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Scottish Sun
8 hours ago
- Sport
- Scottish Sun
WIN a FREE pair of tickets to the Scottish Open to see Rory McIlroy, Scottie Schefflier and Robert MacIntyre in action
How well do you know your golf? HOLE IN ONE WIN a FREE pair of tickets to the Scottish Open to see Rory McIlroy, Scottie Schefflier and Robert MacIntyre in action THE best golfers in the world return to Scotland for the Genesis Scottish Open, and The Scottish Sun has partnered with premium car brand Genesis to offer golf fans the opportunity to win tickets to this year's tournament at The Renaissance Club from 10-13 July. Reigning champion, and Scottish number one, Robert MacIntyre, will be joined by a world-class field including Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 3 Reigning Scottish Open champion Bob MacIntyre and the Genesis GV70 3 Rory McIlroy won the title back in 2023 and is this year's Masters champion Credit: PA 3 Scottie Scheffler is returning to North Berwick this summer too Credit: Getty The first player to score a hole in one on the 17th hole during the tournament will win an Electrified GV70, a dynamic and versatile premium SUV, for himself, and a GV60 for his caddie, and will follow in the footsteps of Jordan Smith who aced the 17th during the second-round in 2022. Since the brand's inception in 2015, Genesis has been a strong supporter of golf, having sponsored tournaments both globally and in Korea. This 'Audacious Commitment' to the sport stems from the shared ideals of respect, integrity and excellence and has served as the foundation of the brand's global golf platform. 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. Globally, Genesis is also the title-sponsor of The Genesis Invitational at Torrey Pines on the PGA TOUR and the Genesis Championship tournament in Korea on the DP World Tour. The Scottish Sun have teamed up with the Scottish Open to offer five lucky winners the chance to win a FREE pair of tickets. If you would like to be in with a chance of winning all you have to do is answer the following question: Reigning champion Robert MacIntyre was born in which Scottish town? HOW TO ENTER Email your answer, name, address and daytime contact number to win@ Please put "GENESIS SCOTTISH OPEN" in the email subject header. Competition closes at Midnight 29 June, 2025. UK residents only, excluding any Genesis Scottish Open or Scottish Sun employees and their families or anyone professionally connected with this promotion. One entry per person. Five winners each receiving a pair of tickets to attend the Genesis Scottish Open at The Renaissance Club running on 10-13 July. Tickets must be accepted as offered and are not transferable and not refundable. No cash alternative will be offered. Entrants must be aged 18 or over. The Scottish Sun are under no liability whatsoever in connection with any loss, damage or injury which is suffered as a direct or indirect result of the prize . Usual Scottish Sun rules apply. Editor's decision is final. Keep up to date with ALL the latest news and transfers at the Scottish Sun football page
Metro
2 days ago
- Sport
- Metro
Snooker chiefs reveal Ding Junhui and Seniors champ hit with fines
The latest update to the WPBSA's record of disciplinary cases reveals fines for Chinese superstar Ding Junhui and World Seniors champion Alfie Burden. While some disciplinary outcomes are published individually, snooker's governing body periodically updates their list of cases, unveiling some more punishments. Ding was hit with a fine for 'publicly criticising snooker parties in social media posts' at the 2024 Scottish Open. The former world number one criticised the tables at the Edinburgh event on Chinese social media site Weibo after losing 4-3 to Luca Brecel. 'I have never played on a s*** table like this – the bounce on the cushion was the same as that of a spring. How can one control the cue ball on such a table?' Ding wrote, via the South China Morning Post. 'A bunch of amateur table installers packed up a pile of s*** for the professional players to play with, and you dare call yourself a professional event.' WST responded in a statement, which read: 'All the tables provided by Xingpai around the world have always been the best. We have a rigorous table-testing programme to provide the best playing conditions for all events. 'We also employ the best table installation team in the world. With their excellent skills and vast experience, they are able to overcome various challenges in every game to ensure that the game conditions are optimal. 