{"id":782903,"date":"2026-07-06T15:45:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T15:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/782903\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T15:45:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T15:45:11","slug":"genesis-scottish-open-2026-odds-favorites-for-renaissance-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/782903\/","title":{"rendered":"Genesis Scottish Open 2026: Odds, favorites for Renaissance Club"},"content":{"rendered":"

With his history at the Renaissance Club, Rory McIlroy could assume the role as favorite at the Scottish Open<\/a>. <\/p>\n

A winner in 2023 and a runner-up to Chris Gotterup last year, McIlroy is not the betting favorite in this week\u2019s tune up to the Open Championship at Royal Birkdale<\/a>. That honor is bestowed on Scottie Scheffler, who is still searching for his second win after opening the season by capturing the American Express.<\/p>\n

A four-time runner-up in 2026 (most recently at the Travelers where he lost in a Monday morning playoff to Viktor Hovland<\/a>), Scheffler is hungry. And the oddsmakers know it. So let\u2019s just see how much of a favorite he is going up against McIlroy and a competitive field in Scotland. <\/p>\n

2026 Genesis Scottish Open odds (as of July 6, courtesy of DraftKings):Scottie Scheffler (+445)Rory McIlory (+920)Jon Rahm (+1150)Matt Fitzpatrick (+1950)Xander Schauffele (+2100)Tommy Fleetwood (+2250)Ludvig \u00c5berg (+2250)Chris Gotterup (+2900)Wyndham Clark (+3200)Viktor Hovland (+3200)Patrick Cantlay (+3300)Si Woo Jim (+3500)Robert MacIntyre (+3600)Justin Thomas (+3700)Tyrrell Hatton (+3900)Scottish Open winner prediction<\/p>\n

Wish we could get Xander Schauffele at a bit of a higher number after his T-51 finish at Travelers but … we\u2019ll have to settle with what\u2019s available at +2100. He\u2019s plenty comfortable in Scotland coming off a T-8 last year and a T-15 in 2024. <\/p>\n

Moreover, Schauffele has been up to the task against major competition which the Scottish Open dubs as with names like Rahm and Hatton in contention. Schauffele has gone T-9 at Augusta, T-7 at Aronimink and T-11 at Shinnecock. We like everything about him.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"Genesis<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

The Renaissance Club in North Berwick hosts one of the year\u2019s most competitive fields with $9 million in prize money at stake. Here\u2019s who is set to play in Scotland.<\/p>\n

Favorite longshot to win at the Renaissance Club<\/p>\n

Marco Penge, who finished top 10 in Munich last week after not playing for six weeks due to illness, was the most intriguing name when scrolling down. But at +10500, he\u2019s almost too long to give out here. We\u2019ll instead turn to 2026 PGA Championship winner Aaron Rai<\/a> at +6100.<\/p>\n

Like Schauffele, the T-30 finish for Rai in Connecticut leaves room to be desired but all of his metrics are green and the results on the biggest stage are there \u2014 clearly. It\u2019s nearly impossible to find a reason why he should be priced in the same vicinity as names like Adam Scott (three cuts in six events), Brooks Koepka (no top-5 finishes since returning to Tour), and Jake Knapp (injuries have derailed incredible start to season). Additionally, Min Woo Lee, Kurt Kitayama and David Puig actually sit above Rai in the odds forecast \u2014 and we just disagree. <\/p>\n

Scottish Open first-round leader prop<\/p>\n

Wyndham Clark at +4800 is a lot better than his +3200 to win ticket so we\u2019ll hand that out to start. This market seems difficult to win on though, so we\u2019ll look to see what we can do with T-10 finishes (including ties) for the first 18 holes.<\/p>\n

Three names in that prop field that are worth a box of ziti on: Ryan Gerard (+750), Eugenio Chacarra (+760), and Michael Brennan (+830). <\/p>\n

Scottish Open best bet<\/p>\n

Steering clear of a top-10 pick to recommend a three-player parlay that features Jon Rahm, Tommy Fleetwood, and Alex Fitzpatrick all to finish in the top 20 (ties included). That lineup pays out at +750.<\/p>\n

If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, call the National Gambling Helpline at 1-800-522-4700.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With his history at the Renaissance Club, Rory McIlroy could assume the role as favorite at the Scottish…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":782904,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":["post-782903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=782903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/782904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=782903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=782903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=782903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}