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Scotsman
a day ago
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Bob MacIntyre's full schedule for the rest of 2025
Bob MacIntyre is back in action this week in the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina | Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images Where Scottish No 1 is playing as he targets a win and bids to break into world's top 20 Sign up to our daily newsletter – Regular news stories and round-ups from around Scotland direct to your inbox Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Bob MacIntyre's schedule has been mapped out for the rest of the year, with a couple of question marks along the way. After taking a week off on the back of his top-ten finish in The 153rd Open, the Oban man returns to action this week in the $8.2 million Wyndham Championship, the final regular event of the season on the PGA Tour. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad MacIntyre will then head into the FedEx Cup Play-Offs, starting with the $20 million FedEx St Jude Championship in Memphis next week. Bob MacIntyre is back in action this week in the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina | Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images It features the top 70 players on the FedEx Cup points list, with MacIntyre, who has won close to $6 million this season alone on the US circuit, currently sitting 15th on the back of both his strong Open performance and also finishing runner-up in the US Open. The top 50 then get into the BMW Championship in Maryland the following week and the Scot has already secured his place in that $20 million event. All that remains to be determined is if he will make it all the way to the season-ending Tour Championship at East Lake in Atlanta for the second year running. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad That involves just the top 30 players on the points list, but, especially with three events to rack up more points, it is looking likely that MacIntyre will be in the field. The left-hander, who turns 29 on Sunday, will then turn his attention to the DP World Tour, starting with an appearance in a star-studded field for the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth. Home appearance on cards in Dunhill Links With his place in Luke Donald's team looking as though it has been secured, it will be a Ryder Cup appearance after that at Bethpage Black on Long Island. Hopefully as a member of a winning European team again, he will then tee up in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship on Scottish soil at Carnoustie, Kingsbarns and St Andrews. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad MacIntyre will get a bit of break after that before teeing up in the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship and then the season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai. Bob MacIntyre made his debut in the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas last year | Getty Images The one event he might play after all of that is the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas in early December, having made his debut in the tournament hosted by Tiger Woods last year.
Scotsman
2 days ago
- Sport
- Scotsman
'No reason ...': Amateur tipped as contender in Scottish Challenge
Sign up to our daily newsletter – Regular news stories and round-ups from around Scotland direct to your inbox Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Big events keep coming thick and fast for Connor Graham, with an appearance in this week's Farmfoods Scottish Challenge supported by The R&A coming on the back of the Blairgowrie teenager teeing up in The 153rd Open then helping Great Britain & Ireland win the St Andrews Trophy. He's taking it all in his stride, though, and, according to one of the favourites in this week's £250,000 HotelPlanner Tour event at Schloss Roxburghe, there is nothing to stop Graham getting himself in contention at the Borders venue. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 'The opportunity is great and it's not just an opportunity,' said David Law, the 2018 winner at Macdonald Spey Valley in Aviemore of a total of 21 Scottish players being in the field for Thursday's opening round. 'They can go and compete, they can go and win the golf tournament. There is no reason why they can't do that. Brothers Connor and Gregor Graham are both teeing up in this week's Farmfoods Scottish Challenge supported by The R&A at Schloss Roxburghe near Kelso | National World 'I'm sure someone like Connor won't have any fear going out here and trying to do that. The French lad, Martin Couvra, won out here as an amateur and he's gone on to do great things. You can see someone like Connor going down a similar route and there's no reason why he can't win this week. If not, he can still take a lot from the week.' As well as a fellow amateur in local man Jack McDonald, Graham is being joined in the line up by his big brother Gregor, who is in his rookie season as a professional after securing his HotelPlanner Tour card through a new Global Amateur Pathway. 'It's been a busy summer,' admitted Connor, who was in with a chance of making the cut at Royal Portrush before seeing his week unravel on the back nine in the second circuit on the Antrim coast. 'Yeah, this is the only event we are playing in together this year and it is nice for it to be in this tournament. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 'It helps that you are playing in such big events as that makes it quite easy to get ready for them and have the energy to play in these events. Yeah, I know that if I play well enough that I can compete and that is the goal for this week. I'll get a good look at the golf course the next couple of days and get as ready as I can.' Gregor's season has been hampered by a wrist injury, which, frustratingly, flared up again just after he'd recorded his best finish so far in the paid ranks when tying for 15th in the Interwetten Open in Austria. Connor Graham pictured during The 153rd Open Championship at Royal Portrush a fortnight ago | Tom Russo | The Scotsman 'It was after Abu Dhabi (in April) when it first happened,' said last year's South African Amateur champion. 'I then had eight weeks off before playing again and it flared up again over in the Czech, but hopefully after a couple of weeks rest it will be ok now for the rest of the season. 'It feels good now so I am ready to play this week. I was pushing hard to make it, to be honest. I could have taken this week off and played a bit more in the coming few weeks, but I wanted to be here playing in my home event. