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The DP World Tour started its Closing Swing last week with the Genesis Scottish Open, Scotland’s National Open, with an elevated Rolex Series prize fund of $9,000,000.
The top three players in the world – 2025 US PGA Championship winner Scottie Scheffler, 2025 Masters winner Rory McIlroy, and reigning Open Champion Xander Schauffele – were joined by the most recent Major Champion, with J.J. Spaun rising to number eight in the Official World Ranking following his victory at Oakmont last month.
Fellow Major winners Justin Thomas and Collin Morikawa and European Ryder Cup stars Sepp Straka and Viktor Hovland round out the eight members of the world’s top ten to tee it up in Scotland’s national open.
World Number 14 Robert MacIntyre returned to defend his title, with the home hero joining his 2023 Ryder Cup-winning teammates Ludvig Åberg and Tommy Fleetwood and Americans Maverick McNealy and Harris English in ensuring 13 of the top 20 at the Renaissance Club.
European Ryder Cup Captain and former World Number One Luke Donald returned to Scotland as he prepares to lead his side against the United States for the second time this September.
Adam Scott, who finished runner up to MacIntyre in the 2024 Genesis Scottish Open, was one of a further nine Major winners in the field this year, alongside former European Ryder Cup Captain Padraig Harrington, Wyndham Clark, Matt Fitzpatrick, Brian Harman, Francesco Molinari, Justin Rose, Danny Willett and Gary Woodland.
A host of DP World Tour winners also teed it up, including Scots Connor Syme and Calum Hill – who have both lifted trophies on the 2025 Race to Dubai – and Ewen Ferguson.
Rolex Series winners in the field included Ryan Fox – who has triumphed twice on the PGA TOUR this season – the 2020 winner of Scotland’s national open, Aaron Rai, 2023 European Ryder Cup star Nicolai Højgaard alongside Paul Waring and Victor Perez – both winners in Abu Dhabi.
The Genesis Scottish Open is co-sanctioned by the DP World Tour and PGA TOUR, counting on both the Race to Dubai Rankings and the FedExCup.
Chris Gotterup showed calmness and quality to hold off Rory McIlroy and win the 2025 Genesis Scottish Open by two shots.
The 25-year-old shared the third-round lead with the World Number Two, who claimed the title in 2023, and the pair went toe-to-toe in their bid for a Rolex Series victory at the Renaissance Club.
Here’s the prize money breakdown for each golfer at the 2025 Genesis Scottish Open
WIN: Chris Gotterup, -15/265, $1.575 million
T-2: Marco Penge, -13/267, $788,175
T-2: Rory McIlroy, -13/267, $788,175
T-4: Nicolai Hojgaard, -12/268, $407,250
T-4: Matt Fitzpatrick, -12/268, $407,250
6: Justin Rose, -11/269, $322,200
7: Sepp Straka, -10/270, $287,550
T-8: Xander Schauffele, -9/271, $233,400
T-8: Scottie Scheffler, -9/271, $233,400
T-8: Ludvig Aberg, -9/271, $233,400
T-11: Viktor Hovland, -8/272, $189,675
T-11: Wyndham Clark, -8/272, $189,675
T-13: Christiaan Bezuidenhout, -7/273, $153,450
T-13: Taylor Pendrith, -7/273, $153,450
T-13: Kristoffer Reitan, -7/273, $153,450
T-13: Andrew Novak, -7/273, $153,450
T-17: Adam Scott, -6/274, $120,510
T-17: Harry Hall, -6/274, $120,510
T-17: Andy Sullivan, -6/274, $120,150
T-17: Matti Schmid, -6/274, $120,510
T-17: Tom Kim, -6/274, $120,510
T-22: Nick Taylor, -5/275, $80,625
T-22: Grant Forest, -5/275, $80,625
T-22: Nico Echavarria, -5/275, $80,625
T-22: Jordan Smith, -5/275, $80,625
T-22: Jorge Campillo, -5/275, $80,625
T-22: Maverick McNealy, -5/275, $80,625
T-22: Matt McCarty, -5/275, $80,625
T-22: Richard Mansell, -5/275, $80,625
T-22: Justin Thomas, -5/275, $80,625
T-22: Antoine Rozner, -5/275, $80,625
T-22: Harris English, -5/275, $80,625
T-22: Jake Knapp, -5/275, $80,625
T-34: Sebastian Soderberg, -4/276, $52,950
T-34: Alex Smalley, -4/276, $52,950
T-34: Laurie Canter, -4/276, $52,950
T-34: Si Woo Kim, -4/276, $52,950
T-34: Michael Kim, -4/276, $52,950
T-34: Tommy Fleetwood, -4/276, $52,950
T-34: Elvis Smylie, -4/276, $52,950
T-34: Marcel Siem, -4/276, $52,950
T-34: Kevin Yu, -4/276, $52,950
T-43: Yannik Paul, -3/277, $40,950
T-43: Jesper Svensson, -3/277, $40,950
T-43: Ugo Coussaud, -3/277, $40,950
T-43: Victor Perez, -3/277, $40,950
T-47: Aaron Rai, -2/278, $34,860
T-47: Corey Conners, -2/278, $34,860
T-47: Sam Burns, -2/278, $34,860
T-50: Keith Mitchell, -1/279, $29,754
T-50: Matt Wallace, -1/279, $29,754
T-50: Jhonattan Vegas, -1/279, $29,754
T-50: Brian Harman, -1/279, $29,754
T-50: Francesco Laporta, -1/279, $29,754
T-55: John Parry, E/280, +E/280, $25,920
T-55: Keita Nakajima, +E/280, $25,920
T-55: Bud Cauley, +E/280, $25,920
T-55: Romain Langasque, +E/280, $25,920
T-55: Daniel Berger, +E/280, $25,920
T-60: Alejandro Del Rey, +1/281, $23,220
T-60: Gary Woodland, +1/281, $23,220
T-60: Sami Valimaki, +1/281, $23,220
T-60: Daniel Brown, +1/281, $23,220
T-60: Thorbjorn Olesen, +1/281, $23,220
T-65: Jacques Kruyswijk, +2/282, $19,800
T-65: Ryan Fox, +2/282, $19,800
T-65: Robert MacIntyre, +2/282, $19,800
T-65: Sam Bairstow, +2/282, $19,800
T-65: Luke Clanton, +2/282, $19,800
T-65: Dale Whitnell, +2/282, $19,800
T-71: Padraig Harrington, +3/283, $18,810
T-71: Thomas Detry, +3/283, $18,810
73: Martin Couvra, +4/284, $18,540
74: Ryan Gerard, +5/285, $18,360
T-75: Jacob Bridgeman, +6/286, $18,000
T-75: Connor Syme, +6/286, $18,000
T-75: Sam Stevens, +6/286, $18,000
78: Henrik Norlander, +7/287, $17,640
79: Byeong Hun An, +8/288, $17,460
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