'Ding made some negative comments this week after his loss to Brecel, which we strongly oppose. These comments are isolated as we have not received any negative feedback from other players this week regarding the playing conditions.' Ding was fined £4,000 for his comments, although £2,500 of which was suspended to March 13, 2025. He also had to pay £975 in costs. Burden was hit with a £1,500 fine and given a formal warning as to his future behaviour due to 'inappropriate behaviour' in a World Seniors Championship qualifying match in April. The 48-year-old went on to win the World Seniors Championship at the Crucible in May and remembers the incident as 'punching the table a couple of times and swearing.' The list of disciplinary outcomes also included Matt Selt's £10,000 fine and suspended three-month ban for aggressive and abusive behaviour, which has previously been reported. It was also confirmed that Mark Allen was fined £4,000, of which £2,500 suspended until March 5, 2026 and he had to pay costs of £1,753 for 'publicly criticising snooker parties in TV interview and live newspaper interview.' More Trending This was regarding Allen hitting out at table fitters at the 2024 British Open and saying the tables should be burned. 'The conditions out there are absolutely embarrassing,' Allen told ITV after beating Gary Wilson 4-3 at the British Open. 'It's some of the worst weather outside and they've left the massive transport doors open. It's so cold, it's so humid out there. 'There's new guys doing the tables this year and they're clearly not up to it. The cushions are unplayable, uncontrollable. It was heavy. The table needs to be burned.' WST said in a statement: 'Our table-fitting team has been consistent for some time and works to the highest standards. The weather in the area has seen unprecedented rainfall over the last couple of days which can negatively influence the conditions. We have raised the issue of an open door with the venue.' MORE: Luca Brecel pulls out of British Open in bizarre start to his snooker season MORE: Three major World Snooker Tour events move to new TV channel MORE: 10 storylines of the new snooker season as the 2025-26 campaign begins
Scotsman
4 days ago
- Sport
- Scotsman
Ryder Cup legend teeing up at Dundonald in Open Final Qualifying
Lee Westwood in stellar field at Ayrshire venue in battle for five coveted spots at Royal Portrush Sign up to our daily newsletter – Regular news stories and round-ups from around Scotland direct to your inbox Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Ryder Cup legend Lee Westwood is set to be among the 153rd Open hopefuls teeing up in next week's Final Qualifier at Dundonald Links. The Englishman, who finished runner-up to Louis Oosthuizen in the Claret Jug event in 2010 at St Andrews, will be part of a star-studded field at the Ayrshire venue. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Lee Westwood pictured during the Senior PGA Championship at Congressional Country Club last month |Braden Grace, the South African who became the first player to shoot 62 in a major in the 2017 Open at Royal Birkdale, is also in the line up. So, too, is Adrian Meronk, who, like both Westwood and Grace, now plays in the LIV Golf League. Spaniard Rafa Cabrera Bello, who won the Scottish Open at Dundonald Links in 2017, is in the field as well, as is Swede Alex Noren, another former Scottish Open winner. The home hopefuls include World Cup winner Marc Warren and Liam Johnston, who topped one of the Regional Qualifiers on Monday at Kilmarnock (Barassie). Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Amateurs hoping to secure a spot at Royal Portrush include Connor Graham and Niall Shiels Donegan, the only two Scots to qualify for the match-play stage in last week's Amateur Championship at Royal St George's. Ian Poulter is being joined by his son Luke in another of the Final Qualifiers at Royal Cinque Ports.
The Irish Sun
19-06-2025
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
Rory McIlroy makes stark admission before Travelers Championship as he aims to find spark in time for Open at Portrush
RORY McILROY will hope to bounce back at the Travelers Championship as he bids for form ahead of next month's Open. The Holywood hotshot, 36, is teeing off today at Hartford, Connecticut. Advertisement But he has struggled His driver was banned at last month's PGA Championship and he missed the Canadian Open cut. It was McIlroy heads back home for a break before the Scottish Open and then bids for another Open crown at Royal Portrush in Antrim, just an hour from where he was born. He said: 'I think the weeks after major championships in these events, sometimes when you are in contention and you are trying to win them, it can feel quite difficult to go play the next week. Advertisement Read More On Irish Sport 'After a week like at Oakmont, where you're not quite in the mix but feel you might find something in your game, it's exciting to play again. 'This is the perfect sort of chaser and it's nice to be on a course where you can make a few birdies. 'There's a lot of guys in the field this week where this is their fourth tournament in a row. 'So they have been put through the wringer the last few weeks. Advertisement Most read in Golf "This is a welcome set-up where they feel like they can relax a little bit and not have to grind so much for your score.' McIlroy will tee off alongside American Keegan Bradley today. Watch Bob MacIntyre's classy reaction after JJ Spaun holes winning putt at US Open But the Holywood hero will have to depose world No 1 Scottie Scheffler who is the current holder of the Travelers. Scheffler has been paired with Advertisement And Scheffler — who finished in a tie for seventh at Oakmont — said: 'I didn't have my best stuff last week. 'But I was still able to get a decent finish. I have felt good about my prep work so far this week. I'm excited to get the tournament started.' 1 He's admitted he's struggled for motivation since completing the career Grand Slam Credit: Getty
