The Scottish Open before the British Open, a Grand Slam itself

The RolexSeries they return to DP World Tour this week with a stellar tournament on East Lothian Renaissance Club: The Genesis Scottish Open. The four current major champions and 14 of the top 15 players in the World Ranking will face off in this event co-sanctioned by the European Tour and the PGA Tour.

Of those listed, Jon Rahmto make his second appearance at the Scottish Open before the British Open, whose 150th edition will be played next week at the Old Course in Sant Andrews. The world number three arrived at the Renaissence after a careful presentation at the US Open and participation in a two-day charity Pro-am in Limerick (Ireland).

Rahm, a two -time winner at the Irish Open and third at the 2021 British Open, was seventh at the Scottish Open last season. If we add all of that to his recent success at the Mexican Open in Puerto Vallarta and five other top ten this season, the Basque, European number 1 in 2019, is a solid candidate for success.

Honestly (what’s more, he’s coming out in the first two days with him and Norwegian Viktor Hovland) will be number one in the world Scottie Scheffler, a man who continues to enjoy consecutive wins delivered him to the top of the world rankings in March. After making his Ryder Cup debut for the United States last year, the 26-year-old American entered 12th place in the world in 2022, but he didn’t stay there long after claiming his first title. on the PGA Tour at the WM Phoenix Open. This title was followed by additional victories at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando and at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play in Austin, before capturing his first Grand Slam win at the Augusta Masters, his fourth victory in six events. . In addition to those four wins, he has taken four seconds in the last nine months, two of them in his last four events.

Joining Rahm and Schffler will be British Open 2021 winner Collin Morikawa, 25, PGA 2022 winner Justin Thomas, 29, and US Open three weeks ago Matthew Fitzpatrick. Morikawa is the only one in the world top 10 with no success in 2022, Thomas was 8th last year in Scottish while the new US Open winner at The Country Club is back on tour wanting to repeat the huge success achieved in the third ‘big’ of the calendar. It should be noted that in 2021 the Englishman lost the Scottish Open in the playoffs against Australian Lee. He has 4 top 10 finishes in his last five tournaments: in addition to success at the US Open, he tied for 5th in the PGA.

In addition to Rahm, five other Spaniards will play starting this Thursday at Renaissence: Adri Arnaus, Adrian Otaegui, Rafa Cabrera, Jorge Campillo and Nacho Elvira.