottish Open this week with Rory McIlroy returning to action, Robert McIntyre defending his title, and a slew of International stars including Scottie Scheffler in attendance. 

Then the 153rd Open hosted on those venerable links of Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland.

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