Genesis Scottish Open 2026 Predictions: Home in on MacIntyre

Our PGA Tour expert turns his thoughts to this week’s event in Scotland

• The Renaissance Club in North Berwick plays host again

• The Open Championship takes place at Royal Birkdale next week

• Last week’s John Deere Classic winner Chris Gotterup is the defending champion here

Genesis Scottish Open 2026 Odds

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Genesis Scottish Open 2026 Predictions

• Robert MacIntyre each-way (1/5 odds, 6 Places) +3300 with BetMGM

• Nicoali Hojgaard to beat Patrick Cantlay in 72-hole match at +100 with DraftKings

• Kurt Kitayama for Top 10 at +500 with BetMGM

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Genesis Scottish Open 2026 Intro

Rub your hands with glee for what should be a fantastic fortnight on the UK links.

First up is the annual Genesis Scottish Open at The Renaissance Club. It’s the eighth straight year the North Berwick course has hosted.

And when the battle for the $9m purse in Scotland has finished, it’s over the border we go for the Open Championship at Royal Birkdale in England.

As an added bonus for those who like to see the biggest names in golf come together more regularly, this is a co-sanctioned event which means LIV players with DP World cards are eligible.

Hence we have Jon Rahm, Tyrrell Hatton and five other LIV players in the field.

Despite its proximity to classic links tracks such as Muirfield and Gullane, The Renaissance Club only opened in 2008.

But the Tom Doak design embraced the existing dunes landscape and although it may be referred to as links-style rather than a true links, form from Open Championships and the Alfred Dunhill Links (played at St Andrews, Carnoustie and Kingsbarns) stands up well.

Nine different nationalities have won the last 10 editions of the Scottish Open while six of the seven at this week’s course were either won by a single shot or went to playoffs.

Chris Gotterup ended that streak when scoring a two-shot win last year and the American returns on a high after producing a flying finish to win last week’s John Deere Classic.

Last 5 Winners of the Genesis Scottish Open

Course Notes

• The Renaissance Club is a par 70 and measures 7,237 yards

• The course has three par 3s and three par 5s

• From 2022 it’s been co-sanctioned with the PGA Tour 

• Bernd Wiesberger posted the 72-hole record of 262 in 2019

• Wiesberger and Byeong Hun An hold the 18-hole record of 61

Favorites to Win the Genesis Scottish Open 2026

Scottie Scheffler (+550) at BetMGM

Scheffler’s wait for a second win of 2026 goes on after he was edged out in a playoff at the Travelers Championship by Viktor Hovland. That’s now 13 straight tournaments without lifting the trophy although in four of those he was runner-up. Scheffler has eight top fours since winning January’s American Express. In short, he’s due, and finishes of eighth (2025) and third (2023) on his last two starts at The Renaissance Club suggest he’ll once again be fighting it out on Sunday.

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Rory McIlroy (+1000) at BetMGM

McIlroy’s light schedule means he’s only played four times since securing a second straight Masters Green Jacket in April so it’s good to see him lining up. His finishes since Augusta read 19-7-12-32 so he’s not been pulling up trees. This is usually a great spot for him though. He birdied the last two holes to win the 2023 edition and in the last two he’s finished fourth and second. The Northern Irishman will certainly be one of the freshest players in the field.

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Jon Rahm (+1400) at BetMGM

Rahm returns to the PGA Tour via the backdoor route after sorting out his dispute and paying fines to regain his DP World Tour membership. The last time we saw the Spaniard he missed the cut at the US Open but that was an outlier. Prior to that he’d been playing some excellent golf, highlights including LIV wins in Hong Kong and Mexico City along with second place in the PGA Championship. He played this event pre-LIV, finishing seventh in 2021 and 55th in 2022 and is usually a strong links performer.

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Make it MacIntyre   

Robert MacIntyre is the local hero this week and has a habit of giving the home Scottish fans plenty to get excited about.

In 2023 here, he produced a stunning approach at the last to post what looked like the winning score before Rory McIlroy pinched his pocket with a pair of closing birdies.

But a year later, MacIntyre did get it done when sparking wild scenes by holing a 20-footer for birdie at the last to edge out Adam Scott.

Fresh from Europe’s Ryder Cup win at Bethpage, MacIntyre returned to Scottish soil last October and won the prestigious Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.

In summary, he has two big wins in his last five starts on home Scottish soil and has to be a huge contender again.

The left-hander had a dip after a strong run of fourth at Sawgrass and second at the Texas Open but in the last month he’s posted 15th at the Canadian Open, 39th in the US Open and 10th at the Travelers Championship.    

Back Bob each-way (1/5 odds, 6 Places) at +3300 with BetMGM.

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Hojgaard to Beat Cantlay

For this week’s 72-hole match bet, I’ll take Nicolai Hojgaard to beat Patrick Cantlay.

The Dane is the ‘dog at +100 with DraftKings but looks to boast the stronger credentials.

Hojgaard was fourth here last year and sixth in 2023 and although Cantlay was fourth in 2022, he’s done nothing of note on links courses since then.

Cantlay missed the cut on his only other start here in 2023 while he hasn’t had a top 20 in any of the last three Opens.

Hojgaard can boast a couple of second places on the PGA this season while Cantlay’s form is solid enough but nothing special.

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Kitayama to Claim Top 10

Kurt Kitayama was runner-up on this course in 2022 and has shot a lap of 65 in each of his last two visits.

The American, who cut his teeth on the DP World Tour, is showing some strong form again and has racked up six top 25s in seven starts since The Masters.  

Three of those were top 10s so back him for another this week at +500 with BetMGM.

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How to Watch the Genesis Scottish Open 2026

• Tournament: Genesis Scottish Open

• Location: The Renaissance Club, North Berwick, Scotland

• Date: Thursday July 9 - Sunday July 12

• How to watch: Thursday-Friday 11 a.m.-2 p.m. ET (Golf Channel), Saturday-Sunday 10 a.m-12 p.m (Golf Channel), 12 p.m.-3.p.m. (CBS). And all four days on Sky Sports