Tom Kim ended his 1,001-day wait for a fourth PGA Tour title by closing out an impressive two-shot win at the Genesis Scottish Open, as Robert MacIntyre missed out on a home victory.
Kim went into the final round a shot behind co-leaders MacIntyre, Matt Fitzpatrick and Min Woo Lee at the Renaissance Club, where an impressive blemish-free 65 put him top of a congested leaderboard.
The Korean ended on 17 under and two clear of Lee, who posted a three-under 67, to claim a first worldwide win since the 2023 Shriners Children’s Open and move back inside the world’s top 50.
MacIntyre ended four strokes back in tied-third with Fitzpatrick, Keita Nakajima and Johnny Keefer, who claimed a last-minute spot for The Open as one of the leading three players not already exempt for Royal Birkdale.
Rory McIlroy had made a Sunday charge after posting five birdies in his first seven holes, with a final-round 64 matching his lowest of the season and lifting him to tied-seventh alongside Michael Thorbjornsen.
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During the final round of the Genesis Scottish Open, Rory McIlroy fumed after a poor approach shot into the 16th hole
How Kim closed out Genesis Scottish Open victory
MacIntyre joined Fitzpatrick in birdieing the par-five first and briefly moved into the solo lead when his playing partner bogeyed the next, only for Kim – playing in the group ahead – to pull level by posting two birdies in his first four holes.
Kim extended his lead by taking advantage of the par-five seventh and rolling in from 15 feet to also birdie the 10th, as MacIntyre lost ground with four bogeys in a seven-hole stretch from the fourth.
Robert MacIntyre was looking to win the Genesis Scottish Open for a second time
Lee had followed a front-nine 34 by matching Kim’s birdie at the 12th and added another at the 14th, briefly getting him within one, only for Kim to make a six-foot birdie at the 16th and par his final two holes to set the winning total.
“I played probably as good as I could have down the stretch with the pressure,” Kim said. “I executed where I needed to. I’m very proud of myself for just being calm up there and just treating each shot as every shot out there.”
Fitzpatrick mixed four birdies with three bogeys in his one-under 69, while MacIntyre followed a 30-foot eagle at the 12th with two late birdies to also end the week on 13 under.
Thorbjornsen and Victor Perez – who finished tied-ninth – joined Keefer in claiming spots for the final men’s major of the year, while defending champion Chris Gotterup and US Open winner Wyndham Clark fell to tied-11th and tied-13th respectively after one-over 71s.
‘I’m so bad at golf’ – McIlroy finds fix required for The Open
McIlroy held a share of the lead but slipped out of contention after a fog-affected third-round 73 that contained just one birdie, with the world No 2 finishing five strokes back despite a nine-shot improvement during the final round.
He cited the struggles of playing in a left-to-right wind for the inconsistency with his irons, as he has at various points this season, with McIlroy keen to address the issue heading into Royal Birkdale.
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McIlroy discussed his performance at the Scottish Open and the frustrations with his approach play
“Didn’t finish the third round off today particularly well, sort of pieced it together, realised what I was doing, tried to figure it out a bit on the range before I went out for my final round,” McIlroy admitted.
“At least I know what I’m doing, its a matter of trying to rectify it. Obviously there was some good in there today but there was some bad as well, so I’m going to need to work a little bit over the next couple of days.
“It was feeling good coming in here [with the irons] and it was good. I hit some really good iron shots over the first couple of days but the more I hit balls in a left to right wind, the more that [issue] starts to show itself and then it’s a bit of a struggle from there.”
McIlroy will be among the favourites to win The Open for a second time
When is The Open live on Sky Sports?
Sky Sports is once again the exclusive home of The Open in the UK and Ireland, with over 75 hours of live coverage from across the seven days of tournament week at Royal Birkdale.
Live coverage begins at 9am for each of the three practice days, before wall-to-wall action from the final men’s major of the year gets under way at 6.30am on Thursday July 16 on Sky Sports Golf.
There will be at least 15 hours of action on both the first two rounds, with bonus feeds available on Sky Sports+ or the Sky Sports App, with extended coverage then starting at 9am on Saturday July 18 and 8am on Sunday July 19.
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