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 'It is pretty cool (to be teeing up on this stage with Connor). We were talking about how we've not played in the same event since the St Andrews Trophy last year.' Connor, who picked up three points from four games, and Cameron Adam, who won four out of four, helped Dean Robertson's Great Britain & Ireland side win that event against the Continent of Europe in Madrid last weekend. 'We all played really well and to beat the Europeans the way we did was pretty fun,' said Connor of a thumping 16.5-8.5 victory at Real Club de la Puerta de Hierro in Spain, meaning Great Britain & Ireland now hold the Curtis Cup, the Vagliano Trophy and the St Andrews Trophy after a hat-trick of successes inside the last year. Gregor Graham's rookie season on the HotelPlanner Tour has been hampered by a wrist injury |'Dean did a really good job prepping us and getting us ready for the week. That definitely helped us perform the way we did.' Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad It now looks as though Graham and Adam will borh be playing for Great Britain & Ireland again in the Walker Cup at Cypress Point in California in early September, though, not surprisingly, Graham has another big event on the horizon before that exciting assignment 'After this, I've got a week to practice before I go over to the States for the US Amateur then straight back to college after that,' he said, smiling. 'It would be great to use this to really push on' After a run at Newmachar, Schloss Roxburghe is staging the Scottish Challenge for the first time, with Law being joined by fellow former DP World Tour players like Eddie Pepperell, David Horsey, James Morrison, Renato Paratore and Adri Arnaus. 'Having a good week in any of these tournaments can be big for your season but especially this one for the Scottish lads,' said Gregor Graham. 'There are still plenty of events to come and it would be great to use this week to really push on.' 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Scotsman
2 days ago
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- Scotsman
It's back to bread and butter for in-form Scot after glitz and glamour of The Open
Sign up to our daily newsletter – Regular news stories and round-ups from around Scotland direct to your inbox Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... After the glitz and glamour of playing in The 153rd Open at Royal Portrush a fortnight ago, it's back to the bread and butter for Daniel Young this week. 'Yeah, I was just saying that to someone actually,' said the Perth man, smiling, after arriving at Schloss Roxburghe near Kelso for the Farmfoods Scottish Challenge supported by The R&A. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 'Do you know what, though?' he added. 'By the end of last week I was like I'm looking forward to getting back to getting back out here and back to business, especially as we have a Scottish event this week, and then just batter on for the rest of the year.' Daniel Young tees off in the second round of The Open at Royal Portrush | Tom Russo | The Scotsman On his major debut in Northern Ireland, Young gave a good account of himself. Not helped by the fact he finished in near darkness, he dropped three shots late on in an opening 75 before carding a very satisfying level-par 71 in the second circuit, missing the cut by three shots. 'I played great on the Friday but just had a cold putter, unfortunately,' he reflected. 'That was the difference. If the putter had co-operated, we would probably have been around for the weekend. 'So, yeah, it was disappointing. It would probably have been easier if I hadn't played particularly well for the two days as I would have felt I wouldn't have deserved that much if that had been the case. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 'But I felt I played quite well on both days. I had a poor finish on Thursday, which was a bit gutting, but on Friday I played great and I was really happy, especially on such a tricky golf course. 'It just gives you an extra bit of belief' ' It just gives you an extra bit of belief that you can compete with these guys as well. I played well on a golf course where some big names struggled. That was the biggest takeaway.' On the back of finishing third then joint-second in his last two HotelPlanner Tour outings, Young sits 14th in the Road to Mallorca Rankings heading into this week's home assignment, with the top 20 at the end of the season securing DP World Tour cards. 'If you'd offered me this position at the start of the year coming into this stretch of events, I'd have bitten your hand off,' said Young, who is attached to Kingsbarns Links. 'It's just about getting the head down and battering on for the rest of the year and try to not just consolidate my position by working my way up a little bit.' Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Is he playing the best golf of his career? 'Yeah, certainly results-wise,' he added. 'The game has been good for the last month or so and it's just a case of doing what I've been doing and working on the right things and try to take the confidence and belief into this week that you can go and win a tournament.' Daniel Young is heading into this week's Farmfoods Scottish Challenge supported by The R&A on the back of two top-three finishes on the HotelPlanner Your |A total of 21 players, including a bunch of Tartan Pro Tour regulars and amateur duo Connor Graham and local man Jack McDonald, are in the field for this week's £250,000 event, which is run by Paul Lawrie's Five Star Sports Agency. 'The Scottish Challenge is always a great event,' observed Young. 'Mikey MacDougall and the guys at Five Star Sports do a great job running it. You also get to see a lot of Scottish-based lads you don't see the rest of the year, which is nice.' For the majority of them, it's an opportunity to not just change their season but their career as well. 'Absolutely,' said Young, who took time to find his feet on the DP World Tour's development circuit but is really starting to make headway this year. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 'I've been in their position before. It's one week and it can change your season and the rest of your career, whatever way you look at it. A win for somebody can change everything but even a top ten can get them into the following week and another chance to rack up some points. 'Big opportunity' for Scots at Schloss Roxburghe 'You just never know in this game as form changes so quickly and you can get a little run out here. A Spanish guy won his home event earlier in the year after coming off the Alps Tour and that shows you that it is doable. All these guys are good enough as well, having played with the majority of them over the years. Yeah, it is a big opportunity.' In a brilliant mix at event offering free admission, the next generation of European stars will be doing battle in the Borders over the next four days with seasoned campaigners like David Law, Marc Warren, David Horsey, Eddie Pepperell and James Morrison.
