A high-class field of 156 has assembled at the Renaissance Club this week for the Scottish Open - the final event before the Open Championship - and the Racing Post’s Steve Palmer has three selections to follow.
Scottie Scheffler is 11/2 favourite for the Scottish Open - a tournament he has never won before - as he bids to end a streak of 13 starts without success.
The world number one has not lifted a trophy since winning The American Express at the end of January.
Scheffler, who turned 30 on the Sunday of the US Open last month, was a playoff loser in the Travelers Championship last time out.
He won nine times in 2024, six times last year, but has got stuck on one victory through the first six months of 2026.
The Texas-based superstar has Renaissance form figures of 12-MC-3-8. The Scottish Open provided an ideal warm-up last year the week before he won the Open at Royal Portrush and Scheffler will be hoping to defend the Claret Jug at Royal Birkdale next week.
Rory McIlroy won the Scottish Open at the Renaissance in 2023 and has developed an affection for the course, having initially disliked it, and the Masters champion can be backed at 9/1 for a second success this week.
McIlroy has been getting practice rounds in at Birkdale and probably sees the Scottish Open as a gentle loosener for the more important matter of the final Major of the season next week.
Jon Rahm, who has won two LIV titles this season and finished second four times, was runner-up in the US PGA in May, but flopped in the Masters and the US Open.
Rahm gets a 14/1 quote for the Renaissance.
The action starts at 07:00 BST on Thursday and a mixture of sunshine and clouds is expected for the event, but hardly any wind, so scoring should be low.
Scottish Open Tips Summary
Best Bet - Tyrrell Hatton to win and each-way @ 30/1
Alternative Bet - Robert MacIntyre to win and each-way @ 30/1
Alternative Bet - John Parry to win and each-way @ 200/1
Scottish Open Prediction
Best Bet: Tyrrell Hatton each-way @ 30/1
There are not many players better equipped to take apart a low-scoring links than Tyrrell Hatton, who has won the Dunhill Links Championship three times, as well as twice finishing runner-up.
Hatton, who has always possessed a superb short-game, can handle the tricky greens of the Renaissance Club.
The Englishman has form figures of 14-18-24-6 from his four starts at the track, but he had missed the cut in his previous event prior to his first three visits to the course.
Given Hatton's bright recent form, including third place in the Masters, fifth in LIV Mexico City, victory in LIV Andalucia and seventh place in the US Open, he seems likely to be in the thick of things throughout in East Lothian this week.
Alternative Bet: Robert MacIntyre each-way @ 30/1
Scottish left-hander Robert MacIntyre finished runner-up to Rory McIlroy in the 2023 Scottish Open at the Renaissance, then won the tournament 12 months later, so the home fans can have high hopes of seeing the local man on the leaderboard again.
MacIntyre, fourth in the Sony Open at the start of the year, was then fourth in the Players Championship and second in the Texas Open.
He was mediocre for a few months after missing the cut in the Masters, but recent efforts have been encouraging.
Expect MacIntyre, who finished 10th in the Travelers Championship last time out, to make a bold bid for more glory in his national Open.
Alternative Bet: John Parry each-way @ 200/1
Pick of the Scottish Open outsiders is arguably John Parry, who has been enjoying a magnificent rookie campaign on the PGA Tour.
The Yorkshireman finished 11th in the US Open last time out and is at the peak of his powers at the age of 39.
Parry has loads of links form on his CV, including third place in both the Nexo Championship and the Dunhill Links Championship last season.
This experienced campaigner seems well capable of placing at juicy odds in East Lothian this week.
Key Scottish Open Stats
The Renaissance Club is a 7,282-yard, par-70, with three par-fives
A field of 156 players is going to post and the top 65 and ties make the halfway cut
The course record is 61, which has been carded by five different players
There are seven course winners in the field, including defending champion Chris Gotterup
The Renaissance Club has hosted this event every year since 2019
A $1.575m cheque will be going to the Scottish Open winner on Sunday
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