Robert MacIntyre won an open that felt like a major to him on Sunday when he made a 22-foot birdie putt on the final hole for a 3-under 67 to win the Scottish Open.
won an open that felt like a major to him on Sunday when he made a 22-foot birdie putt on the final hole for a 3-under 67 to win the Scottish Open, becoming the first Scot in 25 years to win his national open.
The 27-year-old from the tiny coastal town of Oban won for the second time this year, also capturing the Canadian Open -- the fourth-oldest championship in golf -- last month.And next week is the big one: the Open Championship, the final major of the year, across Scotland at Royal Troon. It has been just over a century since a British player won at Troon.
Scott bounced back from a double bogey on the eighth hole when it took him three chips to stay on the green by holing a bunker shot on No. 9. The former Masters champion hit it stiff on the par-3 14th and rolled his putt from well off the green at the 16th to tap-in range for birdie. But he delivered the goods, and Scotland couldn't have been happier."Go on, Bob!" they cheered him all around The Renaissance Club. Their voices grew stronger even as the temperatures dipped late in the afternoon.
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