Scottish Open Winners and History

Scottish Open Winners and History

Although it seems as though the Scottish Open would be one of the oldest championships in golf, it actually dates to just 1972.

The first Scottish Open was held at Downfield Golf Club. The first Scottish Open was Neil Coles. In 1973, it moved to St. Andrews.

Then it went on a twelve year hiatus.

When the Scottish Open made its appearance again, it was to replace the Glasgow Open on the European Tour calendar. In 1997, the Scottish Open again disappeared from the European Tour schedule, to be replaced by the Loch Lomond World Invitational, which had been launched the year before. In 2001, the Loch Lomond was renamed the Scottish Open and all previous playings of the Loch Lomond were renamed the “Scottish Open.”

Thus, as if that were not confusing enough, there were now two “Scottish Open” champions for 1996—a year in which both the Loch Lomond and the Scottish Open were played.

The Scottish Open was held at Loch Lomond until 2011, when the venue was changed to the Castle Stuart Golf Links. The move apparently was instigated by concerns that Loch Lomond was dissimilar to the links courses on which the Open Championship is played the following week and by financial difficulties suffered by Loch Lomond. The Scottish Open moved again, to Royal Aberdeen in 2014. In 2015, it was at Gullane, then returned to Castle Stuart in 2016. Since then, it hsa been at Dundonald, Gullane and Renaissance.

In 2022, the Scottish Open is cobranded with the PGA TOUR and sponsored by Genesis as the Genesis Scottish Open. It also has become the source of some controversy as members of LIV golf are excluded from participating.

A list of Scottish Open winners follows:

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Venue
Genesis Scottish Open
2024	Robert MacIntyre	262	-18	1 stroke	Renaissance
2023	Rory McIlroy	265	−15	1 stroke	Renaissance
2022	Xander Schauffele	273	−7	1 stroke	Renaissance
Aberdeen Scottish Open
2021	Min Woo Lee	266	−18	Playoff	Renaissance
Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open
2020	Aaron Rai	273	−11	Playoff	Renaissance
2019	Bernd Wiesberger	262	−22	Playoff	Renaissance
2018	Brandon Stone	260	−20	4 strokes	Gullane
Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open
2017	Rafa Cabrera-Bello	275	−13	Playoff	Dundonald
2016	Alex Norén	274	−14	1 stroke	Castle Stuart
2015	Rickie Fowler	268	−12	1 stroke	Gullane
2014	Justin Rose	268	−16	2 strokes	Royal Aberdeen
2013	Phil Mickelson	271	−17	Playoff	Castle Stuart
2012	Jeev Milkha Singh	271	−17	Playoff	Castle Stuart
Barclays Scottish Open
2011	Luke Donald	197[c]	−19	4 strokes	Castle Stuart
2010	Edoardo Molinari	272	−12	3 strokes	Loch Lomond
2009	Martin Kaymer	269	−15	2 strokes	Loch Lomond
2008	Graeme McDowell	271	−13	2 strokes	Loch Lomond
2007	Grégory Havret	272	−14	Playoff	Loch Lomond
2006	Johan Edfors	271	−13	2 strokes	Loch Lomond
2005	Tim Clark	265	−19	2 strokes	Loch Lomond
2004	Thomas Levet	269	−15	1 stroke	Loch Lomond
2003	Ernie Els (2)	267	−17	5 strokes	Loch Lomond
2002	Eduardo Romero	273	−11	Playoff	Loch Lomond
Scottish Open
2001	Retief Goosen	268	−16	3 strokes	Loch Lomond
Standard Live Loch Lomond Scottish Open
2000	Ernie Els	273	−11	1 stroke	Loch Lomond
1999	Colin Montgomerie	268	−16	3 strokes	Loch Lomond
1998	Lee Westwood	276	−8	4 strokes	Loch Lomond
Gulfstream Loch Lomond World Invitational
1997	Tom Lehman	265	−19	5 strokes	Loch Lomond
Loch Lomond World Invitational
1996	Thomas Bjørn	277	−7	1 stroke	Loch Lomond
Scottish Open
1996	Ian Woosnam (3)	289	1	4 strokes	Carnoustie
1995	Wayne Riley	276	−12	2 strokes	Carnoustie
Bell’s Scottish Open
1994	Carl Mason	265	−15	1 stroke	Gleneagles (King’s Course)
1993	Jesper Parnevik	271	−9	5 strokes	Gleneagles (King’s Course)
1992	Peter O’Malley	262	−18	2 strokes	Gleneagles (King’s Course)
1991	Craig Parry	268	−12	1 stroke	Gleneagles (King’s Course)
1990	Ian Woosnam (2)	269	−15	4 strokes	Gleneagles (King’s Course)
1989	Michael Allen	272	−8	2 strokes	Gleneagles (King’s Course)
1988	Barry Lane	271	−13	3 strokes	Gleneagles (King’s Course)
1987	Ian Woosnam	264	−20	7 strokes	Gleneagles (King’s Course)
1986	David Feherty	270	−14	Playoff	Haggs Castle
1974 – 1985: No Tournament
Sunbeam Electric Scottish Open
1973	Graham Marsh	286	−2	6 strokes	St Andrews
1972	Neil Coles	283	−5	Playoff	Downfield
No Tournament of that name 1937 – 1971
Penfold Scottish Open
1936	Jimmy Adams	287			Playoff
Scottish Open Championship
1935	Percy Alliss	273			4 strokes