Scottish Open ( Golf ) - Wikipedia Scottish Open ( Golf ) Scottish Open Tournament information Location Scotland Established 1935, re-established 1972, 1986 Course ( s ) Dundonald Links ( 2017 ) Par 72 Length 7,100 yards ( 6,490 m ) Tour ( s ) European Tour Format Stroke play Prize fund $ 7 million Month played July Tournament record score Aggregate 262 Peter O'Malley ( 1992 ) To par − 20 Ian Woosnam ( 1987 ) Current champion Rafael Cabrera - Bello Dundonald Links Location in Scotland Dundonald Links Location in North Ayrshire, Scotland The Scottish Open ( known as the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open for sponsorship reasons ) is a golf tournament on the European Tour. The 2016 event was won by Alexander Norén at Castle Stuart, northeast of Inverness. In 2017 the Scottish Open became one of the European Tour Rolex Series events, joining the BMW PGA Championship, Open de France, Irish Open, Italian Open, Turkish Airlines Open, Nedbank Golf Challenge, and DP World Tour Championship. The Rolex Series tournaments each have a prize fund of at least $ 7 million. Since 1987 it has been played the week before the Open Championship and has, together with John Deere Classic, been the last chance to qualify for the championship. It has been part of the Open Qualifying Series since that series started in 2014. The leading 3 or 4 players, not already qualified, have received an entry to the Open. Before 2014 there was generally an exemption category so that the leading player or players, not already qualified, could play in the Open. Contents 1 History 1.1 1935 and 1936 1.2 1972 and 1973 1.3 1986 revival 1.4 Loch Lomond 1.5 Links courses 2 Winners 3 Future venues 4 References 5 External links History 1935 and 1936 In 1935 Gleneagles hosted a Scottish Open Championship held on the King 's course. Total prize money was £ 750. The R&A objected to the use of the term `` Championship '' being used for a tournament organised by a private enterprise. Percy Alliss won the tournament by 4 strokes from Jack Busson with an aggregate of 273. The 1936 tournament was sponsored by Penfold and known as the Penfold Scottish Open. Penfold had sponsored tournaments in Wales and England from 1932 to 1934. The tournament was played at Ayr Belleisle Golf Club. Total prize money was again £ 750. After 72 holes Jimmy Adams and Tom Collinge tied on 287. In the 36 - hole playoff, Adams had rounds of 68 and 69 and won by 11 strokes. It was intended to hold the 1937 Penfold Scottish Open in the Carnoustie area, just before the 1937 Open Championship which was to be played there. The R&A objected to the arrangement and the event was cancelled. Penfold resumed their golf sponsorship with the Penfold Professional Golf League in 1938. 1972 and 1973 The first Sunbeam Electric Scottish Open was held in 1972 at Downfield Golf Club near Dundee. Neil Coles beat Brian Huggett at the second hole of a sudden - death playoff, holing a 12 - foot putt. Total prize money was £ 10,000 with a first prize of £ 2,000. Sunbeam Electric had sponsored the Sunbeam Electric Tournament in 1971. In 1973 the event was played on the Old Course at St Andrews. Graham Marsh won by 6 strokes from Peter Oosterhuis. Total prize money was increased to £ 15,000 with a first prize of £ 2,500. Both 1972 and 1973 tournaments were broadcast extensively on ITV. 1986 revival The event returned to the European Tour calendar in 1986, replacing the Glasgow Open which had been held at Haggs Castle Golf Club from 1983 to 1985. The tournament, sponsored by Bell 's, was held in August at Haggs Castle in its first year back. The following year it moved to Gleneagles and was played the week before the Open Championship. It remained at Gleneagles until Bell 's withdrew their sponsorship in 1994 following the switch of TV coverage from BBC to SKY that year. In 1995 and 1996 it was held, without a sponsor, at Carnoustie. The 1986 event had prize money of £ 130,000 with a first prize of £ 21,660. This rose to £ 200,000 with a first prize of £ 33,330 for the 1987 event at Gleneagles. This had risen to £ 600,000 and a first prize of £ 100,000 for the 1992 tournament. Despite the loss of Bell 's sponsorship the