Four Scots ready to rock at The Open as Bob MacIntyre warned rival out to gun him down 10 years on from epic
Daniel Young is out to beat trailblazer Bob MacIntyre 10 years after the pair's epic battle at Muirfield.
And the Perthshire ace is adamant a late start won't be an issue at Royal Portrush.
Young stormed through final qualifying at Dundonald to join MacIntyre and amateur pair Cameron Adam and Connor Graham at The Open and the quartet were together for a Tuesday practice.
The 33-year-old and Scotland's No.1 fought out a terrific clash in the Final of the Scottish Amateur Championship a decade ago which was won by the Oban ace.
Now they are reunited on the biggest stage of the lot and Young said: 'It was good to see Bob. I've obviously not seen him in a wee while, so it was good to catch up and play with the younger lads as well. Everybody was in good spirits and we just had a good time, to be honest.
'We're all here to beat everybody. All four of us are obviously rooting for each other to do well, obviously, being from Scotland.
'By the end of the day, you want to beat all three of them. I asked Bob a couple of questions just from 2019, obviously, when he played well here, but his memory was lacking a little bit!
'We're all trying to do our prep and figure it out and we've all got different games as well. How he sees stuff and how I see stuff and how Conor, Cammy, we all see stuff differently.
'Bob's very near the top of the game at the moment. And then I'm obviously getting closer to the DP World Tour and the guys are striving to get to, I guess, where Bob is, first of all.
'But it's obviously not just as easy as that as Bob will probably be the first to tell you. You've got to work your way up the ladder.'
Young will have to be patient on the opening day as he's in the second-last group onto the course with a 4.05pm tee-time.
But he said: 'Obviously you're not really used to that late, but how many times have we played at four o'clock over the years, going out with your mates or a delay and stuff?
'So it's just delaying your prep and having a chilled-out morning. Maybe even watch some of the golf and see how the course is playing. Pick up on a few pin locations and just stuff like that that will help come four o'clock.'
Young is savouring the experience and has been incestivised by David Law's win on the HotelPlanner Tour last weekend.
He said: 'That was fantastic. It's looking like it could be a really good season, absolutely. We're obviously only just after halfway, but Davey winning has certainly put him in a hell of a position now.
'I'm in a position where he was probably there at the start of last week, so if I can somehow knock off a win between now and the end of the year, then I'll be in a heck of a position to make the jump up as well.
'I think until you get here, you're then like: Oh yeah, we're here. I was saying to the guys we're here to go play well and do a job and obviously look forward to having a good week.
'I'm feeling good. I had a couple of weeks off there and got some good work in last week, just getting used to links turf again. I did a bit of work last week back home on some links, but it's more just getting here, seeing how firm it's got.'
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