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NORTH BERWICK – Rory McIlroy won the Genesis Scottish Open by one stroke over Robert MacIntyre, earning his 24th PGA Tour title and second of the season. The victory comes in his 234th start at the age of 34 years, 2 months, 12 days.
McIlroy tied Dustin Johnson and Gary Player for 26th on the all-time PGA Tour wins list as McIlroy is the seventh player with multiple wins this season. The others: 4/Jon Rahm, 2/Keegan Bradley, 2/Wyndham Clark, 2/Tony Finau, 2/Max Homa, 2/Scottie Scheffler).
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SubscribedMcIlroy moved to No. 3 in the FedEx Cup standings and No. 2 in the Official World Golf Ranking and became the first player to win the Genesis Scottish Open (2023), Horizon Irish Open (2016) and The Open Championship (2014).
He improved to 11-for-19 to date converting a 54-hole lead/co-lead on Tour (1-for-3 this season) and became the 21st third round leader/co-leader to win on Tour this season.
Tom Kim (T-6) and Tommy Fleetwood (T-6) are the only two players to finish in the Top 10 in each of the last two years of the Genesis Scottish Open. Kim finished solo-third in 2022 and Fleetwood finished T-4.
Scottish Open | Final Leaderboard
1 Rory McIlroy 64 66 67 68 265 (-15)
2 Robert MacIntyre 67 69 66 64 266 (-14)
T3 David Lingmerth 66 70 66 68 270 (-10)
T3 Byeong Hun An 61 70 69 70 270 (-10)
T3 Scottie Scheffler 68 65 67 70 270 (-10)
Scottish Open Full Leaderboard: (link)
Barbasol Championship | Final Leaderboard
1 *Vincent Norrman 66 67 67 66 266 (-22)
2 Nathan Kimsey 69 66 67 64 266 (-22)
T3 Adrien Saddier 68 66 67 66 267 (-21)
T3 Trevor Cone 71 65 63 68 267 (-21)
5 Lucas Glover 63 68 69 68 268 (-20)
*def. Nathan Kimsey with a par-4 at the first extra playoff hole (No. 18)
Barbasol Leaderboard (After 36) – (link)