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Daily Record
10 hours ago
- Sport
- Daily Record
The brilliant Bob MacIntyre boosts earned by his epic seven-week US run
Scottish star set-up perfectly for huge home events after strong Stateside sequence Flying Bob MacIntyre returns home for the next exciting chapter in his burgeoning career rewarded for a sparkling spell through the gruelling seven-week run in the States. The Scottish star's hard work has paid off having made huge advances through a key period of the campaign to cement his positions in a variety of key races. MacIntyre highlighted the successive-tournament spell with his stunning runner-up finish at the US Open after also bagging a sixth-place finish at the Charles Schwab Challenge and a Top 20 at the Memorial. With positive other outings at the PGA Championship, Truist Championship and RBC Canadian Open, the 28-year-old set himself up to sign off the sequence in style at the Travelers Championship and he duly did so with a final-day surge to clinch a tied-17th at TPC River Highlands. Chunky prize money including £1.7 million for his fabulous US Open week aside, MacIntyre has secured other key bonuses in terms of ranking boosts. Having moved to fourth place in The Ryder Cup qualification standings following his second at Oakmont, the Tartan star made key further advancements in the chase for the Bethpage in September with his six-under par total in Connecticut. Although he remains in fourth due to heartbroken Travelers' runner-up Tommy Fleetwood leaping up from seventh to second in the battle to join Rory McIlroy in Luke Donald's side, MacIntyre went above Shane Lowry in the standings and also opened further space to seventh-placed Rasmus Hojgaard with the top six guaranteed a team-place against the United States in New York. On the individual front, the Oban star has returned to his homeland for the big summer events rated at No.14 in the Official World Golf Rankings. MacIntyre is also destined for the end-of-season FedEx Cup play-offs in the States as he sits in 20th place on that table with the Top 50 making it through. In terms of the Race to Dubai figures, MacIntyre sits seventh and heading to the DP World Tour play-offs in November. With that spell now behind him and the points and the career ascent continuing, he is now back on home soil freshening up ahead of a spectacular period with two of the very biggest of the year looming large through the next month. MacIntyre's next assignment will see him defend the Genesis Scottish Open title which he won last year in memorable fashion at The Renaissance Club to back-up his RBC Canadian Open success and bag a second PGA Tour title in front of his adoring support. From East Lothian, it will then be onto Royal Portrush and a crack at the 153rd Open Championship with the scent for Major glory in his nostrils. MacIntyre's performance and end result at the US Open has fuelled his belief he can win one of the big-four events and, as well as performing impressively as a youngster at the Northern Irish venue, he also has a tied-sixth finish in the locker from his Open debut at Portrush six years ago.
Daily Record
15 hours ago
- Sport
- Daily Record
Scottie Scheffler turns his Dallas HQ into a little piece of Scotland ahead of huge month
World No.1 will hone skills at home for The Renaissance and Portrush Student Scottie Scheffler will briefly turn his Dallas base into a little piece of Scotland as he does his homework ahead of a double date across the Atlantic. The world No.1 failed to add to his trophy haul at the Travelers Championship as he finished tied sixth alongside Rory McIlroy. However, Scheffler has immediately turned his attentions to the next tests which come at The Renaissance Club and in Northern Ireland. The American ace tees-up next at the Genesis Scottish Open before the hunt for a fourth Major crown of his career starts in The Open at Royal Portrush. Having just come through a stretch of high-profile events in his homeland, Scheffler will spend quality time at home with family before his next assignments. But, such is his dedication to the job, he will also have a steely focus on plans before jetting to Scotland tinkering and trying to perfect the differing types of shots he is going to need for when he hits the UK links tracks. Scheffler outlined his imminent plans in the aftermath of last round at the Travelers, which saw him card a 65 to finish three behind eventual winner and his Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley. He said : 'I'll go home and try to sleep for a few days, see if my little man [son Bennett] is going to allow that. Get some rest, some recovery. I think I played five out of the last six weeks, been in contention a lot, so get home, get some rest and start preparing for the Scottish Open. I'll start practicing toward the end of the week and I'll continue to hit the shots that we need when we go over there and that's pretty much it, yeah. Pretty simple.' Scheffler was unable to get his hands on the silverware in Connecticut, but the fact he finished high on the leaderboard again despite not having his best game offers another chilling warning to the rest that is ready to pounce once more. He said: 'I did some good things this week. I think obviously I was looking for a little bit more, but overall not a bad week. If I have a different day yesterday [Saturday] I think it's a different story, but you can't be perfect every day, I'm just trying to do my best and I fought back nicely today [Sunday] and posted a decent score. 'I felt like I hit it a lot better, kept a clean card. Today was the first day where I've been bogey-free and I think this is a golf course where limiting your mistakes is really important. You're going to get opportunities, but you got to limit your mistakes and this week I just wasn't able to do that.'
