PGA/DP World Tours : ISCO Championship Leaderboard Tee Times
Canadians
T7 Adam Svensson -5 65
T13 Mac Hughes -4 66
T13 AJ Ewart -4 66
T24 Adam Hadwin -3 67
T24 Ben Silverman -3 67
T80 Taylor Pendrith E 70
There is a 4way tie for the lead at -7 63 at the Hurstbourne GC, Louisville, Kentucky
Lucas Glover, Steven Fisk, Stephan Jaeger, Troy Merritt
WEATHER
Overcast skies 29*c wind 10km/h SW with 55% chance of light rain in the early morning 7am clearing out to 7% by 10am.
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DP WORLD Tour/PGA Tour : Genesis Scottish Open Tee Times Leaderboard
Former champions Rory McIlroy and Bernd Wiesberger were part of a five-way tie for the lead on a packed leaderboard after day one of the Genesis Scottish Open.
On a day of glorious sunshine and calm wind at The Renaissance Club, the pair – who have six Rolex Series titles between them – carded rounds of 65 to get to -5 and join South Korea’s Tom Kim and American Patrick Cantlay at the summit.
They were all briefly passed by Rasmus Højgaard as the twilight began to set in on the East Lothian coast but the Dane could not hold on and he too finished the day at 65.
There was then a group of seven players one shot off the lead at -4 made up of five-time Major winner Brooks Koepka, fellow Americans Kurt Kitayama, Andrew Novak and Michael Thorbjornsen, Australian Min Woo Lee and rising DP World Tour stars Angel Ayora and Oliver Lindell who all shot 66.
McIlroy revealed this week that he was learning to love The Renaissance Club and his 13 consecutive rounds in the 60s are testament to that.
Starting on the tenth, he sandwiched three birdies with bogeys on the tenth and 18th before an eagle on the first from 18 feet truly sparked his round into life.
"I thought for the most part, I played well," he said. "I felt like I drove the ball particularly well and I started to see that at Shinnecock as well a couple of weeks ago.
"A continuation of putting the ball in play and then once I do that, I feel like I can attack courses and I can set up scoring opportunities. I did that today.
"Overall, good to get my first round of competitive golf on a links golf course, and it's obviously a great start to the tournament."
Wiesberger was as low as 380th in the world earlier in the year but he is beginning to show signs of the form that saw him win this event and finish third on the Race to Dubai in 2019.
“I'm in a really good place,” said the man who finished third in Munich last week. “I had a couple of rough years and worked my way through it.
“Right now, golf feels really nice and easy and now I'll take as many rounds that feel like this as I can.
“I feel like I'm playing good and got another win under my belt. Last week I finished high in Munich. Nice and comfortable. Hopefully it doesn't go by too quickly but golf is fun right now.”
Højgaard has not played any competitive golf since the end of May said, “The score certainly was good today from where I was on the course,” he said. “I think I saw most of the course today. Yeah, I'm happy to sign for minus one.
“There's some really good things going on. I would just like to hit some more fairways. Head to the range, hit a few drivers and see if I can narrow it in a little bit.”
Kim announced himself on the world stage at this event when he finished third in 2022 and has played every year since with a worst result of tied-17th.
And he once again showed his affinity for the Renaissance, carding six birdies, including four in his last seven holes and a single bogey.
Ryder Cup star Cantlay finished fourth at this event in 2022 and he went round bogey-free with gains on the 11th, 13th, 16th, 18th and first.
There were then 14 players two shots off the lead at -3 including local hero and 2024 champion Robert MacIntyre, fellow Scot Calum Hill, Major Champion Danny Willett and Ryder Cup stars Tommy Fleetwood and Matt Fitzpatrick all with 67
EDIT>>> Canadian scores, T3 Corey Conners -3 67, T27 Sudarshan Yellamaraju -2 68, T72 Nick Taylor E 70
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LPGA/LET : Amundi Evian Championship
DP WORLD Tour/PGA Tour : Genesis Scottish Open Tee Times Leaderboard
It is a star studded field this week at the Renaissance Club that shares some of the Scottish coastline with the Honorable Company of Golfers at Muirfield between the village of Gullane and North Berwick.
Rory and most of his Ryder Cup team mates are playing, Bob MacIntyre leads the Scottish contingent and Scheffler has made a rare trip outside USA to defend his Open Championship next week.
Canadians
Group 25 9.01 10th Sudarshan Yellamaraju, Keita Nakajima, Okie Strydom
Group 31 12.59 1st Nick Taylor, Harris English, Jordan Smith
Group 45 13.10 10th Corey Conners, Dan Brown, Joel Gumberg
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WEATHER : There is a favourable forecast, partly sunny for the week with very little rain, 20 -24*c, winds W 16km/h Thursday and Friday changing to NE Saturday and Sunday.
So no howling wind and rain for this year.
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PGA/DP World Tours : ISCO Championship Entry List
All you need to know about this week's ISCO Championship which forms part of a double-header alongside the Genesis Scottish Open on the DP World Tour.
The ISCO Championship is the first of back-to-back events where DP World Tour stars can go and test their game on the PGA TOUR.