prize money increased to £ 650,000 in 1995 but, with the event losing money, this was reduced to £ 480,000 in 1996. Loch Lomond From 1997 the Scottish Open 's pre-Open place on the European Tour schedule was taken by the Loch Lomond World Invitational, which had been first held at Loch Lomond Golf Club in September 1996. The top - 60 in the World Rankings were invited but few non-Europeans entered. The event was broadcast by the BBC. From 1997 to 2000 the Loch Lomond event was played the week before the Open Championship. These events did not use the Scottish Open name, the rights to which were owned by ISM. From 2001, it was decided that the Loch Lomond event would be known as the Scottish Open, and all prior editions would be granted Scottish Open status. This resulted in the anomaly of there being two events in 1996. The 1996 event had a first prize of £ 125,000, rising to £ 133,330 in 1997 and £ 183,330 by 2000. The 2001 event was run without a main sponsor but from 2002 it was known as the Barclays Scottish Open, and was played at Loch Lomond until 2010. Some concern was expressed that the course, which is very different from the links courses on which the Open Championship is played, put European Tour players at a disadvantage compared to their leading rivals from the PGA Tour, who traditionally spent a week practising for the Open on links courses in Ireland. Links courses In 2011 it was held at Castle Stuart Golf Links, near Inverness, due to the financial difficulties being suffered by Loch Lomond. Play was reduced to 54 holes ( three rounds ) in the tournament due to heavy rain, which caused flooding and landslides. Aberdeen Asset Management took over sponsorship in 2013, but the event remained at Castle Stuart in 2012 and 2013 before moving to Royal Aberdeen Golf Club in 2014. It was played at Gullane Golf Club in 2015 and at Castle Stuart Golf Links in 2016. In 2016, the attendance figures at Castle Stuart were disappointing, with a reduction of more than 20,000 to 41,809 over the four tournament days. In 2017 it was held in Ayrshire, for the first time in its current guise, at Dundonald Links. Winners Year Winner Country Venue Score To par Margin of victory Runner ( s ) - up Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open 2017 Rafael Cabrera - Bello Spain Dundonald Links 275 − 13 Playoff Callum Shinkwin 2016 Alexander Norén Sweden Castle Stuart Golf Links 274 − 14 1 stroke Tyrrell Hatton 2015 Rickie Fowler United States Gullane Golf Club 268 − 12 1 stroke Raphaël Jacquelin Matt Kuchar 2014 Justin Rose England Royal Aberdeen Golf Club 268 − 16 2 strokes Kristoffer Broberg 2013 Phil Mickelson United States Castle Stuart Golf Links 271 − 17 Playoff Branden Grace 2012 Jeev Milkha Singh India Castle Stuart Golf Links 271 − 17 Playoff Francesco Molinari Barclays Scottish Open 2011 Luke Donald England Castle Stuart Golf Links 197 ^ − 19 4 strokes Fredrik Andersson Hed Edoardo Molinari Italy Loch Lomond Golf Club 272 − 12 3 strokes Darren Clarke 2009 Martin Kaymer Germany Loch Lomond Golf Club 269 − 15 2 strokes Gonzalo Fernández - Castaño Raphaël Jacquelin 2008 Graeme McDowell Northern Ireland Loch Lomond Golf Club 271 − 13 2 strokes James Kingston 2007 Grégory Havret France Loch Lomond Golf Club 272 − 14 Playoff Phil Mickelson 2006 Johan Edfors Sweden Loch Lomond Golf Club 271 − 13 2 strokes Luke Donald Andrés Romero Charl Schwartzel 2005 Tim Clark South Africa Loch Lomond Golf Club 265 − 19 2 strokes Darren Clarke Maarten Lafeber Thomas Levet France Loch Lomond Golf Club 269 − 15 1 stroke Michael Campbell 2003 Ernie Els ( 2 ) South Africa Loch Lomond Golf Club 267 − 17 5 strokes Darren Clarke Phillip Price 2002 Eduardo Romero Argentina Loch Lomond Golf Club 273 − 11 Playoff Fredrik Jacobson Scottish Open at Loch Lomond 2001 Retief Goosen South Africa Loch Lomond Golf Club 268 − 16 3 strokes Thomas Bjørn Standard Life Loch Lomond 2000 Ernie Els South Africa Loch Lomond Golf Club 273 − 11 1 stroke Tom Lehman 1999 Colin Montgomerie Scotland Loch Lomond Golf Club 268 − 16 3 strokes Sergio García Michael Jonzon Mats Lanner Standard Life World Invitational 1998 Lee Westwood England Loch Lomond Golf Club 276 − 8 4 strokes Robert