The final tuneup before The Open Championship brings one of the strongest non major fields of the season to The Renaissance Club.
World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and world No. 2 Rory McIlroy headline the field at The Renaissance Club this week. Joining them among the top 10 players in the Official World Golf Ranking are Matt Fitzpatrick, Tommy Fleetwood and Jon Rahm. Defending champion Chris Gotterup returns after holding off McIlroy to win at Renaissance last year.
The major championship pedigree runs deep. Reigning U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark is in the field alongside 2026 PGA Championship winner Aaron Rai, former U.S. Open champion J.J. Spaun, Xander Schauffele and Justin Thomas. European Ryder Cup regulars Ludvig Aberg, Tyrrell Hatton, Shane Lowry and Sepp Straka add more depth.
The biggest storyline involves Rahm and Hatton. Both players left the PGA Tour for LIV Golf and entered this week's field through their DP World Tour memberships. The Scottish Open is co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour and the DP World Tour, giving members from both circuits access to the event.
For Rahm, this marks his first PGA Tour co-sanctioned event outside a major championship since the 2023 Tour Championship. Hatton returns to a co-sanctioned event for the first time since the 2024 Sony Open in Hawaii, which came before his move to LIV.
The Scottish Open carries a $9 million purse, with $1.62 million going to the winner. The tournament also serves as part of the Open Qualifying Series, with the top three finishers who are not already exempt earning spots in The Open Championship at Royal Birkdale the following week. Those stakes give players outside the current major field another reason to contend.
Brooks Koepka is in the field on a sponsor exemption, adding another LIV presence alongside Rahm and Hatton. Lowry makes only his second start in the event in the past decade as he searches for form ahead of The Open.
Conditions at The Renaissance Club regularly feature wind off the Firth of Forth, firm fairways and the demands of links golf. The course rewards controlled ball flights and creativity around the greens. Gotterup showed last year that execution matters more than reputation. This year's field gives him plenty of challengers.
