Bob MacIntyre in recent Genesis Scottish Open champions group at Renaissance Club
All six home players get tasty draws in opening two rounds in Rolex Series event in East Lothian
Bob MacIntyre has been paired with fellow recent winners Rory McIlroy and Chris Gotterup in the opening two rounds of the Genesis Scottish Open at The Renaissance Club.
The trio are the last three champions in the Rolex Series event - McIlroy finishing birdie-birdie to pip MacIntyre in 2023 before the Scot went one better the following year then Gotterup landing the title last year.
Teeing off at the tenth, they are out at 8.24am in Thursday’s opening round at the East Lothian venue before heading out from the 1st at 1.43pm in the second circuit on Friday.
World No 1 Scottie Scheffler is out in the opposite half of the draw along with English duo Tommy Fleetwood and Matthew Fitzpatrick. They tee off at 1.43pm on Thursday then 8.24am on Friday.
Scott Jamieson, who secured the invitation set aside for an extra Scot in the field, will be the first of the home players to head into action.
The Florida-based Scot tees off at 7.22am in the first round along with English pair Matt Wallace and Marco Penge.
Two groups behind him from the tenth tee, Renaissance Club-attached Grant Forrest will be out with five-time major winner Brooks Koepka and 2021 champion Min Woo Lee.
Right behind them, Ewen Ferguson is out with former FedEx Cup winner Patrick Cantlay and Dane Nicolai Hojgaard.
Out in the afternoon on Thursday, Calum Hill has been grouped with 2023 Open champion Brian Harman and another American Ryan Gerard while Connor Syme is out with double BMW PGA champion Billy Horschel and Korean Sungjae Im.
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