Scotsman
13-06-2025
- Sport
- Scotsman
Scottish-based golfer tames brutal Oakmont with hole in one at US Open
Frenchman who hails from Edinbrugh aces sixth hole Sign up to our Golf 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... Scottish-based Victor Perez hit a stunning hole in one during his second round at the US Open. With the brutal Oakmont course causing havoc for the world's top players, Perez decided the best idea was to take the punishing rough and treacherous greens out of the equation. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad At the 192-yard par-three sixth hole, his seven-iron tee shot was rifled towards the flag in the middle of the green, bounced three times and rolled into the hole. Victor Perez, who lives in Scotland, shot a hole-in-one during his US Open second round at Oakmont Country Club on Friday. (Photo by) | Getty Images Perez celebrated wildly, chest-bumping his caddie James Erkenbeck before taking congratulations off playing partners Jacob Bridgeman and Adam Schenk. It moved the Frenchman, who resides in Edinburgh and is based at the The Renaissance Club having previously lived in Dundee, from three over par to one over par and repaired some of the damage of a triple-bogey eight on the par-five 12th. Perez sits four shots adrift of clubhouse leader Sam Burns, who has fired himself into contention at the halfway point of the tournament. The 2023 Ryder Cup player carded a brilliant five-under-par 65 to move to three-under and become the clubhouse leader after the morning wave of second rounds. He was one shot behind overnight leader JJ Spaun, who began his round at lunchtime on Friday. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The brutal Oakmont course, with punishing rough and treacherous greens, has chewed up and spat out some of the world's best players so far, but Burns was able to thrive. Starting at two over after Thursday's opening round, he produced a blemish-free 31 with four birdies to make the turn at two under. He dropped a shot at the first hole, his 10th of the day, but recovered with birdies at the second and fourth before draining a 22-foot putt to save par. 'I didn't really think of much of a score. The golf course is really too difficult to try to figure out what's a good score and what's not,' Burns said. 'You're really just shot by shot and trying to play each hole the best you can. There's obviously a lot of golf left on a very tough golf course, so I think really this afternoon just getting rest and getting ready. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 'I'm looking forward to the weekend. It's a 72-hole golf tournament, and if you can get a round under par out here, no matter if it's one under, you'll take it.' World number one Scott Scheffler is back at four-over after a 71, which consisted of four birdies and five bogeys and may be one of the better rounds of the day. Brooks Koepka was sitting at two under overnight but dropped down to two over after a difficult second nine holes saw him hit five bogeys. Jon Rahm was another player who endured a torrid time, especially on the greens, as he tumbled down the leaderboard after a five-over-par 75. 'Honestly, I'm too annoyed and too mad right now to think about any perspective,' the Spaniard said. 'Very few rounds of golf I played in my life where I think I hit good putts and they didn't sniff the hole, so it's frustrating.'
