Horses for Courses: Genesis Scottish Open
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The Renaissance Club in North Berwick will host for the fourth consecutive season but this year marks the first in conjunction with the PGA TOUR.
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Australian Min Woo Lee returns to defend his title from last summer but will have a very different field this year trying to chase him down. Of the 159 players scheduled to tee it up, 150 will come from an even split of players from the DP World Tour (75) and PGA TOUR (75). 2020 winner Aaron Rai is also in the field while 2019 record setter Bernd Wiesberger is not.
The Par-70 has changed from Par-71 in the previous three editions and features five Par-3 holes and three Par-5 holes. Wiesberger torched the links for 61 in Round 2 in 2019 to establish the course record. His winning total of 22-under that season is also the best four round aggregate in three tries.
The wind is always the defense on the sea so Mother Nature will have a say unless she doesn't. Large greens and landing areas become even larger if she's on holiday so pounding the short grass is the requirement. Finding plenty of birdies doesn't hurt either as Wiesberger and Lee showed us when the weather was calm.
Those who have played and excelled over the last three years are highlighted below. Plenty of first timers making their event debut this week!
The prize pool has never been bigger at this event ($8 million total) and the winner will take home $1.440 million plus 500 FedExCup points.
Let's find some horses for courses!
Horses for Courses
| Recent Winners Entered this week; last 3 years (cuts made/events entered) | Top 10 | Top 25 | 2022 BET MGM ODDS Win, Top 5 |
| 2021: Min Woo Lee (2/2) | 1 | 1 | +6600; +1200 |
| 2020: Aaron Rai (3/3) | 2 | 2 | +6600; +1200 |
| Top 10 Players Entered this week; last 3 years (cuts made/events entered) | Top 10s | Top 25 | 2022 BET MGM ODDS Win, Top 5 |
| Thomas Detry (3/3) | 1 | 1 | +12500; +2000 |
| Matt Fitzpatrick (3/3) | 1 | 2 | +2000; +350 |
| Lucas Herbert (3/3) | 2 | 2 | +5000; +1000 |
| Ryan Palmer (1/1) | 1 | 1 | +15000; +2500 |
| Jon Rahm (1/1) | 1 | 1 | +1200; +250 |
| Justin Thomas (2/2) | 2 | 2 | +1400; +275 |
| Johannes Veerman (1/1) | 1 | 1 | +20000; +2800 |
| Xander Schauffele (1/1) | 1 | 1 | +1800; +300 |
| Jack Senior (1/1) | 1 | 1 | +50000; +6600 |
| Tommy Fleetwood (2/2) | 1 | 1 | +5000; +900 |
| Marc Warren (1/3) | 1 | 1 | +40000; +5000 |
| Marcus Kinhult (3/3) | 1 | 1 | +75000; +8000 |
| Erik van Rooyen (2/2) | 1 | 2 | +15000; +2500 |
| Padraig Harrington (2/2) | 1 | 2 | +20000; +2800 |
| Kalle Samooja (2/3) | 1 | 2 | +30000; +4000 |
| Nino Bertasio (2/3) | 1 | 1 | +75000; +8000 |
| Andrea Pavan (1/3) | 1 | 1 | +150000; +15000 |
| Henrik Stenson (1/2) | 1 | 1 | +15000; +2500 |
| Rafa Cabrera Bello (1/1) | 1 | 1 | +40000; +5000 |
| Jamie Donaldson (2/3) | 1 | 1 | +40000; +5000 |
| Top 25 Players Entered this week; last 3 years (cuts made/events entered) | Top 10s | Top 25 | 2022 BET MGM ODDS Win, Top 5 |
| Scottie Scheffler (1/1) | 0 | 1 | +1400; +275 |
| Richie Ramsay (2/3) | 0 | 1 | +20000; +2800 |
| Sam Burns (1/1) | 0 | 1 | +2800; +550 |
| Tyrrell Hatton (2/2) | 0 | 2 | +5000; +1000 |
| Matthew Jordan (1/1) | 0 | 1 | +30000; +3300 |
| Robert MacIntyre (2/3) | 0 | 2 | +8000; +1400 |
| Edoardo Molinari (3/3) | 0 | 1 | +20000; +2800 |
| Alexander Bjork (3/3) | 0 | 1 | +20000; +2800 |
| Matt Wallace (3/3) | 0 | 1 | +25000; +3300 |
| David Horsey (2/3) | 0 | 1 | +75000; +8000 |
| Haotong Li (1/3) | 0 | 1 | +12500; +2000 |
| Victor Perez (3/3) | 0 | 1 | +12500; +2000 |
| Grant Forrest (3/3) | 0 | 1 | +40000; +5000 |
| Brandon Stone (3/3) | 0 | 1 | +30000; +4000 |
| Matt Kuchar (1/1) | 0 | 1 | +8000; +1400 |
| Cut Makers No finishes inside top 25 | Starts | Cash | 2022 BET MGM ODDS Win, Top 5 |
| Guido Migliozzi | 3 | 3 | +40000; +5000 |
| Connor Syme | 3 | 3 | +50000; +6600 |
| Masahiro Kawamura | 3 | 3 | +40000; +5000 |
| Fabrizio Zanotti | 3 | 3 | +20000; +2800 |
| Francesco Laporta | 2 | 2 | +50000; +6600 |
| Adri Arnaus | 2 | 2 | +20000; +2800 |
Odds sourced on Tuesday, July 5th at 2 p.m. ET. For live odds visit betmgm.
Recent Event Winners Stats
| Year | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
| Winnner | Min Woo Lee | Aaron Rai | Bernd Wiesberger |
| Score | 266 | 273 | 262 |
| MOV | Playoff | Playoff | Playoff |
| Cut | 140 | 141 | 137 |
| Age | 22 | 25 | 33 |
| Pre Tournament Odds | +10000 | +5000 | +4000 |
| Disantance - All Drives | 26 | 62 | 29 |
| Driving Accuarcy | 98 | 29 | 53 |
| GIR | 36 | 8 | 30 |
| SG: Off-the-Tee | 58 | 17 | 50 |
| SG: Approach-the-Green | 28 | 26 | 3 |
| SG: Around-the-Green | 4 | 12 | 81 |
| SG: Putting | 20 | 36 | 32 |
| SG: Tee-to-Green | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| Scrambling | 58 | 4 | 101 |
| Bogey Avoidance | 32 | 1 | 65 |
| Par-3 Scoring | 25 | 34 | 16 |
| Par-4 Scoring | 10 | 3 | 28 |
| Par-5 Scoring | 24 | 41 | 4 |
| Birdies | 1 (26) | 48 (15) | 1 (30) |
| Eagles | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bogeys | 8 | 4 total (1st) | 8 |