Chris Gotterup earns second career win with victory at Scottish Open

Field Level Media
14 Jul 2025, 00:10 GMT+10

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Chris Gotterup shot a 4-under par 66 to outduel Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy and win the Genesis Scottish Open on Sunday at North Berwick, Scotland.

Gotterup's 15-under 265 total was two strokes better than McIlroy and England's Marco Penge at The Renaissance Club.

Gotterup won for the second time on the PGA Tour. Sunday's outcome guaranteed him a spot during the coming week in The Open Championship.

Penge shot 66 in the final round and McIlroy posted 68.

McIlroy, aiming to win the tournament for the second time in three years, led after back-to-back birdies on the fourth and fifth holes. But after a birdie on No. 8, he had pars across each of the last 10 holes.

Denmark's Nicolai Hojgaard (64) and England's Matt Fitzpatrick (67) shared fourth place at 12 under.

Gotterup used four birdies on a six-hole stretch ending at No. 12 to move to the top. He held a two-shot edge until his bogey on No. 15, where he hit his tee shot in the rough.

But on the next hole, Gotterup rolled in a 10-foot birdie for a two-shot advantage again.

The best round of the day belonged to England's Justin Rose, who shot 63 and moved to sixth place at 11 under, which was one shot better than Austria's Sepp Straka (67).

World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler finished tied for eighth at 9 under after his second 67 of the tournament.

Defending champion Robert MacIntyre of Scotland had a 71 for the second time in the tournament and finished at 2 over and tied for 65th.

Because of weather concerns mostly related to fog, tee times were moved up and golfers were placed in threesomes.

--Field Level Media

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