Beginning in 2022, the tournament was co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour and title sponsored by Genesis.

[1] The first Sunbeam Electric Scottish Open was part of the 1972 European Tour and was held at Downfield Golf Club in Dundee.

[6] The event returned to the European Tour calendar in 1986 when, under a new sponsorship deal with Bell's, the Glasgow Open, which had been held at Haggs Castle Golf Club from 1983 to 1985, was rebranded as the Scottish Open.

[7][8] After remaining at Haggs Castle for the first year, the tournament moved to Gleneagles in 1987 and was played the week before the Open Championship.

It remained at Gleneagles until Bell's withdrew their sponsorship in 1994 following the switch of TV coverage from BBC to SKY that year.

In 2011 it was held at Castle Stuart Golf Links, near Inverness, due to the financial difficulties being suffered by Loch Lomond.

Play was reduced to 54 holes (three rounds) in the tournament due to heavy rain, which caused flooding and landslides.

[16] In 2016, the attendance figures at Castle Stuart were disappointing, with a reduction of more than 20,000 to 41,809 over the four tournament days.

[17] In 2017 it was held in Ayrshire, for the first time in its current guise, at Dundonald Links, and was played at Gullane again in 2018.

[20] Sources:[21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29] In 1935 Gleneagles hosted a Scottish Open Championship held on the King's course.

[31] Percy Alliss won the tournament by 4 strokes from Jack Busson with an aggregate of 273.