With the St Andrews Open in the can the Tour makes its way down the Fife coast to the Old Tom Morris design Kinghorn Golf Course.

The Kinghorn Classic has been played at Kinghorn since its inception in 2021 and has been won by three different players in that time. McColgan won the first two tournaments before Stevie Orr set the tournament record with an incredibly 60 and in 2024 Stuart Sutherland built on his maiden win at the St Andrews Open to win two events on the trot.

To say Kinghorn is not the most favoured course on Tour is probably an understatement. We’ve had players flat out refuse to even tee it up choosing to forgo the ranking points rather than endure the round.

It is an unconventional course, not quite a pure links course, but the fast, firm and angular fairways through the ball all over the place and the small firm greens make it almost impossible to get near the pins from distance.

However, for all it’s idiosyncrasies it is one of the shorter courses on Tour, it is gettable throughout, but historically the movement on the leaderboard always happens in the last 5 holes as the field has to navigate 4 par 3’s with the last two being treacherous.

EuroDov Reporter has sat down and poured over last weeks action, and the history books to see how the chips might fall come close of play at Kinghorn.

David McColgan
Odds: 7/2
Notes: Whilst McColgan loses the distance advantage around here, still benefits from the shot making ability needed around this course.

He’s won 2 in 2 starts in 2025 and he certainly seems in the mood. McColgan’s had two wins and two runner-up spots at Kinghorn, so expect him in the hunt come the end of the day.

Denis Duncan, Daniel Peck & Stuart Sutherland
Odds: 5/1
Notes: Ok so these three have history around Kinghorn, Sutherland is the defending champion and has never finished worse than 6th. He was hitting the ball well around St Andrews and back on links turf might just be the canvass he needs to claim another OoM win.

Peck’s finish last week was surprising, but he enjoys Kinghorn, in 2 starts he’s got two third place finishes. One thing that Peck benefits from around the tough greens is his fast swing speed and the spin that generates, allowing him to hold the tough greens.

Denis Duncan is yet to tee it up in 2025 but with a 5th, 3rd and 4th place finish over the years tells us he’ll be in the mood when he tees it up for the first time. His game over the winter has been trending in a positive direction and this will be the first time to see if it’ll withstand the pressure of battle.

Stuart Allan, Paul Gowens, Richard Mair & Stephen Orr
Odds: 6/1
Notes: Everyone of these players could lift the trophy at the end of the day, and no one n the field would be surprised.

Allan’s big hitting can certainly help him to overpower the course, but danger lurks around the corner when that’s the only target. If Allan focusses on his high towering irons and uses his distance to his advantage when approaching greens, he might just claim the win.

Gowens has 2nd place and 9th place finish around here, he’ll be hoping to channel the former rather than the later. Kinghorn is a course where Gowens Snr. won’t feel he needs to muscle the ball too far, so his second shots will be key here and his steady approach to the game could serve him well.

Richard Mair was in the mix at St Andrews, and he’ll be in the mix again at Kinghorn, there is no question about it. His steady down the middle tee shots are at the mercy of the fairway bounces and as such tempering his emotions when he gets the bad breaks will be key.

Stevie Orr has won here before, and he can win here again. His two OoM wins have come on the shorter courses so expect him to tee up with confidence and play accordingly. Orr has shown the imagination needed to win around the course over the years and if he can play with some calm and tranquillity he won’t be far off.

Ally Greenshields, Callum McNeill & Kevin Brannan
Odds: 7/1
Notes: So, Greenshields has the game to win on Tour, no one would deny it, he’s just not got there yet and it’s a combination of physical and mental challenges. If Greenshields can turn up in the right frame of mind, stay there, and swing the club well he has all the tools to tear a course like Kinghorn apart.

McNeill has been playing good golf in the two outings he’s played so far in 2025 and he’ll be wanting to improve on his 11th place finish in 2024. He only needs to look to his 2022 result where he finished 2nd for proof that he can do it.

Brannan has only teed it up once at Kinghorn and it was a disappointing 11th place finish. He knows he’s better than that and we know it too. Brannan had a good start to the 2025 season in Malaga and at St Andrews so he’ll be wanting to see his name climb the leaderboard and it’s a fools bet to bet against him.

Alan Duncan & Jim Robertson
Odds: 8/1
Notes: Duncan is a winner on Tour and when he’s on his game you can absolutely understand why.

However, his 12th place finish at St Andrews coupled with and 8th and 14th place finish at Kinghorn dos raise concerns. However, if he’s holding the trophy after the tournament, I don’t think anyone will be surprised.

Robertson makes his 2025 debut after a significant lay off after a medical exemption for the second half of the 2024 season. His golf game will be rusty, but he’s a steady player who relies on metronomic consistency in finding fairways and greens. If he just focuses on one shot at a time, he might just find himself near the top of the leaderboard come end of play.

That concludes the field for the 2025 Kinghorn Classic, EuroDov Reporter and the FTLR team will be out on the course to bring you the latest news and analysis so make sure to check back in.