Morikawa to play Scottish Open with Schauffele
Three players currently inside the world’s top eight have confirmed they will be playing in this summer’s Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open in East Lothian.
American duo Xander Schauffele and Collin Morikawa are set to join Englishman Tyrrell Hatton in the field for the Rolex Series event at The Renaissance Club aon 8-11 July.
Schauffele, the world No 4, and sixth-ranked Morikawa, the current US PGA champion, will both be making their debuts in the $8 million tournament on Scotland’s Golf Coast.
Schauffele will be making his first appearance in Scotland since the 2018 Open Championship at Carnoustie, where he finished in a share of second place behind Italy’s Francesco Molinari.
“I have great memories of playing in Scotland a few years ago at Carnoustie, so I hope to rekindle some of that form and find myself incontentionattherenaissance Club,” said the fourtime PGA Tour winner.
“It’s a tournament with a proud history and I’d love to add my name to the list of great champions as I prepare to tee it up at The Open again.”
Morikawa made his European Tour debut in Dubai in December and is looking forward to testing himself on Scottish soil for the first time in an event won by Phil Mickelson (2013) and Rickie Fowler (2015) in the last decade.
“I’m looking forward to making my debut in the Scottish Open and playing in the home of golf,” said the Californian. “I’ve heard a lot about the tournament, and it will be a lot of fun to tee it up on the European Tour again.”