abrdn Scottish Open R1

Scottish Open 2021 R1
July 08-11
The Renaissance Club, North Berwick, Scotland
$8,000,000
Round 2, Round 3, Round 4

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World Number 353 Jack Senior carded a bogey-free 64 to take a one shot lead at the abrdn Scottish Open, making his second Rolex Series start at the Renaissance Club.

Scottish Open 2021 R1

“It’s a great field but, at the end of the day, you’re still out there playing the golf course. Doesn’t matter how good the field is or anything like that. All you can do is control what you’re doing and try and do your best on the golf course and not particularly worried about the field.

“I mean, if you consistently hit golf shots out there and try to perform to the best of your ability, I’m sure that might stand me in good stead.”

Scottish Open 2021 R1

Senior has scored just two top-10s in sixty one starts on the European Tour and has won twice on the European Challenge Tour.

“I’ve won at every single level I’ve played at. I think that’s something that I’ve always been good at.

Scottish Open 2021 R1

“I can get across the line and I feel comfortable when I’m at the top of the leaderboard. I don’t shy away from the top of the leaderboard and when I’m out in front, I don’t tend to back away.

“I tend to try to keep the foot on the pedal and I’m going to have to do that this week because there’s going to be very little wind over the next three days and you’re going to have to keep hitting good shots and keep rolling the putts in.”

Lee Westwood and Justin Thomas lie one behind at 6-under after bogey-free opening rounds with Thomas producing an incredible 90 foot eagle putt at the par-5 7th and achieving his lowest Rolex Series first round.

Scottish Open 2021 R1

“I played it a lot when I lived in Edinburgh a few years ago,” said Westood, “they were kind enough to make me an honorary member here and I came and practised a lot, and the guys are kind to me and have looked after me. I know the golf course really well.

“So I read the greens pretty well here and that was the kind of day it was out there today. You’re going to have a lot of chances. You’ve got to make your fair share. Obviously not all of them are going to go in, so you can’t get too frustrated.

“I’m happy with 65, six under par and it’s a good score to build on for the rest of the week.”

Scottish Open 2021 R1

U.S. Open champion Jon Rahm fired seven birdies and two bogeys for a 66 and is tied in fourth place alongside eight other players, among them Ian Poulter, Tommy Fleetwood and countryman Alvaro Quiros.

Rory McIlroy opened with a 70 having played five birdies and four bogeys and is currently T73 at 1-under.

