Notables who missed the cut at the 2026 Genesis Scottish Open include 2 first-round co-leaders<\/a><\/p>\nThat growth has transformed the Scottish Open from a useful tune-up into a destination event. Played the week before the Open, it has become the perfect proving ground for golf’s biggest stars, offering a final chance to sharpen links-golf instincts before the season’s last major. For players arriving from the United States, it’s an opportunity to acclimate to the time zone and conditions. For fans across the U.K., it’s an extra week to watch many of the sport’s biggest names compete on their side of the Atlantic.<\/p>\n
But for now, McIlroy is looking to add to his 30 PGA Tour victories rather than worry about adding a seventh major title.<\/p>\n
And considering his record here, it’s distinctly possible. Since the event became part of the PGA Tour, McIlroy has one victory, a runner-up showing and a T-4.<\/p>\n
“I thought I played well again. You know, the wind definitely got up for us in the afternoon. We got off to a really nice start,” he said. “Then, sort of by the turn, the wind had got to hit strongest and felt like it was hard to get the ball close to the pins and we were all making a lot of pars out there.<\/p>\n
“It would have been nice to be a couple better. But you know, it’s obviously another good day and in good position.”<\/p>\n
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Tim Schmitt<\/a> is the managing editor of Golfweek.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"July 10, 2026, 3:47 p.m. ET Rory McIlroy finished the second round of the Genesis Scottish Open tied…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34719,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[58,399,59,1236,1237,1495,65,68,69,193,1239,1011,67,187,62],"class_list":["post-34718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rory-mcilroy","tag-accessfree","tag-rory-mcilroy","tag-sourcegolfweek","tag-sstssportsgolfpga","tag-sstsnpga-tour","tag-tagdp-world-tour","tag-taggolf","tag-taginternational-sports-competitions","tag-tagoverall-positive","tag-tagpga-tour","tag-tagrory-mcilroy","tag-tagscottie-scheffler","tag-tagsports-news","tag-tagstory-highlights-ai-enabled","tag-typestory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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