Who is leading the 2024 Genesis Scottish Open after Day 1? Leaderboard explored

The first round of the 2024 Genesis Scottish Open was played on Thursday, July 11th at the Renaissance Golf Club. The course was in excellent condition and 98 players shot under par.

Justin Thomas leads the Genesis Scottish Open at -8 after the first round. Twenty-one players are three shots or fewer behind him.

2024 Genesis Scottish Open Day 1 Leaderboard

Here's how the Genesis Scottish Open leaderboard looks after the first round (top 60 only):

• 1 Justin Thomas -8
• 2 Sungjae Im -7
• T3 Maximilian Kieffer -6
• T3 Haotong Li -6
• T3 Thomas Detry -6
• T3 Ludvig Åberg -6
• T3 Justin Lower -6
• T8 Ugo Coussaud -5
• T8 Davis Thompson -5
• T8 Yannik Paul -5
• T8 Daniel Brown -5
• T8 Rory McIlroy -5
• T8 Tommy Fleetwood -5
• T8 Corey Conners -5
• T8 Alex Noren -5
• T8 Alex Fitzpatrick -5
• T8 Byeong Hun An -5
• T8 Brendon Todd -5
• T8 Antoine Rozner -5
• T8 Collin Morikawa -5
• T8 Ben Griffin -5
• T8 Nick Taylor -5
• T23 Andrew Novak -4
• T23 Chris Gotterup -4
• T23 Romain Langasque -4
• T23 Daniel Hillier -4
• T23 Mackenzie Hughes -4
• T23 Sahith Theegala -4
• T23 Francesco Molinari -4
• T23 Nicolai Højgaard -4
• T23 Stewart Cink- 4
• T23 Niklas Norgaard Moller -4
• T23 Taylor Montgomery -4
• T34 Erik van Rooyen -3
• T34 Rikuya Hoshino -3
• T34 Kurt Kitayama -3
• T34 Ashun Wu -3
• T34 Dylan Frittelli -3
• T34 Adam Scott -3
• T34 Max Homa -3
• T34 Robert MacIntyre -3
• T34 Viktor Hovland -3
• T34 Austin Eckroat -3
• T34 Min Woo Lee -3
• T34 Matthew Jordan -3
• T34 Max Greyserman -3
• T34 Junghwan Lee -3
• T34 Richard Mansell -3
• T34 Nick Bachem -3
• T34 Lee Hodges -3
• T34 Brian Harman -3
• T34 Matteo Manassero -3
• T34 Gary Woodland -3
• T34 Ryan Fox -3
• T34 Grant Forrest -3
• T34 Matt Fitzpatrick -3
• T34 Jens Dantorp -3
• T58 Marcus Armitage -2
• T58 Joost Luiten -2
• T58 Connor Syme -2
• T58 Aaron Rai -2
• T58 Rasmus Højgaard -2
• T58 Oliver Wilson -2
• T58 Wyndham Clark -2
• T58 Jason Scrivener -2
• T58 Guido Migliozzi -2
• T58 Matt Wallace -2
• T58 Matti Schmid -2
• T58 Si Woo Kim -2
• T58 Cam Davis -2
• T58 Richie Ramsay -2
• T58 Luke Donald -2
• T58 Thorbjørn Olesen -2
• T58 Jorge Campillo -2
• T58 Victor Perez -2
• T58 Harris English -2

Thomas played the first round of the Genesis Scottish Open bogey-free with eight birdies. Thomas nearly matched the course record (9 under), but parred the last five holes and came up short.

Defending Genesis Scottish Open champion Rory McIlroy carded an eagle, five birdies, and two bogeys (5 under). He is currently tied for eighth.

A very unusual play took place during the opening round. Ludvig Åberg was looking for the green with an iron shot, but his ball hit another player's ball directly, sending it completely off the green.

In this case, Rule 9.6 had to be applied, which states that the ball moved by the outside action must be replaced in its original position. Åberg was not penalized, but his ball remained where it was after hitting the other ball, meaning, the green side rough.