Daily Mirror
4 days ago
- Business
- Daily Mirror
PGA Tour star responds after finding out huge sum Scottie Scheffler's caddie has earned
PGA star Ben Griffin has responded in disbelief after finding out just how much money Scottie Scheffler's trusted caddie, Ted Scott, has taken home in 2025 alone PGA Tour star Ben Griffin has spoken out after he discovered that Scottie Scheffler's caddie, Ted Scott, has earned more than most players on the tour in 2025. It's been an exceptionally successful year for Scheffler, 29, with the New Jersey-born icon snapping up the PGA Championship and The 153rd Open at Royal Portrush – taking his major tally to four. The player-caddie duo of Scheffler and Scott has been formidable since they started working together in 2022. But their payment agreement is largely under wraps, despite Scheffler briefly opening up on it. A caddie usually receives 10 per cent of the winning check, seven per cent for a top-10 finish, and five percent for anything else – yet they may also earn a weekly salary. Griffin, who has been open on his finances in the past, has won the Charles Schwab Challenge and Zurich Classic this year and has earned around £6m in 2025, one of his most lucrative years ever. He has won just over £11m in his career so far. Golf Digest took to X to announce that Scott's estimated earnings this year, £1.49m, are higher than those of the average PGA Tour player, which stand at £1.3m. Griffin playfully replied: "He [Scott] got me the last two years. I knew I had to step my game up…" Scott has pocketed a little over £5.5m over the last two years alone, with the 2025 season still yet to finish. Griffin earned £2.5m in 2024 – a year in which Scott sensationally bagged £4m. A fan then asked Griffin why, after two wins on the tour this year, he had not signed up a 'blue tick' on X – an extra feature users can pay for on the social media platform to add to give their profile more exposure. Griffin jokingly hit back: "Can't risk buying a blue check and Ted jumping me." Scheffler has won four championships this year and secured 13 top-10 finishes out of 16 events. His total earnings for 2025 stand at £14m so far. Scott's staggering sum this year would even see him surpass the earnings of two former Masters champions on the PGA money list with past Masters winners Zach Johnson and Danny Willett having banked £655k and £398k respectively. Famously, back in 2024, Scheffler took home a staggering £47m with Scott's earnings standing at around £4m. This would have put Scott around 20th in the PGA Tour's money list for that year. While Scott is currently the highest earning caddie, he's not the only bag man on tour to boast a more than credible bank balance. Rory McIlroy's long-term man Harry Diamond and Xander Schauffele's Austin Kaiser also raked in hefty amounts over the last few years. Speaking on the Pardon My Take podcast last year, Scheffler opened up on how he leaves paying Scott to his staff, despite the astronomical sums heading his caddie's way. "We have a girl that helps us pay bills basically because I'm a child and I can't keep track of all that stuff," Scheffler said. "She quickly took over that job and texts me at the end of each week saying, 'Hey, this is how much we're paying Ted?' I'm like, 'That's great.'" Scott, however, has nothing but praise for Scheffler and his seemingly unstoppable form. "Time and time again, when people get close, he seems to be able to step on the gas," Scott said following Scheffler's triumph at the PGA Championship in May. "He just has that ability to be like, 'Oh, no, you're not coming after me, bud.'"
