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Scott Jamieson ended a nearly 14-year wait and earned his second career victory on the DP World Tour. The 38-year-old Scot won the 2026 Nexo Championship, held at Trump International Golf Links in Aberdeenshire, by two strokes, finishing 11 points behind thanks to a final-round 67.

Following Grant Forrest’s success last year, it was once again a local player celebrating in Scotland. Jamieson held off a comeback from England’s Matthew Jordan, who finished second at nine points behind. Andy Sullivan finished in solitary third at seven points behind, while Shaun Norris suffered a two-shot penalty on the front nine and finished five points behind, along with Richard Mansell and Fabrizio Zanotti.

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The tournament saw a strong performance from Matteo Manassero, who finished 16th with a total of two points behind (71-71-74-70). Filippo Celli and Renato Paratore, however, failed to make the cut.

On the decisive day, Jamieson birdied the 7th and 8th, while Jordan bogeyed a tricky hole out of the rough and made a double bogey on the 9th. Meanwhile, Norris was penalized two strokes for improving playing conditions by moving a divot under his feet on the fairway of the 5th (Rule 8.1). From then on, the lead shifted to the Scotsman, who extended his lead with two more birdies and maintained it until the end. On the 17th, he saved par from a bunker and watched Jordan’s par putt land on the lip of the hole, moving him to three points ahead. On the 18th, a comfortable par sealed the victory, while Jordan recovered a birdie to secure sole second place. “Fourteen years old, it’s unbelievable. It’s so hard to win,” said an emotional Jamieson. “I’ve been patient all day… I still can’t believe it.” The victory allows him to make a dramatic leap in the Race to Dubai, from 135th to 42nd place, and secure a card for another two years. Jamieson also won the Closing Swing, taking home a $200,000 bonus and surpassing $700,000 in total earnings for the week. He is the second home winner in two consecutive weeks, following Jeff Winther at the Danish Golf Championship.

The Closing Swing of the DP World Tour concludes where it began, in Scotland. From August 20-23, 2026, the Nexo Championship returns to the Trump International Golf Links in Aberdeenshire, on the picturesque Old Course overlooking the North Sea. The prize pool is $3 million, and three Italians are on the course to watch closely: Filippo Celli, Matteo Manassero, and Renato Paratore.

Twelve months ago, Grant Forrest won by four shots, capturing his second DP World Tour title (and his second on home soil). Almost exactly four years after his triumph at the 2021 Hero Open at Fairmont St. Andrews, the Scotsman took the lead with a course-record 66 (-6), extending it to three by the end of the third round. In the final round, Todd Clements had reduced the lead to two, but a birdie by Forrest on the fourth hole and a triple-bogey by Clements on the same eighth hole widened the gap to five. From there, he hasn’t looked back.

After four stops in as many countries, the Closing Swing returns to Scotland. In the same week as the Genesis Scottish Open (won by Tom Kim, Rolex Series), Steven Fisk won the ISCO Championship. While Ryan Fox triumphed at the Open Championship (Majors don’t count towards Swing Rankings), Stefano Mazzoli won on both the DP World Tour and the PGA TOUR at the Corales Puntacana Championship. After a three-week break, the Swing resumed with the Danish Golf Championship, won on home soil by Jeff Winther. The winner of the Closing Swing Ranking earns a spot in all Back 9 tournaments and a $200,000 bonus. With Mazzoli and Winther absent, the closest contenders are England’s Todd Clements and Italy’s Filippo Celli. The top available player in the Closing Swing Ranking who is not otherwise exempt also earns a spot in the BMW PGA Championship, the third Rolex Series event of the season. Currently, Celli, who graduated last year from the HotelPlanner Tour, would be the winner