Since 2022, as part of the DP World Tour and PGA TOUR's Strategic Alliance, the event has offered DP World Tour members not in the field for the Genesis Scottish Open the chance to compete in the United States.
Here, we take a look at what it is all about ahead of a potentially life-changing week.
The event began life in 2015 as the Barbasol Championship, the PGA TOUR's alternate event running alongside The Open Championship. It held that space in the schedule until 2021 and was won by Scott Piercy, Aaron Baddeley, Grayson Murray, Troy Merritt, Jim Herman and Séamus Power.
It joined the DP World Tour schedule in 2022 and became the alternate event for the now co-sanctioned Genesis Scottish Open, with Trey Mullinax being the first winner of the DP World Tour era.
Swede Vincent Norrman was the winner in 2023 and the following year the Barbasol Championship became the ISCO Championship, with Harry Hall spectacularly chipping in on the third play-off hole to claim victory and a DP World Tour card.
American William Mouw was the winner in 2025.
Traditionally staged in the United States' south, this will be the second year that Hurstbourne Country Club in Louisville, Kentucky has hosted the event.
The 7,056-yard, par-70 Championship Course was originally designed by Chick Adams, with a redesign and renovation by Keith Foster in 2004.
The spectacular clubhouse is a former farmhouse that was first expanded into a 60-room mansion before taking on its current role.
The first three editions of the event were held at RJT Trail Grand National in Alabama before it moved to Kentucky and Keene Trace Golf Club from 2018-2014.
The prizes on offer this week are potentially life-changing, with the champion gaining a winner's exemption on both the DP World Tour and PGA TOUR and a place in the field for the 2027 US PGA Championship.
Also at stake are points on both the Race to Dubai and the FedEx Cup, as well as a US$4,000,000 purse.
There are 3,500 Race to Dubai points and 300 FedEx Cup points up for grabs, while the event is also the second of five on the DP World Tour's Closing Swing.
The player who tops the Swing Rankings after the Nexo Championship in August will gain entry into all events on the Back 9 and a US$200,000 bonus.
The leading player on the swing not already exempt will also earn a place in the field at the BMW PGA Championship.
There are 50 places in the field available to DP World Tour players and a host of emerging stars and established names have made their way across the Atlantic.
Dane Jacob Skov Olesen and China's Wenyi Ding are both playing in just their second seasons on Tour but have made big impacts so far and are seeking maiden wins.
Multiple winners Jorge Campillo, Rafa Cabrera Bello, Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Richie Ramsay, Brandon Stone, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Renato Paratore and James Morrison are also in action, while Marcus Helligkilde continues his return from injury.
Add in the likes of Brandon Robinson Thompson, Romain Langasque, Marcus Kinhult and Sebastian Söderberg and the DP World Tour challenge could be a strong one.
EDIT >>>>> There are 6 Canadians in the field Mac Hughes, Taylor Pendrith, Adam Hadwin, AJ Ewart, Adam Svensson, Ben Silverman
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DP World /PGA Tour : Genesis Scottish Open Entry List
The Rolex Series returns as we head to The Renaissance Club for the 8th time, par 70 7282yds, for the PGA TOUR co-sanctioned Genesis Scottish Open.
Chris Gotterup showed calmness and quality to hold off Rory McIlroy by two shots and claim his first DP World Tour and Rolex Series title 12 months ago. That started a run of 4 wins on the PGA Tour culminating in the John Deere Classic last weekend. He has risen from relative obscurity to the world #7 in that time.
The 25-year-old shared the third-round lead with the World Number Two and the pair went toe-to-toe on Sunday. McIlroy led by one at the fifth but after a birdie at the eighth, he endured a barren run of ten straight pars to open the door for his American rival.
Gotterup took full advantage with birdies at the eighth, tenth and 12th to open up a two-shot lead, only to bogey the 15th. However, he bounced back with a birdie at the next to re-establish his lead before parring his way home.
"I just hung in there tight and tried to keep it together," he said. "Held it together really well and then it was so much fun out there. It's all hitting me. It's just so cool. I played really well this week, and I knew today was going to be tough. I hung in there like a champ and finished it off in style."
Scotland's national open has long attracted a global field but since its co-sanctioning with the PGA TOUR in 2022 it has become a truly world-class spectacular.
World Numbers One and Two Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy (T2 T4 1st last 3 starts here) headline the field and they are joined by fellow reigning Major champions Rai (2020 winner) and Wyndham Clark.
MacIntyre (2nd 2023, 1st 2024) will once again be expected to lead the home charge, in a field that features 11 of the 12 Europeans who won the Ryder Cup at Bethpage last year.
Race to Dubai Rankings leader Patrick Reed will be hoping to take a step closer to the year-long title while fellow challengers and multiple 2026 winners Eugenio Chacarra, Jayden Schaper and Casey Jarvis also tee it up.
Five-time Major champion Brooks Koepka returns to the event for the first time in 11 years, with further Major winners in the field including Shane Lowry, Adam Scott, Gary Woodland, Francesco Molinari, Pádraig Harrington who just won the US Senior Open for the 3rd time, Brian Harman, Justin Thomas, J.J. Spaun and Schauffele.
