In the 3rd year as a co-sanctioned event between the PGA Tour and DP World Tour, the 2024 Genesis Scottish Open features a stacked field as the world’s top players prepare for the 152nd Open Championship next week. The Renaissance Club is hosting this event for the 6th straight year, challenging players with a traditional links layout in Scotland.
Below, we look at BetMGM Sportsbook’s 2024 Genesis Scottish Open odds and make our PGA Tour picks and predictions.
With No. 1 Scottie Scheffler taking the week off, Rory McIlroy takes the top spot as the betting favorite after winning the Scottish Open last year. He’s +700 to defend his title, followed by 2022 champion Xander Schauffele at +800. Collin Morikawa (+1400), Ludvig Aberg (+1800) and Tommy Fleetwood (+1800) round out the top 5, as well.
The Renaissance Club is a par 70 and 7,237 yards long, and it just opened in 2017. While there are some trees throughout the course, unlike most links-style tracks, they don’t typically come into play. Since the club started hosting the Scottish Open in 2019, the winning score has been between 7-under and 22-under, with McIlroy shooting 15-under to win last year.
- Genesis Scottish Open: Best prop bet picks and predictions
Genesis Scottish Open – Expert picks
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Xander Schauffele (+800)
This is a rare event where most of the top players in the world are teeing it up and Scheffler isn’t among them. If there’s one player who could take advantage of the world No. 1’s absence, it’s Schauffele. He won here in 2022 and made the cut last year before shooting 4-over on Sunday to tumble down the leaderboard. Aside from Scheffler, he’s been the most consistent player on tour and should contend again this week.
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Tommy Fleetwood (+1800)
Fleetwood has played this event every year since 2020. Here’s where he’s finished: 2nd (lost in playoff), T-26, T-4, T-6. He clearly likes The Renassaince Club a great deal and has played exceptionally well here in recent years. His odds are short for a guy with zero PGA Tour wins but this could be the week he breaks through.
Tom Kim (+2500)
Kim proved last year that his 3rd-place finish in 2022 was no fluke, following it up with a T-6 last year. He had been struggling earlier this season, but he’s gotten on track lately, headlined by a runner-up finish to Scheffler at the Travelers Championship. At +2500, we might be getting a slight discount after he missed the cut in Detroit 2 weeks ago.
Genesis Scottish Open picks – Contenders
Brian Harman (+4000)
Before winning the Open Championship last year, Harman finished T-12 at the Scottish Open, a strong showing after he missed the cut the year prior. He showed last July that he knows how to play links golf and his putter, as physically large as it is, works wonderfully in the wind.
Wyndham Clark (+4500)
It’s been a rollercoaster year for Clark, who has 5 top-10s and a win, but also 4 missed cuts. He’s missed the cut in 2 of his last 4 starts but he may have found something in Connecticut when he finished 9th at the Travelers Championship in his last start. In 2 career appearances in the Genesis Scottish Open, he’s finished 16th and 25th.
Byeong Hun An (+5500)
An withdrew from his last start, the Travelers Championship, due to an illness but he should be fine now. In last year’s Scottish Open, he tied for 3rd and gained 2.30 total strokes on the field, including 2.08 from tee to green.
Genesis Scottish Open picks – Long shots
Thomas Detry (+8000)
In 5 years of playing the Scottish Open at The Renaissance Club, Detry has never finished worse than T-43. He lost to Min Woo Lee in a playoff in 2021 and tied for 10th in 2022. He had excellent showings in the PGA Championship (T-4) and U.S. Open (T-14) this year so the stage hasn’t been too big for him no matter how strong the fields have been.
Ryan Fox (+8000)
Fox finally had a top-40 finish in this event last year when he tied for 12th after 2 missed cuts and finishes of 44th and 47th, so perhaps he’s getting more comfortable at this course. He has 3 top-10s on the PGA Tour this season so he’s shown some decent form.
Jordan Smith (+12500)
In the last 2 years, Smith has quietly played very well in this event, finishing T-24 and T-12. He also finished T-36 in 2020 and came in 39th at the PGA Championship this year. In the BMW International Open last month on the DP World Tour, he tied for 2nd.
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