Scottish Open Winners and History

Although it seems as though the Scottish Open would be one of the oldest championships in golf, it actually dates to just 1972.

The first Scottish Open was held at Downfield Golf Club. In 1972, moved to St. Andrews.

Then it went on a twelve year hiatus.

When the Scottish Open made its appearance again, it was to replace the Glasgow Open on the European Tour calendar. In 1997, the Scottish Open again disappeared from the European Tour schedule, to be replaced by the Loch Lomond World Invitational, which had been launched the year before. In 2001, the Loch Lomond was renamed the Scottish Open and all previous playings of the Loch Lomond were renamed the “Scottish Open.”

Thus, as if that were not confusing enough, there were now two “Scottish Open” champions for 1996—a year in which both the Loch Lomond and the Scottish Open were played.

The Scottish Open was held at Loch Lomond until 2011, when the venue was changed to the Castle Stuart Golf Links. The move apparently was instigated by concerns that Loch Lomond was dissimilar to the links courses on which the Open Championship is played the following week and by financial difficulties suffered by Loch Lomond. The Scottish Open moved again, to Royal Aberdeen in 2014. In 2015, it was at Gullane, then returned to Castle Stuart in 2016.

A list of Scottish Open winners follows:

Year	Venue	Winner	Country	Score
Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open
2016	Castle Stuart Golf Club	Alexander Norén	Sweden	274 (-14)
2015	Gullane Golf Club	Rickie Fowler	United States	268 (-12)
2014	Royal Aberdeen Golf Club	Justin Rose	England	268 (-16)
2013	Castle Stuart Golf Links	Phil Mickelson	United States	271 (−17)
2012	Castle Stuart Golf Links	Jeev Milkha Singh	India	271 (−17)
Barclays Scottish Open
2011	Castle Stuart Golf Links	Luke Donald	England	197 (−19)
2010	Loch Lomond Golf Club	Edoardo Molinari	Italy	272 (−12)
2009	Loch Lomond Golf Club	Martin Kaymer	Germany	269 (−15)
2008	Loch Lomond Golf Club	Graeme McDowell	Northern Ireland	271 (−13)
2007	Loch Lomond Golf Club	Grégory Havret	France	272 (−14)
2006	Loch Lomond Golf Club	Johan Edfors	Sweden	271 (−13)
2005	Loch Lomond Golf Club	Tim Clark	South Africa	265 (−19)
2004	Loch Lomond Golf Club	Thomas Levet	France	269 (−15)
2003	Loch Lomond Golf Club	Ernie Els (2)	South Africa	267 (−17)
2002	Loch Lomond Golf Club	Eduardo Romero	Argentina	273 (−11)
The Scottish Open at Loch Lomond
2001	Loch Lomond Golf Club	Retief Goosen	South Africa	268 (−16)
Standard Life Loch Lomond
2000	Loch Lomond Golf Club	Ernie Els	South Africa	273 (−11)
1999	Loch Lomond Golf Club	Colin Montgomerie	Scotland	268 (−16)
The Standard Life Loch Lomond
1998	Loch Lomond Golf Club	Lee Westwood	England	276 (−8)
Gulfstream Loch Lomond World Invitational
1997	Loch Lomond Golf Club	Tom Lehman	United States	265 (−19)
Loch Lomond World Invitational
1996*	Loch Lomond Golf Club	Thomas Bjørn	Denmark	277 (−7)
Scottish Open
1996*	Carnoustie	Ian Woosnam (3)	Wales	289 (+1)
1995	Carnoustie	Wayne Riley	Australia	276 (−12)
Bell’s Scottish Open
1994	King’s Course, Gleneagles	Carl Mason	England	265 (−15)
1993	King’s Course, Gleneagles	Jesper Parnevik	Sweden	271 (−9)
1992	King’s Course, Gleneagles	Peter O’Malley	Australia	262 (−18)
1991	King’s Course, Gleneagles	Craig Parry	Australia	268 (−12)
1990	King’s Course, Gleneagles	Ian Woosnam (2)	Wales	269 (−15)
1989	King’s Course, Gleneagles	Michael Allen	United States	272 (−8)
1988	King’s Course, Gleneagles	Barry Lane	England	271 (−13)
1987	King’s Course, Gleneagles	Ian Woosnam	Wales	264 (−20)
1986	Haggs Castle	David Feherty	Northern Ireland	270 (−14)
1974–85: No tournament
Sunbeam Electric Scottish Open
1973	St. Andrews, Old Course	Graham Marsh	Australia	286 (−2)
1972	Downfield, Dundee	Neil Coles	England	283 (−5)

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