Scottish Open: 8 Top-10 Players in the Field; Which PGA Tour Stars are Missing
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The Genesis Scottish Open is the next stop on the PGA Tour and DP World Tour calendars, and once again serves as a prelude to The Open Championship, the season's major finale. As has been the case in recent years, the Renaissance Club will host most of the world's top players on their way to play at Royal Portrush a week later.
World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler leads a very strong field that includes eight members of the world's top 10. In fact, according to the Nosferatu X account, which covers movements in the Official World Golf Ranking, this will be the second-strongest field of the year, surpassed only by The Players Championship.
The world top 10 players who will join Scheffler in Scotland are Rory McIlroy (2), Xander Schauffele (3), Justin Thomas (4), Collin Morikawa (5), who just landed a new caddie, JJ Spaun (8), Ludvig Aberg (9), and Sepp Straka (10).
The absences from this group? Russell Henley (6) and Keegan Bradley (7).
Henley decided to skip the Scottish Open after finishing in three top-10s at as many events in June. Bradley, meanwhile, played four tournaments in June, with one win and one top-10 finish, which undoubtedly influenced his decision to take this week off.
Scottie Scheffler of the United States plays a shot on the 15th hole during the final round of the Travelers Championship 2025 at TPC River Highlands on June 22, 2025 in Cromwell, Connecticut.
Scottie Scheffler of the United States plays a shot on the 15th hole during the final round of the Travelers Championship 2025 at TPC River Highlands on June 22, 2025 in Cromwell, Connecticut.Other top PGA Tour Stars Skipping the Scottish Open
The field will feature nine other members of the top 25 in the world rankings, most notably Viktor Hovland, defending champion Robert MacIntyre, Tommy Fleetwood, and Justin Rose.
However, other important names in world golf will be absent from The Renaissance. A notable example is Jordan Spieth, who is recovering from a right scap injury.
Shane Lowry and Hideki Matsuyama will also be missing the Scottish Open, likely because they haven't had the best of luck in past editions of the event and prefer to go directly to the Open Championship. A different case is Min Woo Lee, who won there in 2021 but still decided to skip this week.
Two of the PGA Tour's fan favorites, Max Homa and Rickie Fowler, will also not be in the Genesis Scottish Open field. Both played the past three weeks in-a-row, which probably led them to take this week off.
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