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The 2022 Scottish Open PGA Tour tournament held at the Renaissance Club in North Berwick, Scotland, Genesis Scottish Open

Golf · DP World Tour Rolex Series, co-sanctioned with the PGA Tour · North Berwick

Genesis Scottish Open

Expected · The Renaissance Club

Scotland's national open, played on the East Lothian coast in the week before The Open and co-sanctioned by both major tours.

An event page tells you when it happens (with how sure we are of the date), why it matters, how the week around it feels, when to arrive and leave, where people stay, how access works, and which events come before and after it on the circuit.

Dates ExpectedThe DP World Tour has confirmed The Renaissance Club as host through 2030, and the tournament's fixed position is the week immediately before The Open, which in 2027 begins on 15 July. That gives competitive rounds from Thursday 8 to Sunday 11 July 2027, the dates listed by hospitality sellers. Recorded as expected because the tour's own 2027 calendar entry was not read directly.
DestinationNorth Berwick, United Kingdom · The Renaissance Club
CategoryGolf · DP World Tour Rolex Series, co-sanctioned with the PGA Tour
Importance56 Notable · Circuit Score, editorial and provisional
International drawInternational
AccessTicketed
Typical stay4-6 nights
Best arrivalTuesday of tournament week
Best departurethe Monday after the final round
Typical timingfour rounds from Thursday to Sunday in the week immediately before The Open Championship, with a pro-am on the Wednesday
OrganizerDP World Tour, co-sanctioned with the PGA Tour · since 1972
Official sitewww.europeantour.com/dpworld-tour/genesis-scottish-open-2026/ ↗
CalendarAdd to calendar (ICS) · Plan a trip around it
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The Scottish Open occupies the most useful week in golf: the seven days between the American season and The Open Championship, when leading players want links golf and a time zone. Since 2022 it has been co-sanctioned by the DP World Tour and the PGA Tour, so the field combines the European tour's regulars with a large contingent of Americans acclimatizing, and it has been in the DP World Tour's top prize-money tier since 2017. The 2026 purse was USD 9,000,000.

The venue is The Renaissance Club, a private course on the East Lothian coast between Archerfield and Muirfield, which has hosted since 2019 and is contracted through 2030. This stretch of coast east of Edinburgh holds more good links golf per mile than anywhere else, and the tournament sits in the middle of it. Crowds are large by tour standards and small by major standards, and the wind decides everything.

01Why it matters

The Scottish Open is the hinge of the British golf summer: it opens the two weeks that end with the Claret Jug, and for anyone building a golf trip to Scotland it is the natural anchor. In our reading its real value is regional rather than global.

02The week around it

East Lothian in July is at capacity anyway, and the tournament fills what is left.

The tournament's own surrounding programme is modest: hospitality pavilions on the course, a spectator village, and the tour's sponsor activity.

03When to arrive

Arrive Tuesday, play golf Tuesday and Wednesday, watch Thursday through Sunday, or split the difference and watch two days and play two.

04Where to stay

North Berwick is the obvious base, a Victorian seaside town with a small stock of hotels and a great deal of holiday letting, and it is walkable to the beach and the West Links.

05Access and hospitality

The DP World Tour sells tickets through its own tournament site, by day and for the full week, with the pro-am Wednesday available separately and generally cheaper. The tour's standard policy admits under-16s free when accompanied by a ticketed adult, and the Scottish Open has historically run junior and family concessions; confirm the current terms on the tournament page.

06Where the social activity happens

The tournament's public spaces are the spectator village and the grandstands at the closing holes.

07Getting there

Commercial aviationEdinburgh is forty-five to fifty-five minutes by road and the only realistic arrival; Glasgow is ninety minutes.
RailScotRail runs from Edinburgh Waverley to Drem and North Berwick in about thirty-five minutes, and the course is a short shuttle from Drem.
CarThe A1 and the A198 coastal road serve the course, and the tour operates park-and-ride; there is no general parking at the club.
Private aviationEdinburgh handles business aviation and is the practical field, with Dundee and Glasgow Prestwick as alternatives.
HelicopterCharter operates across the region and is commonly used between Scottish golf venues; there is no public landing at the club.
MarinasNorth Berwick harbour is small and drying; Port Edgar and Granton near Edinburgh are the practical berths.

08Practicalities

DressFull Scottish links kit for spectators: waterproofs, warm layers, and shoes for wet grass. The Firth of Forth wind makes a mild day feel cold on the exposed holes.
WeatherEarly to mid July in East Lothian typically brings daily highs of 18 to 20C, about 64 to 68F, with lows near 11C.
Getting aroundTake the train to Drem and the shuttle, or use the park-and-ride. The coast road is the only alternative and it does not cope with tournament traffic.
HotelsEast Lothian's stock is small and July is peak season regardless of the golf, so North Berwick and Gullane are contracted from the previous autumn.
RestaurantsNorth Berwick and Gullane have a handful of good rooms that book weeks ahead in July and are effectively full during the tournament. Pub food is reliable and takes walk-ins.
Reservation timingTickets are on sale from the spring and remain available late.
TicketsSold by the DP World Tour through the tournament site, by day and for the week, with the Wednesday pro-am cheaper and separately ticketed.
HospitalityOfficial hospitality is sold through the tour's appointed hospitality partner as course-side pavilions and restaurant packages with inclusive food and drink, by day and by week.

09History

The championship dates to 1972, lapsed, and was revived in 1986. It spent its formative modern years inland, at Gleneagles and then at Loch Lomond from 1997 to 2010, a parkland course that made an odd preparation for links golf.

10Who is there

Scottish and northern English golf followers in numbers, a large American and continental European contingent combining the tournament with a golf trip and often with The Open the following week, the tour's sponsors and corporate hospitality from Scottish business, and the golf trade preparing for the championship.

What else is happening

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Part of: Golf Majors Circuit

Dates on record

EditionDatesStatusSourceVerified
2027 ExpectedThe DP World Tour has confirmed The Renaissance Club as host through 2030, and the tournament's fixed position is the week immediately before The Open, which in 2027 begins on 15 July. That gives competitive rounds from Thursday 8 to Sunday 11 July 2027, the dates listed by hospitality sellers. Recorded as expected because the tour's own 2027 calendar entry was not read directly. The Renaissance Club to host Genesis Scottish Open through to 2030 ↗ 6 September 2026
2026 CompletedPlayed at The Renaissance Club in North Berwick with the tournament week running 8 to 12 July 2026 and the four competitive rounds on 9 to 12 July. The purse was USD 9,000,000, with USD 1,575,000 to the champion. Genesis Scottish Open 2026 - Tickets and Packages ↗ 6 September 2026
Confirmed means the organizer or governing body has published the dates. Expected and Historical pattern are estimates from the event’s usual timing and can move. Date pending means nothing reliable can be said yet.

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Sources

  1. Scottish Open (golf), Wikipedia encyclopedia accessed 6 September 2026
  2. The Renaissance Club to host Genesis Scottish Open through to 2030, DP World Tour governing body accessed 6 September 2026
  3. Genesis Scottish Open 2026 - Tickets and Packages, DP World Tour official accessed 6 September 2026
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