Viktor Hovland carded one of the few clean cards in the first round of the Scottish Open, but he doesn't want anyone to think The Renaissance is easy.

The Renaissance Club in North Berwick, Scotland, ranks 10th on the Golfweek's Best 2025: The top 50 classic courses in Great Britain and Ireland list.

The PGA Tour is set to begin its first of back-to-back tournaments in Europe with the 2025 Genesis Scottish Open at The Renaissance Club in North Berwick, Scotland, on Thursday. The 2025 Scottish Open will be co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour and the DP World Tour for the fourth straight year.

One of the many players to watch this weekend will be Rory McIlroy. The 2023 Scottish Open winner has had some struggles since winning the Masters in April, and hopes he can find his game before returning home for The Open. Robert MacIntyre won last year’s tournament and would love to head into the final major of the season on a high.

Using the predictive modeling of Datagolf.com, after 18 holes at the Scottish Open, the best bet for the cut is 2 under, but that can always change.

SportsLine's model simulated the 2025 Genesis Scottish Open 10,000 times and revealed its PGA Tour golf longshots

Rory McIlroy didn't get off to a good start in the first round of the Scottish Open, but he managed to overcome the issue and stay in contention.

Fleetwood suffered heartbreak at the Travelers Championship, making bogey on 18 to lose to Keegan Bradley by 1 shot. He's never won on the PGA Tour, but he's consistently near the top of the leaderboard and he's had finishes of fourth and sixth in 2 of his last 3 starts in this event.