The Genesis Scottish Open will be played at the Renaissance Club (par 70, 7,282 yards, fescue greens) in North Berwick, Scotland, for the eighth consecutive year. For the fifth straight year, this event will be co-sanctioned between the PGA TOUR and the DP World Tour. There will be 156 players competing and a top-65 and ties cut after the first two rounds. Chris Gotterup (-15) won last year’s Genesis Scottish Open by two strokes a year ago.
Below, I have featured two of my favorite outright long shot bets to win the Genesis Scottish Open on DraftKings Sportsbook.
In his debut at the Renaissance Club last season, Penge was very close to taking home the top prize, finishing runner-up to Gotterup by just two strokes. Penge tied Gotterup with a field-best 21 birdies and Penge shot under par in all four of his rounds at the Renaissance Club, including an opening round 5-under 65.
Penge now returns to the course fresh off a T9 finish at the BMW Intentional Open in Germany this past week. Penge has yet to win on the PGA TOUR, but the Englishman is a three-time winner on the DP World Tour, so him winning at the Renaissance Club in Scotland this week would be fitting.
Between the PGA TOUR and DP World Tour, Penge has made seven of his last 10 cuts and he has finished inside the top-25 four times. Penge was in the mix at the Valspar Championship in March, finishing T4th and he ranks 16th on the PGA TOUR in proximity to the hole on 175-200-yard approach shots this season, which bodes extremely well for his return to the Renaissance Club. Over the last five years, 25.4% of the approach shots at the Renaissance Club have come from 175-200 yards out.
Conners is in the midst of another strong season on the PGA TOUR. The Canadian has only missed two cuts in 16 starts and he has recorded five top-25 finishes. Conners has won twice on the PGA TOUR during his career and recently, he has shown signs that he is ready to contend again.
In his last two starts, Conners has finished T23rd at the U.S. Open and T7th at the Travelers Championship. The veteran gained strokes on approach at both these tournaments and he concluded the Travelers with a 7-under 63 at TPC River Highlands, which is his season low and one stroke shy of his career low.
Conners now heads to the Renaissance Club, where he has been rock solid in the past, and him parlaying his terrific closing round at the Travelers into a win at the Scottish Open this week isn’t the craziest idea.
Conners has made 4-of-5 cuts at the Renaissance Club with two top-20 finishes, most notably with a T10 in 2024. He has shot under par in eight of his last 12 rounds here, including a pair of 5-under 65s.