One of the many players to watch this weekend will be Rory McIlroy. The 2023 Scottish Open winner has had some struggles since winning the Masters in April, and hopes he can find his game before returning home for The Open. Robert MacIntyre won last year’s tournament and would love to head into the final major of the season on a high.

While the PGA Tour heads to Scotland for its tuneup ahead of the 2025 Open Championship at the Scottish Open, LIV Golf will be in Spain for LIV Golf Andalucía at Real Club Valderrama. It will serve as the home event for Sergio Garcia's Fireballs squad as well as Jon Rahm as his Legion XIII squad battle at the top of the LIV Golf team standings just behind Bryson DeChambeau's Crushers.

Whisper it, but the weather forecast for this week’s Genesis Scottish Open at the Renaissance looks pretty decent. In fact, it could become so warm, this correspondent may have to tie an unprecedented fifth knot in the handkerchief that I plonk on my fevered forehead.

Robert MacIntyre admits the Scottish Open will present a different challenge as defending champion but hopes to manage expectation to triumph on home soil once again. The Scot’s emotional win in North Berwick was one of the best sporting moments of 2024, and he is back at the Renaissance Club to defend his title.

SportsLine's model simulated the 2025 Genesis Scottish Open 10,000 times and revealed its PGA Tour golf longshots

In total, eight of the World’s Top 10 head to the Scottish Open which is being staged at the course for the seventh successive year.

The PGA Tour and DP World Tour co-sanction Scotland’s national open, which will have a loaded field at the Renaissance Club.

SportsLine golf expert Eric Cohen just locked in his PGA Tour best bets for the 2025 Genesis Scottish Open at the Renaissance Club