PGA/DP World Tours: ISCO Championship / Entry List includes 5 Canadians

 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.

History

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.

Where is it held?

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.

What is at stake?

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.

Which DP World Tour stars are teeing it up?

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 5 Canadians in the field Mac Hughes, Taylor Pendrith, Adam Hadwin, AJ Ewart, Adam Svensson

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Summer in Scotland, inside the Genesis Scottish Open / Entry List

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. 

Gotterup defends

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."

Global stars gather

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.

Rolex Series returns

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.

Major rewards on offer

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.

Closing Swing begins

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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Paddy wins his 3rd US Senior Open...Final results

    USGA: US Senior Open Leaderboard Results

A brilliant 4-under-par 66 in Sunday's final round propelled Padraig Harrington to a record-tying third U.S. Senior Open title. (USGA/Jeff Haynes)

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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Something about July for Chris Gotterup...John Deere Classic ... Final results

   PGA Tour : John Deere Classic Leaderboard Results

Last year at this time I was writing about a relative unknown American called Chris Gotterup who was giving Rory McIlroy all he could handle at the Renaissance Club in North Berwick for the Genesis Scottish Open.

In fact he beat Rory, and buoyed by his outstanding play went on to place 3rd at the Open Championship to round out his fortnight in the UK, and establish his credentials as a top player in the world, not just the PGA Tour.

On Sunday he was in the pack at the John Deere Classic 5 shots off the lead, but with his brother and family having had a great week in their rented house, he went out, happy and relaxed and shot -9 62 to take the clubhouse lead at -20.

They went over to the practice tee, waiting to see if they were in a playoff or 2nd, planning Chris's travel plans for his flight to Edinburgh, and the 5 hour time change and all that went with 2 brothers having a special week.

Meanwhile Ben Kohles, who needed a par to force a playoff handed it on a plate to Gotterup when he doubled bogeyed the 72nd after hitting it into the water and finished T3 -18.

Well he now has won 4 times in the last 12 months including the Sony and Phoenix Opens and has arrived already in Scotland to defend his title, where it all began last July.

Canadians

T46 Mac Hughes -9 72 67 70 66

T71 AJ Ewart  -3 67 72 70 72

Corey Conners and Nick Taylor are the only two Canadians in the Open Championship.

This week all the big boys are in North Berwick, Scotland for the Genesis Scottish Open.

The alternative event here is in Louisville Kentucky, called the ISCO Championship for all of the rank and file. 

You can expect too see Hughes, Ewart, Svensson. Silverman, Pendrith, Hadwin and Yellamaraju all playing if they qualify here this week.

Bryan Angus

Michael Hollick eagles to win BMW International Open....Final results

 DP World Tour : BMW International Open  Leaderboard Results

Michael Hollick eagled the last to snatch his maiden DP World Tour title and deny fellow South African Hennie Du Plessis at the 2026 BMW International Open.

The 39-year-old rookie shared the overnight lead heading into Sunday's final round and was briefly three shots behind his compatriot with two holes to play at Golfclub München Eichenried.

However, Du Plessis, who narrowly missed out on his first win at this level on three consecutive starts in Africa earlier this season, bogeyed the 17th and could only make par at the last to leave the door ajar for Hollick.

Hollick had bogeyed the 16th but made amends with a brilliant birdie at the penultimate hole before taking on a dangerous line off the final tee.

It paid dividends as he just avoided the water and then produced a stunning approach to 20 feet to set up the tournament-winning eagle putt, which he drained for a remarkable victory.

He finished at -18 after an eagle, six birdies and three bogeys in his closing 67, with Du Plessis' final-round 66 only good enough for second place as his wait for success continues.

Du Plessis opened up  some distance ahead of his compatriot with brilliant approaches into the 14th and 15th to complete a treble of birdies.

He was at -18, but Du Plessis was now three clear after Hollick made an untimely bogey at the 16th.

It was not plain sailing though as the leader had been in trouble at the par-three 17th and dropped a shot to slip back to -17.

Hollick produced a superb tee-shot at the penultimate hole and rolled in from six feet to halve the deficit, with Du Plessis looking nervous ahead.

After finding the fairway bunker with his tee-shot, Du Plessis two-putted for par and set a -17 target as Hollick teed off at the last.

