Knapp is loving links golf so much he'd like to extend his stay another week, and he took a step toward that Thursday with a 6-under 64 that put him in a four-way share of the lead.

Rory McIlroy finished two-under after his opening round at the Scottish Open - a strong card considering his bogey on the opening hole - in large part thanks to a miraculous par save

Signing for a two-under-par 68 on a day when there was enough of a breeze to stop anyone from going ridiculously low, McIlroy sits just four shots off the lead, held by Edinburgh-based Frenchman Victor Perez, Colombian Nico Echavarria, Austrian Sepp Straka and American Jake Knapp.