Dougie MacIntyre He is head greenkeeper at Glencruitten Golf Club in Oban, Scotland, but the Saturday before the start of the Canadian Open, his son Bob called him on the phone. He had not made the cut at Charles Schwab in Dallas and was worried about his game. Additionally, Robert has been without a regular caddy for two years and asked his father if he could help him this week at the Canadian tournament.
For Bob, who is playing on the PGA Tour this year after achieving the card thanks to his good classification on the DP World Tour last year, the adaptation to the United States is not being easy. With the help of his father, it seems that at least in the countryside everything was easier, because finally won the Canadian Open by one stroke ahead of Ben Griffin.
Dougie and Bob hugged each other and were emotional after the last hit. The father kept the flag of the 18th and revealed how everything had happened: “It’s incredible. I mow the lawn, I’m not a caddy. He called me last Saturday night, I was sitting on the couch at home at eight o’clock and wondering if I could do it.” to leave my job [unos d�as]. At eight in the morning the next day I was on a flight here and “wow!” shared the father of the winning golfer.
Before taking his penultimate shot, Dougie gave instructions to his son. I asked him to swing softer than the day before, but Robert confessed: “In my head I wasn’t hearing it. “I wanted to win this for my dad, for the person who taught me this sport and I can’t believe I did this with him in the bag.”. Last year was MacIntyre’s debut – and victory – in the Ryder Cup, the dream of his lifeand this is the one of its consecration in the United States.
