Matt Fitzpatrick storms into Scottish Open reckoning as other big names miss cut

Much had been made of 14 of the world’s top 15 being in the field ahead of next week’s Open Championship, but half of them could head to St Andrews early after missing the cut

66: Matt Fitzpatrick surged into contention in the Genesis Scottish Open after a second-round 66 (Steven Paston/PA)

US Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick defied a significant draw bias to surge into contention as a host of big names were blown off course in the Genesis Scottish Open.

Much had been made of 14 of the world’s top 15 being in the field ahead of next week’s 150th Open Championship, but half of them could head to St Andrews early after missing the cut at a windswept Renaissance Club.