The Herald Scotland
17-06-2025
- Sport
- The Herald Scotland
Major belief grows after Robert MacIntyre's US Open heroics
Given the wonderfully chaotic nature of the finish at storm-tossed Oakmont, even Rip Van Winkle would've staved off his nodding somnolence and stayed awake for the denouement. It was some old night, wasn't it? J.J Spaun's birdie putt on the last, to deny Robert MacIntyre at the death, was so outrageously long, I genuinely thought his ball would run out of room on the bloomin' TV. In fact, I was half expecting to see it disappear off the screen, roll out the side of the tele and trundle along the living room floor. MacIntyre's reaction to seeing his major dream dashed by Spaun's thrilling showstopper was heartily generous and summed up the golfing spirit. He clapped wildly while saying, 'wow', in a gasp of acclaim and astonishment. Those of us hoping for a MacIntyre win possibly blurted out something a trifle less printable amid the breathless tumult. Hats off to MacIntyre. He gave it his all – he was the only player in the last 17 groups to break par - and certainly didn't lose it. Spaun won it and hats off to him too. At the Scottish Open last July, MacIntyre trundled in a raking birdie putt of his own on the 18th – it wasn't quite the 65-feet of Spaun – to pip the gallant Adam Scott to the title. That's golf. You win some, you lose a heck of a lot more. In 18 major appearances, MacIntyre, who is now up to a career best of 12th on the world rankings, has posted a second, a sixth, two eighths and a 12th. It's an impressive body of work and, apart from Paul Lawrie actually winning The Open, it's the best portfolio by a Scotsman since good old Monty was in his pomp. Martin Laird and Russell Knox, who both carried the saltire with distinction on the PGA Tour before MacIntyre came on the scene, never quite managed to scale the heights in the majors. Laird's best finish was a share of 20th at the Masters back in 2011 while Knox posted a tie for 12th in the US Open of 2018. MacIntyre continues to prove that he's the man for the big stage. In this crash, bang, wallop age, that's another men's major out of the way. These showpiece occasions hurtle towards us at such a rate, they should be accompanied by a panicked shriek of 'fore!'. In the time it takes you to say, 'what are the dates of The Open again?', the final major of the campaign will be gone in a flash too. The four grand slam events are all done and dusted in a fevered 13 weeks. Once the Claret Jug gets hoisted aloft at Royal Portrush, you'll have to wait over 260 days for the next men's major. The Masters, of course, has always benefitted from this heightened sense of anticipation. The others seem to be rushed along with the haste of a flustered check-out assistant flinging your messages through the scanner at the supermarket. Yes, we all know that golf scheduling around the world can be a complex palaver, with various bodies and tours all jostling for position in a jam-packed calendar, but I've always thought that shoehorning the four grandest events into just 13 weeks seems a tad measly. The PGA Championship, for instance, used to be billed as Glory's Last Shot when it brought the curtain down on the major season in August. Such branding may have been a bit naff but at least it had identity. Now that it's tossed in between the Masters and the US Open in this major maelstrom, it's lost some of that lustre. For all this talk of blink and you'll miss 'em championships, though, I often refer back to the schedules of yore for some historical comparisons. In 1963, Jack Nicklaus won the PGA Championship in Dallas, just seven days after finishing third in The Open at Lytham. Quite the rush, eh? The Open will be upon us in a flash and MacIntyre will head to Northern Ireland with the bit between his teeth as he continues to knock on the door of major glory. Portrush was the venue where he made his major debut in The Open that year and went on to finish sixth. I can always remember at about 10am on the first morning of that championship, his name appeared at the top of leaderboard for a spell. MacIntyre was going global. All of sudden, golf reporters from as far afield as the Hindustan Times, the Ashahi Shimbun, El Correo and La Gazzetta dello Sport were inquisitively leafing through the player guide and whispering, 'where the hell is Oban?' Most folk know now, of course. MacIntyre's valiant assault on brutal Oakmont, especially on a punishing, sodden Sunday which saw other leading lights fold and break like a limp corn tortilla, underlined all his abundant qualities, from the quality of his golf to the manner in which he accepted defeat. It was a magnificent effort. 'I'm a guy that believes,' he said in the aftermath. That major belief grows. It's onwards to The Open. We won't have to wait long for it.
