Genesis Scottish Open: Four-way tie for the lead at Genesis Scottish Open

Sepp Straka during round one of the 2025 Genesis Scottish Open / Getty Images

10 July 2025, DP World Tour: European Ryder Cup star Sepp Straka and Rolex Series winner Victor Perez are part of a four-way tie for the lead after round one of the Genesis Scottish Open.

Colombian Nico Echavarria was the first player in the clubhouse at six under par before American Jake Knapp and Austria's Straka joined him with their respective 64s.

Frenchman Perez was the only afternoon starter to reach that mark, with the leading quartet holding a one-shot lead.

There’s a logjammed leaderboard at the Renaissance Club in the first event of the Closing Swing, with 28 players sitting within three shots of the leaders after 18 holes.

Straka, who has two wins on the PGA TOUR this season, is aiming for a first Rolex Series victory, while Perez has not been in the winner's enclosure since his triumph at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship in 2023, but home comforts seemed to help the Dundee-based golfer.

Calum Hill leads the Scottish challenge at five under par, alongside German pair Marcel Siem and Matti Schmid and Englishman Marco Penge.

Norway's Viktor Hovland carded his first flawless round at this event to sit with South Korean Tom Kim, New Zealand's Ryan Fox and American duo Wyndham Clark and Keith Mitchell in a share for ninth at four under.

A group of 19 players then sit at three under par, while defending champion Robert MacIntyre, and the two players who lifted the Genesis Scottish Open before him – Rory McIlroy and Xander Schauffele – are amongst the group who opened with two under par rounds of 68.