Scotsman
6 days ago
- Sport
- Scotsman
Wedge wizard Woad on brink of pro debut win in ISPS HANDA Scottish Women's Open
Impressive English player holds two-shot lead heading into closing circuit at Dundonald Links Sign up to our daily newsletter – Regular news stories and round-ups from around Scotland direct to your inbox Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Last week belonged to Scottie; this one is being bossed by Lottie. Like Scheffler at the 54-hole stage in The 153rd Open at Royal Portrush, Woad is looking like a winner in the $2 million ISPS HANDA Women's Scottish Open at Dundonald Links. On her professional debut, the 21-year-old English player holds a two-shot lead heading into the final day on the Ayrshire coast, having followed opening efforts of 67-65 with another 67 to sit on 17 under par. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Korean Sei Young Kim (66) and Dane Nanna Koerstz Madsen (67) are leading the chase in the LET and LPGA co-sanctioned event, with another Korean, Hyo Joo Kim (66), a shot further behind. In what looks as though it has whittled down to a five-horse race, world No 1 Nelly Korda sits on 12 under. Lottie Woad smiles during the third round of the ISPS HANDA Women's Scottish Open at Dundonald Links in Ayrshire |Woad, who hails from Hampshire, is bidding to become just the second player in more than 70 years to make a winning professional debut on the LPGA after Rose Zhang achieved the rare feat in the Mizuho Americas Open just over two years ago. It would be by no means out of the blue, though. Not when Woad stormed to a six-shot success in the KPMG Irish Women's Open as an amateur earlier this month. And not when she then signed off her career in the non-paid ranks by finishing second in The Evian Championship, one of the majors in the women's game. She rarely misses a fairway and is a wedge wizard. It would be no surprise at all if she finished the job off on Sunday before turning her attention to next week's AIG Women's Open - she was the leading amateur at St Andrews 12 months ago - at Royal Porthcawl. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 'Yeah, that would definitely be cool,' said Woad, the 2024 Augusta National Women's Amateur winner, of her chance to start her professional career with a victory. 'Obviously you can't control what people are doing. I'm just going to try and play well and, if I do, I'll be happy tomorrow. 'I don't think you can ever expect to be leading. But I knew my game was good and I was playing well the last, you know, month or so. So, I definitely hoped to be contending. I'm just kind of where I wanted to be.' Two ahead at the halfway stage, Woad was joined at the top of the leaderboard by both Madsen, who almost broke the flagstick with a chip-in eagle at the third, and Hyo Joo Kim at different points on the front nine, but it was never in doubt really that she'd still be at the head of affairs at the end of the day. Nelly Korda in action during the third round of the ISPS HANDA Women's Scottish Open |After picking up birdies at the fifth, seventh, eighth, tenth and 14th, she dropped just her second shot of the week as a par putt spun out of the hole at the 15th, with that damage being repaired by her 19th birdie of the week at the 17th. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 'I think I've been pretty solid tee-to-green,' observed Woad of her week's work so far. 'I hit a lot of greens again today and probably the best tee-to-green compared to the last two days. Just didn't hole maybe as many putts but generally hit a lot of good putts. So I can't complain too much.' Having missed out on big pay-days in both Ireland and France, Woad, who turned professional after a lengthy spell as the World Amateur Golf Ranking No 1, will pick up $300,000 if she lifts this trophy. 'I've had some experience sleeping on leads, so I know what to expect,' she said. 'Obviously there will be some nerves, but I'm looking forward to getting going.' Madsen, who is bidding to land a second LPGA title triumph, was in danger of playing herself out of it as she struggled with her driver in the middle of the round before rolling in a monster birdie putt at the 15th then finding the left edge for another gain at the 16th. 'It was fun most of the time,' she said of playing with Woad. The 30-year-old will do so again in the final round but admitted that a dodgy driver was a cause for concern. 'I need that to work if I want to have a shot tomorrow,' she said. 'So, yeah, I'm going to spend half an hour on the range and hopefully it will work.' Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad After making the most birdies out of anyone in the field on the opening two days, Korda, who is making her debut in the tournament, managed just two in this round. 'Wasn't hitting it probably as good as I was the first two days,' said the American, who is bidding to land her first win of the season. 'Yeah, three-putted one of the par 5s for par. That kind of always stings a little bit. But, other than that, I made some really good par saves and just didn't really capitalise on some of my good shots. But that's golf. That's okay. I still have tomorrow.' Korda's first outing as professional was ten years ago and, according to her, it was a lot different to Woad's one here. 'My professional debut was not as in the limelight like her,' she said. 'For her to be leading the event is pretty special.' Borders-born Karis Davidson is sitting in the top ten heading into the final round at Dundonald Links |Karis Davidson, who lived in Innerleithen in the Borders for nine years before her family moved to Australia, sits joint-ninth on seven under after carding a 66 that contained eight birdies. 'It's one of my dreams to win this tournament, so it's special,' said Davidson of playing on Scottish soil, where she is being cheered on by her mum and dad, with more relatives joining them on Sunday.
