After Thursday’s first round of the Genesis Scottish Open, there were four golfers tied for the top spot, as they all shot a -6 (64).
Nico Echavarria ($7,100; 46 FPTS) is rostered on 0.7% of teams in the $800K Summer Sand Trap tournament. Friday’s round began well with a birdie on the first hole. The rest of the front nine had action but resulted in no change in score, as he racked up two bogeys and two birdies. On the back nine, Echavarria bogeyed the first hole. He then went birdie, bogey, birdie before having a devastating three-bogey streak on Holes 6, 7 and 8. He finished the day +2 and is T27 heading into the weekend. DraftKings Sportsbook had Echavarria at +2200 to win it all, the seventh-lowest odds, after Thursday. He is now +25000.
Jake Knapp ($7,500; 55.5 FPTS) is rostered on 6% of teams. Knapp birdied the first hole of the round, followed by a bogey and a birdie to close out the front nine. On the back nine, he had two birdies sandwiched around a double-bogey to finish Friday -1 (69). Knapp is -7 for the tournament and T6 heading into the weekend. DraftKings Sportsbook had Knapp at +1200 to win it all after Thursday. He is now +2500.
Sepp Straka ($8,400; 60.5 FPTS) is rostered on 6% of teams. On Friday, Straka had a birdie and a bogey on the front nine. He then notched two bogeys bookended around a birdie and an eagle to finish the day -1 (69). He is also -7 for the tournament and T6 heading into the weekend. DraftKings Sportsbook had Straka at +1000 to win it all after Thursday. He is now +2000, the eighth-lowest odds.
Victor Perez ($7,400; 51 FPTS) is rostered on 8.7% of teams. Perez exploded out to good times like a firecracker on July 4th during Friday’s round. He birdied the first three holes. Unfortunately, he notched two bogeys to close out the front nine. The back nine was uneventful with a bogey on the second-to-last hole. Perez finished the day E (70) and is -6 for the tournament, T12 heading into the weekend. DraftKings Sportsbook had Perez at +1600 to win it all after Thursday. He’s now +4500.
Scottie Scheffler ($12,800; 44.5 FPTS) is rostered on 22.6% of teams and was the favorite after Thursday at +400. He’s now +900, the fifth-lowest odds. Scheffler shot a -3 (67) on Thursday. On Friday, he went -2 (68) and is -5 for the tournament and T21 heading into the weekend. On the front nine, Scheffler racked up three birdies but had two bogeys. He bogeyed the first hole of the back nine then notched two birdies to close out the round.
The favorite heading into the weekend is Chris Gotterup ($7,100; 84.5 FPTS) at +400. Gotterup is rostered on 9.8% of teams. He went -2 (68) on Thursday then blistered the course with a -9 (61) on Friday. On the front nine, he racked up six birdies, which included a three-birdie streak on Holes 5, 6 and 7. After a birdie on the first hole of the back nine, Gotterup racked up two more birdie. He’s -11 for the tournament heading into the weekend.
The cutline came in at -1. Here are some notable names that will not be playing during the weekend.
Collin Morikawa ($9,600; 25.5 FPTS) is rostered on 14.8% of teams. Morikawa shot a -2 (68) on Thursday. On Friday, he went +6 (76) to finish the tournament +4. Morikawa bogeyed the first hole of the round. He finished the front nine with another bogey and a birdie. After a bogey on the first hole of the back nine, he racked up four more bogeys, which included a three-hole streak, to close out the day.
Denny McCarthy ($7,200; 24 FPTS) is rostered on 11% of teams. McCarthy shot a +2 (72) on Thursday. On Friday, he went +1 (71) and finished the tournament +3. The front nine consisted of a bogey and a birdie. He racked up three bogeys and two birdies on the back nine.
Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen ($7,600; 24 FPTS) is rostered on 15.3% of teams. Neergaard-Petersen went E (70) on both Thursday and Friday. He birdied the first hole of the day, but then had a bogey on the first hole of the back nine, followed by a birdie and another bogey.
Max Greyserman ($7,800p; 25.5 FPTS) is rostered on 15.5% of teams. Greyerman also went par on both days. On Friday, he racked up a bogey and a birdie on the front nine. He replicated the feat on the back nine.
J.J. Spaun ($8,100; 22 FPTS) is rostered on 10.9% of teams. Spaun went E (70) on Thursday then shot a +2 (72) on Friday. The front nine consisted of a bogey and a birdie. The back nine had two bogeys.