He narrowly missed the water hazard with his tight line, but Hollick attacked the final pin to leave 20 feet for victory, which prompted wild celebrations as his ball found the cup.

Wiesberger was three shots further back in third at -14, Oihan Guillamondegui and Carlos Ortiz were in a T4 at -12 under and local favourite Thomas Rosenmuller also eagled the last to jump into solo sixth at -11.

Ashun Wu and Joaquin Niemann both carded 70 to finish in a T7 at -10, with Marco Penge, Joe Dean, Kiradech Aphibarnrat and Victor Perez one shot further back at -9.

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Cink bids for 3rd Senior Major title, ...US Senior Open 54 hole results, Canadians, Ames/ McLean

  USGA: US Senior Open LeaderboardTee Times

A bogey-free 66 by Stewart Cink has the 53-year-old Georgian in position to win a third consecutive senior major title. (USGA/Edward M. Pio Roda)

David Shefter USGA Staff..

Stewart Cink, who was edged by Padraig Harrington a year ago at The Broadmoor, will take a one-stroke lead over the affable Irishman going into Sunday’s final round, thanks to a championship-best-tying, bogey-free 6-under-par 64 for a 9-under total of 201. The 64 is the lowest round ever produced in a U.S. Senior Open at Scioto.

Despite a brilliant shot-making performance, especially on the back nine, Harrington bogeyed his final hole to shoot 66 (202).

Jimenez, who fired a 64 in last year’s final round for solo third, sits three behind after a third-round 67.

Meanwhile, the upstart McNeill, the 36-hole leader and U.S. Senior Open debutante who made just 2 of 12 cuts in majors and never broke 70 in five U.S. Open appearances, continued to stay close to the two senior stalwarts with a 1-under 69.

Darren Clarke, who matched Cink’s 64, moved up 36 spots into a share of fifth at 3-under 207 with Paul Stankowski (68).

Due to anticipated afternoon thunderstorms on Sunday, tee times are again being pushed up with competitors going off in threesomes, starting at 7:11 a.m. EDT. The final group will feature Cink, Harrington and McNeill and tee off at 8:45 a.m. Last year, Cink and Harrington were in the last twosome and barely finished before a thunderstorm rolled into Colorado Springs.

Scioto was doused with a brief rain shower shortly after Round 3 started, but the downpour peeled off, and heat and humidity were not quite as oppressive as the first two days.

“We've done it a number of times other than last year, and before the PGA Tour Champions,” said Cink of his duels with Harrington. “It does tend to give a little bit of a special flair about sort of head-to-head thing. But … George is only one shot back of Padraig. It's not a two-horse race at all. That would be naïve to think we could play like that.

“But to play Harrington, he's such a great player, and I've admired his game for so long, I think we both kind of bring good out of each other. I know I've heard him say that to the press. I know he probably thinks I don't read his press, but I've read it before. I agree. I like playing with him. And he's the ultimate competitor. He's never going to take a shot off, and I don't expect him to tomorrow, either. I'm going to have my hands full with him and all these other guys tomorrow, but mostly with Scioto and myself.”

EDIT >>>>>Canada's Stephen Ames 70 69 74 +3 has dropped out of contention T34 while Alan McLean who was born in Glasgow, raised in South Africa and lives in London Ontario is T44 74 68 73 +5

Mike Weir missed the cut at +7.

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Glover, Hodges lead John Deere Classic, Canadian scores, 54 hole results

  PGA Tour : John Deere Classic Leaderboard  Tee Times

Canadians

T64 Mac Hughes -4 72 67 70

T64 AJ Ewart  -4 67 72 70

Neither are in contention for Sunday, the other 5 Canadians entered missed the cut. Corey Conners and Nick Taylor are in the field for the Open Championship.

Lucas Glover 69, Lee Hodges 67 lead the John Deere Classic at -16 after 54 holes. Glover now 46 will lose his exempt status for 2027 unless he makes it inside the top 100, had this to say.

"You know you are going to have to go low or you are not going to win. Everyone is going to be aggressive, so I've got to hit it a little better to reach the ultimate goal."

A well established veteran, Glover is more interested in still playing good competitive golf with the Senior circuit not far away than worrying about money, but winning is still the driving motivation since his last victory in 2023.

Zac Blair 67, Ben Kohles 66, and Jackson Suber 66 are closest at -15.

Seven of the top 11 have never won on the PGA Tour.

Bryan Angus