Allenby Dennis Edlund David Howell Eduardo Romero Ian Woosnam Gulfstream Loch Lomond World Invitational 1997 Tom Lehman United States Loch Lomond Golf Club 265 − 19 5 strokes Ernie Els Loch Lomond World Invitational 1996 * Thomas Bjørn Denmark Loch Lomond Golf Club 277 − 7 1 stroke Jean van de Velde Scottish Open 1996 * Ian Woosnam ( 3 ) Wales Carnoustie 289 + 1 4 strokes Andrew Coltart 1995 Wayne Riley Australia Carnoustie 276 − 12 2 strokes Nick Faldo Bell 's Scottish Open 1994 Carl Mason England King 's Course, Gleneagles 265 − 15 1 stroke Peter Mitchell Jesper Parnevik Sweden King 's Course, Gleneagles 271 − 9 5 strokes Payne Stewart Peter O'Malley Australia King 's Course, Gleneagles 262 − 18 2 strokes Colin Montgomerie 1991 Craig Parry Australia King 's Course, Gleneagles 268 − 12 1 stroke Mark McNulty Ian Woosnam ( 2 ) Wales King 's Course, Gleneagles 269 − 15 4 strokes Mark McNulty Michael Allen United States King 's Course, Gleneagles 272 − 8 2 strokes José María Olazábal Ian Woosnam Barry Lane England King 's Course, Gleneagles 271 − 13 3 strokes Sandy Lyle José Rivero Ian Woosnam Wales King 's Course, Gleneagles 264 − 20 7 strokes Peter Senior 1986 David Feherty Northern Ireland Haggs Castle 270 − 14 Playoff Ian Baker - Finch Christy O'Connor Jnr 1974 -- 85 : No tournament Sunbeam Electric Scottish Open 1973 Graham Marsh Australia Old Course at St Andrews 286 − 2 6 strokes Peter Oosterhuis 1972 Neil Coles England Downfield, Dundee 283 − 5 Playoff Brian Huggett 1937 -- 71 : No tournament Penfold Scottish Open 1936 Jimmy Adams Scotland Belleisle Golf Club, Ayr 287 n / a Playoff Tom Collinge Scottish Open Championship 1935 Percy Alliss England Gleneagles Hotel 273 n / a 4 strokes Jack Busson * -- Two events held in 1996 ^ -- Shortened to 54 holes due to weather Future venues 2018 Gullane Golf Club References Jump up ^ `` The Scottish `` Open '' -- Practice play at Gleneagles ``. The Glasgow Herald. 17 June 1935. p. 20. Jump up ^ `` Golf -- Scottish `` Open '' qualifiers -- Callum and Alliss lead ``. The Glasgow Herald. 19 June 1935. p. 12. Jump up ^ `` Great finish by Alliss -- Final round of 66 at Gleneagles -- Record aggregate in Scots Open championship ''. The Glasgow Herald. 20 June 1935. p. 20. Jump up ^ `` Collinge - Adams replay -- Tie in the Penfold tournament ''. The Glasgow Herald. 18 June 1936. p. 20. Jump up ^ `` Record - breaking win -- Adams 's rounds of 68 and 69 ''. The Glasgow Herald. 19 June 1936. p. 4. Jump up ^ `` Scottish tournament cancelled -- Result of R. and A. Club objection ''. The Glasgow Herald. 2 January 1937. p. 15. Jump up ^ `` Golf -- Coles wins title putting like a demon ''. The Times. 3 July 1972. p. 11. Jump up ^ `` Marsh in line for Open win ''. The Glasgow Herald. 2 July 1963. p. 5. ^ Jump up to : `` Golf -- Scottish Open moves to the Old course ''. The Times. 12 January 1973. p. 7. Jump up ^ `` Golf -- Rich plum beyond reach of sponsors ''. The Times. 12 July 1972. p. I. Jump up ^ `` Prize increase ''. The Times. 9 August 1986. p. 34. Jump up ^ `` Woosnam tips himself for double win in Scotland ''. The Times. 13 July 1987. p. 34. Jump up ^ `` Rights to Scottish Open sold to IMG ''. The Times. 10 July 1996. p. 45. Jump up ^ `` Leading American immune to Loch Lomond 's charms ''. The Times. 19 September 1996. p. 42. Jump up ^ `` Scottish Open : Historic yet new ''. BBC Sport. July 13, 2001. Retrieved 2008 - 10 - 10. Jump up ^ `` Bad weather suspends golf 's Scottish Open ''. BBC News. BBC. 9 July 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2011. Jump up ^ `` Scottish Open to moves to Royal Aberdeen in 2014 ''. BBC Sport. BBC. 19 September 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2012. Jump up ^ `` Scottish Open : Gullane and Castle Stuart host next two tournaments ''. BBC Sport. 13 July 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2015. Jump up ^ Inglis, Martin ( 10 July 2016 ). `` Scottish Open attendance ' disappointing ' ''. bunkered. Jump up ^ McEwan, Michael ( 25 April 2016 ). `` Dundonald Links to host 2017 Scottish Open ''. bunkered. 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Question: where is the scottish golf open being played
Answer: Ayrshire