This week sees the second Rolex Series event of the season as the blue riband tournaments return on the DP World Tour.
The first of the season saw Patrick Reed win the Hero Dubai Desert Classic and there will be further Rolex Series events at the BMW PGA Championship and DP World Tour Play-Offs with the Abu Dhabi Championship and DP World Tour Championship.
The events bring enhanced prize money and points, with a prize fund of US$9,000,000 and 8,000 Race to Dubai points on offer.
The Genesis Scottish Open has been part of the Rolex Series since the Series began in 2017 and since then has been won by Rafa Cabrera Bello, Brandon Stone, Bernd Wiesberger, Aaron Rai, Min Woo Lee, Xander Schauffele, McIlroy, Robert MacIntyre and Gotterup.
This season, the Championship layout at The Renaissance Club has been rerouted to build an exciting closing stretch for both players and fans.
At the heart of the changes, the fan-favourite par three sixth hole, The Thistle, now becomes the 15th hole, flanked by two par-fours, the new 14th and 16th holes. To facilitate the change, the two nines are switching, with the final two holes on each nine remaining the same.
There is entry into not one but two Major Championships on offer this week in East Lothian.
If the victor is not already exempt, then they will not only receive the trophy but also an invitation to the 2027 Masters Tournament at Augusta National, with Gotterup the first player to take advantage of this new pathway last year.
Scotland's national open has long provided routes into The Open Championship and this year is no different with it being the final event of the Open Qualifying Series. To earn a place at Royal Birkdale a player must make the cut and be one of the top three players not already exempt, with the Official World Golf Ranking used as a tie-breaker.
The height of the golfing summer brings with it the start of the Closing Swing - the last of the five Global Swings that make up Phase One of the DP World Tour season.
The ISCO Championship runs simultaneously to the Genesis Scottish Open before next week's Corales Puntacana Championship - The Open Championship does not count towards the Swing.
There is then a three-week break before the Danish Golf Championship and Nexo Championship end Phase One.
Whoever follows Schaper, Reed, Mikael Lindberg and Chacarra in becoming a 2026 Swing champion will earn entry into all events of Phase Two - the Back 9 - and a US$200,000 bonus.
There is also a place at the BMW PGA Championship available for the highest-ranked player on the Swing not already exempt.
The Back 9 then takes us through some of the Tour's most historic national opens and storied events before the top 70 on the Race to Dubai head to the UAE for the start of the Play-Offs.
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USGA: US Senior Open Leaderboard Results
David Shefter USGA Staff
There is a reason why someone the caliber of Padraig Harrington had the golf chops to get himself inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. Under the biggest pressure in the most prestigious competitions, the experienced and affable Irishman just knows how to close.
That intestinal fortitude – and magnificent skill – was on full display in Sunday’s final round of the 46th U.S. Senior Open Championship at Scioto Country Club. Entering the day a stroke behind Stewart Cink, the hottest player on the PGA Tour Champions who was eyeing an unprecedented third consecutive senior major of 2026, all Harrington did was fire a 4-under 66 to successfully defend the title he captured a year ago at The Broadmoor.
His 72-hole total of 12-under 268 was four strokes ahead of Cink, who had a disappointing final round, shooting 1-over 71 after a bogey-free 64 in the third round. Harrington was the only player in the field to register sub-70 rounds all four days, and he achieved it without a single three-putt green.
U.S. Senior Open rookies 3rd George McNeill (71--274) and 4th Ian Poulter (67—275) .
Two-time U.S. Open champion Retief Goosen, qualifier Jamie Donaldson and Paul Stankowski shared 5th at -4 276. It was Stokowski's third consecutive top-10 finish.
Coupled with his 2022 victory at Saucon Valley Country Club, Harrington, 54, has now hoisted the Francis D. Ouimet Memorial Trophy three times, matching the late Miller Barber for the most in U.S. Senior Open history. He also is the fourth player to capture back-to-back titles, joining Barber (1984-85), Gary Player (1987-88) and Allen Doyle (2005-06).
“It's different, I've got to say,” said Harrington, whose first two Senior Open victories came in nail biters. “It feels great, but obviously there wasn't the drama that I know we normally provide down the stretch. That doesn't mean that I wasn't feeling it. I was really trying to stay in it, stay focused. I knew I had a nice lead which let me play to the middle of the greens, let me hit the shots.
“But I did hit some big shots coming on the way home to take all the stress out of it. I had a great week putting, which wow, golf is easier when you putt well.”
The day – and the championship – belonged to Harrington, a 2024 Hall-of-Fame inductee who registered three majors when he competed on the PGA and European tours. In the midst of playing eight consecutive weeks, the tenacious 54-year-old from Dublin was magical on the greens, ranking first in putting for the championship (1.64 per green). He tied for first in birdies (19) and tied for ninth in greens in regulation (52 of 72).
Now, he’ll look forward to defending his Senior Open title at Gleneagles in a few weeks as well as playing The Open Championship at Royal Birkdale. Next week, he drives up to northern Ohio for the Kaulig Companies Championship (Senior Players) at Firestone CC., in Akron.
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