2026 Scottish Open TV schedule, coverage: Where to watch, live stream tune up before The Open Championship
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- Scottie Scheffler missed his first PGA Tour cut in 79 attempts at The Renaissance Club, ending the fifth-longest made-cuts streak in tour history.
- Rory McIlroy sits as one of three co-leaders entering the weekend after 36 holes in North Berwick.
- The 2026 Scottish Open doubles as a final links tune-up before The Open Championship at Royal Birkdale — last year, six of the top 12 Scottish Open finishers placed top-10 at the following week's Open.
- Defending champion Chris Gotterup enters the weekend fresh off his fifth career PGA Tour win at the John Deere Classic.
- Matt Fitzpatrick, hometown hero Robert MacIntyre, and Min Woo Lee are among notable names still contending at The Renaissance Club.
- Weekend TV coverage runs Golf Channel 10am-12pm ET followed by CBS/Paramount+ 12-3pm ET on both Saturday (Round 3) and Sunday (Round 4), with tee times starting at 4am and 3:45am ET respectively.
Why it matters: Scheffler's snapped streak at 79 cuts marks the end of the fifth-longest made-cuts run in PGA Tour history, and his absence from a premier links warm-up reshuffles the Open Championship narrative. For U.S. viewers, the sub-5am ET tee times conveniently fit coverage into a late-morning window, with Golf Channel and CBS splitting the 10am-3pm ET broadcast block.
