Gonzalo Fernández Castaño will play in the Scottish Open, another Rolex Series tournament, with many points and lots of money at stake. He's going into the tournament with a very high morale and a clear goal in mind after finishing last week in Ireland with a total of 64 shots in the last round, skyrocketing him to 19th place, which has also allowed him to move higher up in the Race to Dubai rankings.
In fact, a good performance on the Scottish terrain could even seal the deal as far as his goal of maintaining the rights to play in the European Tour in 2020. According to an approximate estimation, if he were to finish in tenth place, it should be sufficient, while a sole seventh place would guarantee it. Thus, evidently this is his main objective, although accumulating points and maintaining the good feeling on the course would also be sufficient for Gonzalo.
The Scottish Open is granting three spots for the British Open next week for golfers finishing within the top ten, as a minimum requirement, and then to the top three who still haven't earned their spot in the 'major'.
The tournament will be held on a course that is new to the European Tour, The Renaissance Club (North Berwick, Scotland), links style. The golfer from Madrid will play in the first round starting at 9:00 am, local time (10:00 CEST) alongside Jamie Donaldson and Mike Lorenzo Vera.
