Italy's Renato Paratore is among the
favourites to win the Scottish Championship being staged at the
spiritual home of golf, St Andrew's, from Thursday to Sunday.
The Roman golfer is coming off a seventh place finish in the
recent BMW PGA Championship.
Among the other favourites for the title are former world number
one Lee Westwood and Aaron Rai, who won the Scottish Open two
weeks ago in a play-off against Tommy Fleetwood.
Others tipped to take the crown are Eddie Pepperell, Sam
Horsfield, Matt Wallace and Chris Wood, also of England.
Fancied Scottish players include Connor Syme and Stephen
Gallacher, who are partnered with Paratore in the first two
rounds, plus Marc Warren, David Law, Scott Jamieson and Richie
Ramsey.
International players featuring highly include Spain's Adrian
Otaeguei, Australia's Scott Hend and South Africa's Justin
Harding and Brandon Stone. The field also includes Thailand's
Kiradech Aphibarnrat, China's Ashun Wu, and the Dane Nicolai
Hojgaard.
Among the Azzurri, as well as Paratore, Lorenzo Scalise will be
wielding his clubs.
The one million euro Scottish Championship is the last
tournament before the Italian Open, on October 22-25 at the
Chervo Golf Club near Brescia.
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