About the Scottish Open:
• When: July 11-14
• Where: Castle Stuart Golf Links, Inverness, Scotland
2012 Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open
Jeev Milkha Singh defeated Francesco Molinari in a playoff to win the 2012 Scottish Open. Singh and Molinari finished 72 holes tied at 17-under 271. Molinari shot 72 in the final round, but Singh forced the playoff by carding a 67 in Round 4. On the first playoff hole, Singh won with a 4 to Molinari's 5.
Scottish Open Tournament Records:
- 18 holes: 60 - Paul Curry, 1992
- 72 holes: 262 - Peter O'Malley, 1992
Scottish Open Golf Courses:
Earlier in its history, the tourney was also played at Carnoustie, Gleneagles, Haggs Castle, The Old Course at St. Andrews and Downfield Golf Club.
Scottish Open Trivia and Notes:
- Ian Woosnam is the only 3-time winner of the Scottish Open, taking titles in 1987, 1990 and 1996.
- Ernie Els is the only other golfer to win multiple titles here. Els was the victor in 2000 and 2003.
- Carnoustie has a reputation for being a very tough golf course, and that reputation held up when the Scottish Open was played at Carnoustie in 1996. Woosnam won that year without shooting in the 60s in any of his four rounds, and with a final score of 1-over par.
- At the other end of the scale was the 1992 Scottish Open at Gleneagles. That year, the tournament's 18-hole (60) and 72-hole (262) scoring records were both established. Winner Peter O'Malley shot 62 in the final round.
- No player has yet won the Scottish Open and then won the British Open the following week.
- Here's an oddity: The Scottish Open had two winners in 1996. In July, Woosnam won the Scottish Open at Carnoustie. In September, Thomas Bjorn won the Loch Lomond World Invitational at Loch Lomond. The Scottish Open was actually discontinued after 1996, while in 2001, the Loch Lomond World Invitational was renamed to "Scottish Open." At that point, the Euro Tour decided to fold the Loch Lomond tournament's history into the traditional Scottish Open history (essentially treating the two different tournaments as the same event). Since both were played in 1996, that resulted in two Scottish Open winners that year.
Scottish Open Winners:
Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open
2012 - Jeev Milkha Singh-p, 271
Barclays Scottish Open
2011 - Luke Donald-w, 197
2010 - Edoardo Molinari, 272
2009 - Martin Kaymer, 269
2008 - Graeme McDowell, 271
2007 - Gregory Havret-p, 270
2006 - Johan Edfors, 271
2005 - Tim Clark, 265
2004 - Thomas Levet, 269
2003 - Ernie Els, 267
2002 - Eduardo Romero-p, 273
The Scottish Open at Loch Lomond
2001 - Retief Goosen, 268
Standard Life Loch Lomond
2000 - Ernie Els, 273
1999 - Colin Montgomerie, 268
1998 - Lee Westwood, 276
Gulfstream Loch Lomond World Invitational
1997 - Tom Lehman, 265
Loch Lomond World Invitational
1996 - Thomas Bjorn, 277
Scottish Open
1996 - Ian Woosnam, 289
1995 - Wayne Riley, 276
Bell's Scottish Open
1994 - Carl Mason, 265
1993 - Jesper Parnevik, 271
1992 - Peter O'Malley, 262
1991 - Craig Parry, 268
1990 - Ian Woosnam, 269
1989 - Michael Allen, 272
1988 - Barry Lane, 271
1987 - Ian Woosnam, 264
1986 - David Feherty-p, 270
Sunbeam Electric Scottish Open
1973 - Graham Marsh, 286
1972 - Neil Coles, 283
