Jake Knapp made his professional links debut this week in Scotland, and he's off to a terrific start at The Renaissance Club.

Sepp Straka had eight birdies in his round of 64, also joined by Nico Echavarria and Victor Perez atop the leaderboard alongside Knapp. Four other players were one shot behind, while Scottie Scheffler had to settle for a 67 and was three back.

McIlroy started Sunday tied with Gotterup, but had a handful of players within arm’s reach, including Matt Fitzpatrick, Wyndham Clark, and Jake Knapp. The 2025 Genesis Scottish Open has a $9 million purse with the winner taking home a check for $1.575 million. But there’s also another prize available this weekend in Scotland.

Sepp Straka had eight birdies in his round of 64, also joined by Nico Echavarria and Victor Perez atop the leaderboard alongside Knapp.

Jake Knapp played smart, steady golf and avoided trouble to post a bogey-free round at at the Genesis Scottish Open.

Jake Knapp is loving links golf so much he’d like to extend his stay another week, and he took a step toward that Thursday with a 6-under 64 that put him in a four-way share of the lead after ...

Knapp is loving links golf so much he'd like to extend his stay another week, and he took a step toward that Thursday with a 6-under 64 that put him in a four-way share of the lead.

Jake Knapp had a great start to Round 3 of the Genesis Scottish Open, going bogey-free on the front nine and shooting 33 with the help of two birdies. On the back nine, he picked up birdies on the 10th and 14th holes and was 4-under for the day. However, he bogeyed three of the final four holes to finish with a 2-under round.