Genesis Scottish Open preview

The Scotsman

Scotsman golf correspondent Martin Dempster previews the Genesis Scottish Open at the The Renaissance Club in East Lothian ahead of the staging of the tournament in July.

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00:00 Hello, it's Martin Dempster, the Scotsman golf correspondent here, coming to you from

00:07 the first tee at the Renaissance Club, where the Genesis Scottish Open will be held in

00:13 July and this is the shot that the players will face when they step on the first tee

00:19 here. It's quite a strong par 4 to start and the course is shaping up really well for the

00:28 latest edition of the Rolex Series event here. The field is going to be headed by defending

00:34 champion Rory McIlroy. He finished birdie-birdie last year to pipscotland's Bob McIntyre. McIntyre

00:42 used that performance to get into the Ryder Cup team in Rome and along with McIlroy, John

00:48 Ram, Tyrell Hatton and others, he helped Europe win that trophy back. McIlroy, he's going

00:55 to be defending the title in July and McIntyre, who's playing most of his golf this year at

01:02 the moment on the PGA Tour in the States, he's going to be back here in home soil. Looking

01:07 forward to that already and he'll be doing his best to try and go one better than last

01:13 July. Another top class field going to be assembled here in the summer. Two-time PGA

01:20 champion Justin Thomas, he's going to be here. Other members of that European Ryder Cup team

01:25 are going to include Justin Rose, Tommy Fleetwood and some more big-name Americans to be announced

01:32 in the coming few weeks. The American owners, they've put a lot of money into this place,

01:38 really invested in improving the golf course since it hosted this event for the first time

01:44 in 2019. To keep up to date with everything about the Genesis Scottish Open and golf in

01:50 general, log on to Scotsman.com or buy the Scotsman.

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