Scottish Open 2021 R1

Pos.	Player	To Par	R1
1	Jack Senior	-7	64
T2	Justin Thomas	-6	65
T2	Lee Westwood	-6	65
T4	George Coetzee	-5	66
T4	Thomas Detry	-5	66
T4	Matt Fitzpatrick	-5	66
T4	Tommy Fleetwood	-5	66
T4	David Horsey	-5	66
T4	Ryan Palmer	-5	66
T4	Ian Poulter	-5	66
T4	Alvaro Quiros	-5	66
T4	Jon Rahm	-5	66
T13	Kiradech Aphibarnrat	-4	67
T13	Oliver Farr	-4	67
T13	Grant Forrest	-4	67
T13	Padraig Harrington	-4	67
T13	Scott Hend	-4	67
T13	Marcus Kinhult	-4	67
T13	Francesco Laporta	-4	67
T13	David Law	-4	67
T13	Wade Ormsby	-4	67
T13	Richie Ramsay	-4	67
T13	Xander Schauffele	-4	67
T13	Sebastian Soderberg	-4	67
T13	Connor Syme	-4	67
T13	Jeff Winther	-4	67
T27	Marcus Armitage	-3	68
T27	Adri Arnaus	-3	68
T27	Jamie Donaldson	-3	68
T27	Julien Guerrier	-3	68
T27	Benjamin Hebert	-3	68
T27	Garrick Higgo	-3	68
T27	Rasmus Højgaard	-3	68
T27	Matthew Jordan	-3	68
T27	Søren Kjeldsen	-3	68
T27	Joakim Lagergren	-3	68
T27	Romain Langasque	-3	68
T27	Min Woo Lee	-3	68
T27	Robert MacIntyre	-3	68
T27	Adrian Otaegui	-3	68
T27	Thomas Pieters	-3	68
T27	Jason Scrivener	-3	68
T27	Graeme Storm	-3	68
T27	Chris Wood	-3	68
T45	Richard Bland	-2	69
T45	Nicolas Colsaerts	-2	69
T45	Oliver Fisher	-2	69
T45	Branden Grace	-2	69
T45	Tyrrell Hatton	-2	69
T45	Sebastian Heisele	-2	69
T45	Lucas Herbert	-2	69
T45	Raphael Jacquelin	-2	69
T45	Andrew Johnston	-2	69
T45	Mikko Korhonen	-2	69
T45	Zander Lombard	-2	69
T45	Joost Luiten	-2	69
T45	Richard McEvoy	-2	69
T45	James Morrison	-2	69
T45	Renato Paratore	-2	69
T45	Matthieu Pavon	-2	69
T45	Victor Perez	-2	69
T45	Tapio Pulkkanen	-2	69
T45	Robert Rock	-2	69
T45	Antoine Rozner	-2	69
T45	Ricardo Santos	-2	69
T45	Callum Shinkwin	-2	69
T45	Matthew Southgate	-2	69
T45	Joel Stalter	-2	69
T45	Brandon Stone	-2	69
T45	Justin Walters	-2	69
T45	Oliver Wilson	-2	69
T45	Will Zalatoris	-2	69
T73	Nino Bertasio	-1	70
T73	Thomas Bjørn	-1	70
T73	Steven Brown	-1	70
T73	John Catlin	-1	70
T73	Ross Fisher	-1	70
T73	Ryan Fox	-1	70
T73	Stephen Gallacher	-1	70
T73	Calum Hill	-1	70
T73	Billy Horschel	-1	70
T73	Scott Jamieson	-1	70
T73	Masahiro Kawamura	-1	70
T73	Alexander Levy	-1	70
T73	Haotong Li	-1	70
T73	Michael Lorenzo-Vera	-1	70
T73	Rory McIlroy	-1	70
T73	Collin Morikawa	-1	70
T73	Eddie Pepperell	-1	70
T73	Shubhankar Sharma	-1	70
T73	Cormac Sharvin	-1	70
T73	Sami Valimaki	-1	70
T73	Johannes Veerman	-1	70
T73	Matt Wallace	-1	70
T73	Darius van Driel	-1	70
T96	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	E	71
T96	Ashley Chesters	E	71
T96	Ignacio Elvira Mijares	E	71
T96	Darren Fichardt	E	71
T96	Sebastian Garcia Rodriguez	E	71
T96	Rikard Karlberg	E	71
T96	Kurt Kitayama	E	71
T96	Guido Migliozzi	E	71
T96	Edoardo Molinari	E	71
T96	Aaron Rai	E	71
T96	Jordan Smith	E	71
T96	Andy Sullivan	E	71
T96	Julian Suri	E	71
T96	Jimmy Walker	E	71
T96	Bernd Wiesberger	E	71
T96	Fabrizio Zanotti	E	71
T96	Daniel van Tonder	E	71
T113	Thomas Aiken	+1	72
T113	Alexander Björk	+1	72
T113	Sam Burns	+1	72
T113	Laurie Canter	+1	72
T113	Sean Crocker	+1	72
T113	David Drysdale	+1	72
T113	Victor Dubuisson	+1	72
T113	Lorenzo Gagli	+1	72
T113	Gavin Kyle Green	+1	72
T113	Joachim B. Hansen	+1	72
T113	Justin Harding	+1	72
T113	Robin Roussel	+1	72
T113	Scottie Scheffler	+1	72
T113	Matthias Schwab	+1	72
T113	Henrik Stenson	+1	72
T113	Marc Warren	+1	72
T113	Dale Whitnell	+1	72
T113	Danny Willett	+1	72
T131	Dean Burmester	+2	73
T131	Peter Hanson	+2	73
T131	Sam Horsfield	+2	73
T131	Martin Kaymer	+2	73
T131	Maximilian Kieffer	+2	73
T131	Graeme McDowell	+2	73
T131	Francesco Molinari	+2	73
T138	Gaganjeet Bhullar	+3	74
T138	Jonathan Caldwell	+3	74
T138	Ross McGowan	+3	74
T138	Thorbjørn Olesen	+3	74
T138	Haydn Porteous	+3	74
T138	Kalle Samooja	+3	74
T144	David Howell	+4	75
T144	Jazz Janewattananond	+4	75
T144	Adrian Meronk	+4	75
T144	Paul Waring	+4	75
T148	Maverick Antcliff	+5	76
T148	Jorge Campillo	+5	76
T148	Corey Conners	+5	76
T148	Paul O’Hara	+5	76
T152	Lucas Bjerregaard	+6	77
T152	Pablo Larrazabal	+6	77
T152	Wilco Nienaber	+6	77
T152	Chris Paisley	+6	77
T152	Andrea Pavan	+6	77