Make that two eagles for the day as Rory McIlroy trickles in a 20-footer.

Chris Gotterup's eagle putt isn't as accurate, but his birdie putt does the job.

MacIntyre's impressive scrambling third has set him up for a birdie, too, which he takes advantage of.

A decent showing from the trio.

There has been just the one eagle so far today.

Who got it? South Africa's Dylan Frittelli, on the par-five first. Quite the start from the South African.

He has since had a bogey on three and birdie on five to sit two under as he approaches the turn.

A bad break for Bob MacIntyre, as his approach rides up on the green before diving down to the left, skidding into the rough.

No such issues for Rory McIlroy or Chris Gotterup, with the former's approach dropping to 20 feet shy of the pin, and the latter's a fair bit further away but on the green nonetheless.

MacIntyre, with some space and ridges to work with, skillfully scoops his third back onto the short stuff just a few feet from the pin. Masterful.

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As if Scottish Open glory is not enough, entry to not one but two majors are also up for grabs this week.

If the winner is not already exempt, they will receive an invite to the 2027 Masters at Augusta National. Current Scottish Open champion Chris Gotterup became the first player to take advantage of this new pathway last year.

And three spots at The Open next week are also on offer. To earn a place at Royal Birkdale a player must make the cut and not be already exempt, with the Official World Golf Ranking used as a tie-breaker.

601 yards, par five, first hole.

Handshake opener or an intimidating start? Either way, it's this group's 10th of the day, not the opening drive.

All three tee shots are sitting nicely on some short grass, set up for powerful approaches into the green.

America's Patrick Cantlay moves within one of the lead as he begins his closing nine with a birdie on the first.

This par five is proving kind so far - it is playing as the second-easiest hole on the course.

Rory McIlroy's third, from 60 or so yards, pulls up 20 feet short on the green.

He is taking his time sizing up what would be an almighty impressive par save, but it drifts a foot past the hole, as McIlroy drops a shot on his ninth hole.

Bob MacIntyre and Chris Gotterup both walk off with a par, no shame in that whatsoever.

US PGA champion Aaron Rai won the Scottish Open in 2020 but has endured a bumpy start today.

Rai hits the turn in two over after bogeys on 12 and 14.

Fellow Englishman Tyrrell Hatton is also two over, through his opening seven holes. A horror triple-bogey seven on the 10th - his opening hole - is the stuff of nightmares on his first outing at this tournament in three years.

All three of this group will be hopeful of walking down the 18th on Sunday with a victory in sight.

For now though, it's merely the halfway point of their opening round.

Rory McIlroy's tee shot finds the scary stuff way out on the right-hand side, while Bob MacIntyre and Chris Gotterup both have more comfortable approaches from around 160 yards, right in the middle of the fairway.

McIntyre is half the distance to the hole of Gotterup's approach, as both land safely on the green.

For McIlroy, he has to muster all his strength to advance the ball 122 yards, with a tricky third up next.

The total Scottish Open prize pot stands at a nifty £6.7m in what is the second of five Rolex Series events in the DP World Tour season.

This week's winner will pocket £1.2m, while the runner-up banks around £735k.

Last place of those who make the cut walks away with roughly £11.5k.

The eighth hole for this group is a 190-yard par three.

Rory McIlroy skews his tee shot slightly right but finds the short stuff, avoiding any serious bother, and scrambles to just six feet away.

Bob MacIntyre watches his birdie putt agonisingly end up two feet from the hole.

Chris Gotterup slides his birdie try well past and takes a second to stare at his putting line, a touch perplexed.

Ultimately, all three walk off with a par. Mixed emotions for the trio there.

There's no stopping Bernd Wiesberger so far.

The Austrian extends his lead to two shots with another birdie on 11.

Wiesberger set the course record here - a nine-under 61 - in 2019 and now shares it with four other players.

Could he beat it today?

It's not only golfing royalty teeing it up this week. Scotland football legend King Kenny Dalglish was in pro-am action here yesterday.

Dalglish joined Scotland internationals past and present - Scott Brown and Ryan Christie - plus Shane Lowry for the front nine and Tyrrell Hatton for the back nine.

At the ripe old age of 75, Dalglish still proved pretty nifty, especially around the greens. His handicap of nine is not to be sniffed (yes, I am a tad jealous).

The Saltire-tinged fourball was pipped to pro-am glory by one shot though after finishing 34 under. The winners? Team Adam Scott/ Baekjun Kim.

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The 508-yard par-four 16th - this group's seventh - may seem relatively straightforward, but it's a tester.

Rory McIlroy fires one down the right-hand edge of the fairway, no hassle for him.

Bob MacIntyre and Chris Gotterup both have tricky lies in the rough down the same side as McIlroy.

The lie for MacIntyre, coupled with the hole position, probably favours a leftie, and he lands it just six feet from the pin. McIlroy, not to be upstaged, does likewise. Two cracking approaches.

Gotterup struggles to muscle his back out of the rough and comes up short of the green, but he has plenty of surface to work with between him and the pin.

A birdie apiece for McIlroy and MacIntyre, with Gotterup recovering superbly to par.

Spoke too soon. Bernd Wiesberger starts his back nine with a birdie on the par-five first and is now outright leader on five under.

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It is now a three-way tie at the top as Patrick Cantlay completes his front nine with a birdie on 18.

The American joins Bernd Wiesberger and Shan Norris on four under.

Among the bunch of players currently one shot off the lead are England's Marcus Armitage - marvellously nicknamed The Bullet - and Scotland's Scott Jamieson.

Jamieson is one of six Scots in the 156-player field this week.

Both Armitage and Jamieson posted three birdies in blemish-free front nines.

The marquee group of the morning make their way to The Thistle.

Previously the par-three sixth, the 15th hole of the newly rerouted layout is surrounded by grandstands all along the fairway and around the green.

Bob MacIntyre slides his 30-footer past the hole but tidies up for par, while Rory McIlroy leaves his birdie attempt just a revolution short of the hole.

Chris Gotterup seems destined to round off a trio of pars, but his close-range third doesn't drop.

A disappointing bogey for the defending champion.