Scottish Open, a very special edition begins

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A very special edition of the Scottish Open is being celebrated at the Renaissance Club (very beautiful and treacherous par 71), North Berwick. This, in fact, will be the first step of the new collaboration between DP World Tour and PGA Tour: in short, the members of the American circuit can come to play the tournament in Europe knowing that they have points valid for the FedEx Cup, while those of the European tour will be able to play the alternate event, the Barbasol Championship, earning in the Race to Dubai function.

Given the proximity of the 150th Open Championship to St. Andrews, a spectacular number of big players descend on Scotland, essentially all those we are used to seeing across the ocean. Among these, the Spaniard Jon Rahm can be considered as the favorite, who can thus emerge in the fierce battle for the number 2 in the world (1st place will still be in the firm hands of Scottie Scheffler for quite a while). To the various stars of the PGA Tour, however, must be added names in recent form on the DP World Tour, such as the Polish Adrian Meronk, who became the first in his country to win an event in the main circuit of the Vecchio last Sunday at the Irish Open. Continent, even if an attempt is made to dampen the European brand.

Scottish Open, schedule

In this event that offers an enormous strength of the field, among the highest except for the Majors in all of 2022, there is also Francesco Molinari, who with the Swede Henrik Stenson and the English Danny Willett has the winner exemption. Major in the past. But Chicco will not be the only blue at the start: with him also Andrea Pavan, Guido Migliozzi, Francesco Laporta, Edoardo Molinari and Nino Bertasio (who entered practically at the last: it is the name that, in the current state of things, concludes the entry list ). The two Molinari in particular have fond memories: Edoardo was the winner in 2010 ahead of the Northern Irishman Darren Clarke, Francesco was second in 2012 behind the Indian Jeev Milkha Singh. Since 2017, the event is also part of the Rolex Series.

Direct river on GolfTv, Discovery + (Eurosport Player) and Eurosport 2. On Discovery +, in particular, the connections will cover substantially the whole day: Thursday and Friday we leave at 9:00, Saturday and Sunday at 11:30. For obvious scheduling reasons, on Eurosport 2 the traditional four hours remain: 1st and 2nd round from 15:30 to 19:30, 3rd round from 17:00 to 21:00 and 4th from 18:30 to 21.

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