'I now know that I can win a major'
The left-hander from Oban already had two top-10 Open finishes, including joint-sixth on his debut when the tournament was last at Portrush in 2019. Last year's Scottish Open victory showed he can win on a links course against elite opposition.MacIntyre may have cut a frustrated figure at the weekend as the defence of that title proved disappointing, but the "old school feel" of Portrush has his juices flowing again."Yes, it's been lengthened in time, but it's just the dunes enclosing the holes," he explained. "You've got the visuals off the tees and then you've got the weather. That can be absolutely brutal, as we saw in 2019. As a championship golf course, I think it's spectacular."MacIntyre, who will play the first two rounds with Justin Rose and Bryson DeChambeau, is one of four Scots in the field, with Daniel Young and amateurs Cameron Adam and Connor Graham all making their Open debuts."I'm sure they'll pick my brains out there and, if they want to ask me questions, not a problem, I'm there for them," he said of his compatriots."They've all got my number, but if they don't want to ask me questions, I'm not going to force things down them, try and make them change."
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