Rory McIlroy hasn’t played competitive golf since the U.S. Open last month, but he enters Round 2 of the 2026 Scottish Open tied for the lead. The two-time defending Masters champion won the event in 2023 and has never finished outside the top 5 in three prior trips.
Aided by an eagle to open his back nine (he started on the 10th), McIlroy shot a 5-under 65 in the first round, bringing him even with Patrick Cantlay, Rasmus Højgaard, Tom Kim and Bernd Wiesberger, the 40-year-old Austrian who left LIV Golf for the DP World Tour. Another LIV defector, Brooks Koepka, comes into today’s round a stroke behind the leaders, alongside Min Woo Lee, Kurt Kitayama and more.
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Scotland’s own Robert MacIntyre and Calum Hill are in the running early, as are Wyndham Clark, Tommy Fleetwood and Matt Fitzpatrick. Scottie Scheffler and Chris Gotterup are in the mix as well, though they come into the second round closer to the projected cut line. Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton, two of the group of active LIV Golfers in the British Open tune-up, will need to rebound today if they are to make the cut.
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Scottish Open leaderboard
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Scottish Open schedule, how to watch
Round 2: Friday, July 10
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First tee: 2 a.m. ET
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TV coverage: 11 a.m.-2 p.m. ET
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TV channel: Golf Channel
Round 2 of the 2026 Scottish Open will broadcast nationally on Golf Channel starting at 11 a.m. Featured group and hole streaming from PGA Tour Live is available on the ESPN app (with a subscription to the Select plan) starting at 3:15 a.m.
Scottish Open tee times
All times Eastern.
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2 a.m.: Doug Ghim, Johannes Veerman, Cam Davis (1st tee)
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2 a.m.: Darius Van Driel, Ricky Castillo, Alejandro Del Rey (10th tee)
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2:11 a.m.: Adrian Otaegui, Michael Brennan, Chris Kirk (1)
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2:11 a.m.: Richard Sterne, David Puig, John Parry (10)
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2:22 a.m.: Jake Knapp, Nacho Elvira, Dan Bradbury (1)
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2:22 a.m.: Hennie Du Plessis, Danny Willett, Andrew Novak (10)
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2:33 a.m.: Freddy Schott, Sam Stevens, Tom McKibbin (1)
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2:33 a.m.: Niklas Nørgaard, Joe Highsmith, Kota Kaneko (10)
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2:44 a.m.: Paul Waring, Andy Sullivan, Sahith Theegala (1)
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2:44 a.m.: Jordan Smith, Harris English, Nick Taylor (10)
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2:55 a.m.: Corey Conners, Dan Brown, Jordan Gumberg (1)
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2:55 a.m.: Sungjae Im, Connor Syme, Billy Horschel (10)
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3:06 a.m.: Harry Hall, Guido Migliozzi, Matthieu Pavon (1)
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3:06 a.m.: Brian Harman, Calum Hill, Ryan Gerard (10)
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3:17 a.m.: Nicolai Von Dellinghausen, Kevin Yu, Eric Cole (1)
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3:17 a.m.: Sepp Straka, Si Woo Kim, Jayden Schaper (10)
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3:28 a.m.: Antoine Rozner, Max Greyserman, Taehoon Ok (1)
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3:28 a.m.: Scottie Scheffler, Matt Fitzpatrick, Tommy Fleetwood (10)
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3:39 a.m.: Richard Mansell, Julien Guerrier, Erik van Rooyen (1)
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3:39 a.m.: Justin Thomas, Ludvig Åberg, Patrick Reed (10)
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3:50 a.m.: Joakim Lagergren, Andrew Putnam, Jacques Kruyswijk (1)
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3:50 a.m.: Jon Rahm, Alex Fitzpatrick, Rasmus Højgaard (10)
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4:01 a.m.: Baekjun Kim, Nico Echavarria, Matteo Manassero (1)
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4:01 a.m.: Austin Smotherman, Rikuya Hoshino, Davis Riley (10)
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4:12 a.m.: Daniel Rodrigues, Zach Bauchou, Karl Vilips (1)
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4:12 a.m.: Dylan Naidoo, Kevin Roy, Mark Hubbard (10)
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7:15 a.m.: Joost Luiten, Martin Couvra, Max McGreevy (1)
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7:15 a.m.: Mac Meissner, Ryggs Johnson, Frederic LaCroix (10)
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7:26 a.m.: Ryan Fox, Mikael Lindberg, Tom Kim (1)
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7:26 a.m.: Ashun Wu, Marcus Armitage, Taylor Moore (10)
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7:37 a.m.: Matt Wallace, Marco Penge, Scott Jamieson (1)
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7:37 a.m.: Junghwan Lee, Bud Cauley, Adrien Saddier (10)
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7:48 a.m.: Alex Smalley, Padraig Harrington, Bernd Wiesberger (1)
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7:48 a.m.: Brian Campbell, Michael Kim, Angel Hidalgo (10)
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7:59 a.m.: Grant Forrest, Brooks Koepka, Min Woo Lee (1)
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7:59 a.m.: Laurie Canter, Matt McCarty, Shaun Norris (10)
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8:10 a.m.: Ewen Ferguson, Patrick Cantlay, Nicolai Højgaard (1)
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8:10 a.m.: Marcel Siem, Michael Thorbjornsen, Jesper Svensson (10)
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8:21 a.m.: Xander Schauffele, Kristoffer Reitan, Adam Scott (1)
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8:21 a.m.: Pablo Larrazabal, Kurt Kitayama, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (10)
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8:32 a.m.: Shane Lowry, J.J. Spaun, Aaron Rai (1)
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8:32 a.m.: Thriston Lawrence, Daniel Hillier, Charley Hoffman (10)
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8:43 a.m.: Rory McIlroy, Robert MacIntyre, Chris Gotterup (1)
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8:43 a.m.: Aldrich Potgieter, Thorbjørn Olesen, Yurav Premlall (10)
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8:54 a.m.: Wyndham Clark, Viktor Hovland, Eugenio Chacarra (1)
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8:54 a.m.: Francesco Molinari, Angel Ayora, Brandt Snedeker (10)
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9:05 a.m.: Tyrrell Hatton, Casey Jarvis, Alex Noren (1)
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9:05 a.m.: Victor Perez, Oliver Lindell, Haotong Li (10)
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9:16 a.m.: Keita Nakajima, Sudarshan Yellamaraju, Ockie Strydom (1)
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9:16 a.m.: Austin Eckroat, Yuto Katsuragawa, Dylan Frittelli (10)
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9:27 a.m.: Pierceson Coody, Matti Schmid, David Ravetto (1)
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9:27 a.m.: Seungbin Choi, Johnny Keefer, Adrian Meronk (10)
Scottish Open weather: Day 2 Friday
AccuWeather predicts a high of 68 degrees with periods of sunny skies in the forecast today in North Berwick, Scotland. Winds are expected to blow out of the north-northeast at 5-10X mph. There is about a 5% chance of rain.
Scottish Open payout, prize money
The total purse for the 2026 Scottish Open is $9 million, with the winner receiving more than $1.57 million.
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