{"id":51676,"date":"2025-07-09T15:06:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T15:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/51676\/"},"modified":"2025-07-09T15:06:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T15:06:10","slug":"rory-mcilroy-36-looks-unrecognizable-at-scottish-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/51676\/","title":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy, 36, Looks Unrecognizable at Scottish Open"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rory McIlroy, 36, Looks Unrecognizable at Scottish Open<\/a> originally appeared on Athlon Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 2025 Genesis Scottish Open is set for Thursday through Sunday, and Rory McIlroy enters on the heels of six top-10 finishes and three wins this season at Pebble Beach, The Players and the Masters.<\/p>\n

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However, since his Masters victory in April, he has struggled, tying for 47th at the PGA Championship at 3-over, missing the cut at the RBC Canadian Open at 9-over and finishing tied for 19th at the U.S. Open at 7-over.<\/p>\n

McIlroy has had a bit of a break, last competing at the Travelers Championship from June 19 to 22, where he finished tied for sixth at 12-under.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, he took to the course on Wednesday at the Scottish Open for a practice round and showed off a new look. McIlroy, long known for his curly hair, was seen at The Renaissance Club with a much shorter cut, nearly a buzz.<\/p>\n

A photo of him was taken by the DP World Tour and shared on social media.<\/p>\n

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“Rory’s fresh cut,” the\u00a0DP World Tour wrote.<\/p>\n

McIlroy, a native of Northern Ireland, has enjoyed returning to the United Kingdom over the past several years. He won the Scottish Open in 2023 with a score of 15 under (64-66-67-68), and in 2024, he finished tied for fourth at 14 under (65-66-67-68).<\/p>\n

Prior to that, he missed the cut in 2021 at even par and placed 34th in 2019 at 3-under.<\/p>\n

\"Rory<\/p>\n

Rory McIlroy plays a shot.\u00a9 Bill Streicher-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

For this year\u2019s tournament in North Berwick, Scotland, McIlroy will tee off for his opening round at 7:40 a.m. ET, which is 1:25 p.m. local time. He\u2019ll be grouped with Justin Rose and Shane Lowry.<\/p>\n

Related: Scottish Open and The Open Championship Are Two Glorious Weeks Across the Pond<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Jul 9, 2025, where it first appeared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy, 36, Looks Unrecognizable at Scottish Open originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The 2025 Genesis Scottish Open…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":51677,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[1430,38712,37280,1478,33683,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-51676","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf","9":"tag-rbc-canadian-open","10":"tag-renaissance-club","11":"tag-rory-mcilroy","12":"tag-scottish-open","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114823901039935078","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}