Rory McIlroy Part of 3-Way Tie for the Lead at Scottish Open as Scheffler Misses the Cut
- On Friday, Northern Irish golfer Rory McIlroy, South Korean Tom Kim, and England's Jordan Smith share the lead at nine-under-par after two rounds at the Genesis Scottish Open at the Renaissance Club in North Berwick.
- McIlroy's second-round 66 ramped up his Open Championship preparation, while Smith surged atop the leaderboard with a tournament-best seven-under-par 63 during morning conditions.
- Matt Fitzpatrick and Min Woo Lee trail by one stroke at eight-under-par, while 2024 winner Bob MacIntyre and defending champion Chris Gotterup sit one shot further back.
- The cut mark fell at two-under-par, eliminating Shane Lowry and last week's U.S. Senior Open champion Pádraig Harrington from the weekend competition.
- Jordan Smith and Matt Fitzpatrick pursue late final-round tee times Saturday, hoping to watch England's World Cup quarter-final against Norway that evening.
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Scheffler misses first cut in four years as McIlroy leads at Scottish Open
One consolation for Scheffler is his exit gives him more time to become familiar with the Royal Birkdale course near Liverpool where he will begin the defence of his British Open title, the oldest of golf's four major championships, next week. The four-time major winner arrived in North Berwick, near Edinburgh, bidding for a first win on Scottish soil but a second-round 72, two over par, finished a sequence of made cuts that had lasted for 1,428…
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Rory McIlroy part of 3-way tie for the lead at Scottish Open as Scheffler misses the cut
Rory McIlroy is in prime position to add another Scottish Open title. Scottie Scheffler won't have any say in that outcome after missing the cut for the first time in nearly four years.
'Excited' McIlroy eases into share of Scottish Open lead
Rory McIlroy's Open Championship preparation ramped up a notch as he fired an impressive second-round 66 to get into a tie for the lead heading into the weekend at the Scottish Open at the Renaissance Club in North Berwick.
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