NORTH BERWICK, Scotland (AP) — Masters champion Rory McIlroy took another step toward emerging out of the doldrums with two big shots at the end of his round Saturday that led to a 4-under 66 and gave him a share of the lead with Chris Gotterup in the Scottish Open.

SportsLine golf expert Eric Cohen just locked in his PGA Tour best bets for the 2025 Genesis Scottish Open at the Renaissance Club

Scottie Scheffler hasn't had the tournament he would have liked so far at the Scottish Open, but he still feels he has a chance to win, and he made that known.

That allowed the home favourite to survive by the skin of his teeth at the Renaissance Club, where American Chris Gotterup holds a two-stroke lead at 11 under after equalling the course record with a blistering 61. Afternoon all. It's day three of the 2025 Scottish Open, and it is heating up - both literally and figuratively.

The long summer of golf heads overseas for a couple weeks as the PGA Tour and DP World Tour joins forces for the co-sanctioned 2025 Scottish Open. Representing the fourth year in which the two tours are coming together for the event,

The action returns to the Renaissance Club for the 2025 Scottish Open with the event having as been held at the North Berwick course since 2019.

Both Viktor Hovland and Justin Rose birdied the fifth to keep their solid starts going before walking into the arena-like par-three sixth. It's a short hole, but hitting the green is imperative, and not as easy as it seems. The hole is cut in the back half of the green and off to the left.

European Tour golfer Rikuya Hoshino withdrew during the first round of the Genesis Scottish Open on Thursday due to a neck injury.