Rory McIlroy has opened with a five-under 65 at the Genesis Scottish Open, crediting his lighter playing schedule for keeping both his game and his enthusiasm fresh.
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MacIntyre shot three rounds of 66 at Carnoustie, Kingsbarns and the Old Course to shoot 18-under 198 at an event that was shortened to 54 holes because the entire third round was cancelled because of dangerous winds.
Robert MacIntyre returns to his home country this week as a conquering hero after winning the Scottish Open – not to mention, the Canadian Open – last year. But neither of those career-changing victories might have been possible if the lefty hadn’t righted a bad choice he made a couple years ago.
It’s not often a winner ranks outside the top 25 in both strokes gained/off the tee and approach to the green (29th and 44th, respectively), but MacIntyre came up big around and on the greens.
Still relatively fresh from a European Ryder Cup debut and gaining his PGA Tour card through his stellar play on the DP World Tour in 2023, Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre has found life in the New World to be so very different and a lot more stressful.
It’s been nearly six months since Europe took back the Ryder Cup with a dominant performance in Rome, but one caddie this week is making sure to remind everyone about it.
It is no surprise, as the DP World Tour resumes this week in Dubai, to see the 10 players who qualified for their PGA Tour cards last season planning the months ahead in their own individual ways.
The men who have gained their PGA Tour cards through season-long play on the DP World Tour in 2023 – a Pole, a New Zealander, two Frenchmen, a Dane, a Swede, a Scotsman, a Spaniard, a Japanese and a Finn – are definitely the first of their kind.
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