Scotsman
04-05-2025
- Sport
- Scotsman
Parenthood behind Grant Forrest's glow in battle to become winner again
Scot opens up on 'changed times' for professional golfers bringing up children 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... Life is good for Grant Forrest, even though his performances on the golf course this season have, by his own admission, been a bit disappointing and, on top of that, he is now looking for a new caddie after splitting up with experienced looper Dave McNeilly after their most recent outing. Part of the reason for Forrest walking into clubhouse at The Renaissance Club in East Lothian on Wednesday morning looking a distinctly happy man was that, the night before in the same building, he'd witnessed some great work being done for charities through the Genesis Scottish Open, with a £1 million milestone in terms of contributions having been hit through funds distributed from the 2024 edition. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad As both an East Lothian resident and the Official Ambassador for The Renaissance Club Charitable Foundation, Forrest is delighted to see a wide range of charities - they include My Name'5 Doddie Foundation, East Lothian Junior Golf, Stephen Gallacher Foundation, East Lothian Food Bank and Teapot Trust - being supported by the tournament, which is now co-sanctioned by the DP World Tour and PGA Tour and, clearly, is not just about making rich golfers even richer. Genesis Scottish Open Probably even more significant, though, in Forrest looking as though he was almost glowing is that he's now a father and, after playing in back-to-back events on the DP World Tour in China, it had been extremely satisfying indeed for him to get back home to his wife, Christy, and their five-and-a-month-old son, Spencer, earlier in the week. 'Yeah, definitely,' said the 31-year-old in reply to being asked if parenthood had given him a different perspective after being consumed by golf for most of his life, having been a professional in the making from an early age. 'There's nothing really prepares you for it. It changed things a lot for me. All of a sudden, golf isn't the most important thing any more and it's trying to adjust to that. But we are both loving being parents.' Forrest, who landed his maiden DP World Tour win in the 2021 Hero Open at Fairmont St Andrews, would be the first to admit that he's often been hard himself, which, in fairness, is purely down to his own expectations and being disappointed when those expectations are not fulfilled. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 'I don't think it changes you as a person,' he added of wee Spencer coming into his life, 'but I think it brings an additional side to you that you didn't know you had. The feeling when he was born is like nothing I had ever experienced before. It's hard to describe, but it was amazing.' Grant Forrest in action during the Magical Kenya Open presented by absa at Muthaiga Golf Club |Does being a parent make it more important for him to be successful? 'I don't really see it that way,' he insisted. 'Regardless of what I do on the golf course, I want to be the best dad I can be. Whether I play well or play poorly, it's not going to change how good a dad I am so I try not to see it like that. And you want to do well all the time anyway.' Though not this correspondent I hasten to point out, it was suggested to the former Scottish Amateur champion that today's breed of professional golfers do more when it comes to being involved in the upbringing of children than was perhaps the case with some of their predecessors. 'I think the times have changed,' he replied to that one with a warm smile. 'I think when I was born or around that time anyway, it was still pretty common for men not to even be at the birth or go to the hospital. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 'Yeah, I think the responsibilities have changed a bit. I think there is a bit more expected now of men in general to help raise kids. Obviously with what we do and being away so much, it does put a bit more pressure on mums, but, when I am at home, I try to help out as much as I can and do my best.' Heading into the the circuit's European Swing, which starts with the welcome return of the Turkish Airlines Open at Regnum Carya in Belek next week, Forrest sits 139th in the Race to Dubai Rankings, with his best effort in nine starts so far this season being a tie for 23rd in the Hainan Classic last weekend. Grant Forrest's partnership with experienced caddie Dave McNeily came to an end after the DP World Tour's recent double-header in China |'There's not been much to shout about results-wise this year,' he admitted, having linked up with Pete Cowen, one of the game's top coaches, and also hiring the aforementioned McNeilly in a bid to spark an upturn in fortunes. 'Yeah, things haven't really clicked yet. I've had some better signs but other parts of my game, putting especially, have let me down at times when it is usually one of my strengths. 'You know, golf is hard. You are sort of spinning plates all the time hoping that everything comes together. It's not really happened yet but I'm still quite optimistic for the rest of the season. There was a lot of good stuff the past couple of weeks, but I am no longer with Dave as of last Sunday.' Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Within the last year, Bob MacIntyre has won twice on the PGA Tour while Ewen Ferguson and, most recently, Calum Hill have landed DP World Tour triumphs. 'Yeah, definitely,' replied Forrest to being asked if that had made him more determined to taste success himself again. 'It's coming up for four years since I won and the hunger is still there to win again. I struggled a bit last year apart from a couple of results towards the end of the season and now I'm trying to get my game back on track and at a place where I feel I can be a bit more consistent. Scotland's best golf courses Read our guide to Scotland's best golf courses Martin Dempster has covered golf in Scotland for 30 years. Sign up to his new newsletter guide to Scotland's best courses for top tips on how to play and how to plan the ultimate Scottish golf trip 'I don't see it (other Scottish success) as adding more pressure. It's more encouraging as you know that the next player could be you. Golf is such a fickle game. You could easily miss a cut then win the following week, so I think it helps when you see your peers doing well as I know I can do it as well.' It would be a dream come true, of course, if he emulated MacIntyre by winning the Genesis Scottish Open when it takes place for the seventh year in a row at The Renaissance Club on 10-13 July, though it's a different national Open that has brought the best out of him in the past.
