Robert MacIntyre has not but made a bogey halfway via the RBC Canadian Open and walked off the golf course with a three-shot lead. He’ll enter the third spherical tied with Ryan Fox at 10-under par.
The Scotsman feels comfy at Hamilton Golf & Nation Membership, parading round as if it had been his house course in Oban.
However part of house is with him this week. His father, Dougie, is caddying for MacIntyre, because the 26-year-old has rotated out and in of loopers in latest weeks.
“I’ve solely been house actually three weeks since January the third, so I don’t get to see my dad a lot,” MacIntyre defined after his 4-under 66 on Friday.
“Clearly, I phoned him, an emergency telephone name to come back right here final week. He jumped on the probability. It’s good simply to spend an additional week with family members.”
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Final month, MacIntyre admitted to feeling “lonely” on the PGA Tour, saying the camaraderie and the journey differed from the European DP World Tour. However that has not stopped him from enjoying properly as of late. He tied for eighth on the PGA Championship, his greatest end in a significant since 2019.
He then missed the lower on the Charles Schwab Problem however has performed magnificently so far in Canada, relying closely on his quick sport to soar to the highest of the leaderboard. He ranks second in strokes gained placing and strokes gained: across the greens. He additionally ranks first in general strokes gained.
And but, MacIntyre, who completed runner-up to Rory McIlroy on the Genesis Scottish Open final summer season, shouldn’t be relying too closely on his father.
“First time on the bag for a correct event. We’re simply form of studying on the run—properly, he’s, he’s studying on the run, and I’m attempting to remain as calm as I can,” MacIntyre stated.
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“After I do miss a shot, I’m not attempting to get too aggravated. Yeah, we’re simply attempting to have as a lot enjoyable as we are able to.”
Regardless of Dougie’s inexperience on the bag, the father-son duo appears to be having fun with themselves on the market. The youthful MacIntyre admitted that one of the best a part of the week shouldn’t be his robust play however “spending 36 holes together with his dad.”
“It’s cool. It’s one thing that he can at all times say he’s led a PGA Tour occasion sooner or later,” MacIntyre joked.
“What occurs over the subsequent two rounds, who is aware of. I’m going to go on the market and do the identical stuff, hit as many fairways as I can, hit as many good photographs as I can, simply maintain doing the identical stuff. As I maintain saying, it’s not rocket science, it’s a golf course. It’s you versus it. I believe I’ve finished a superb job to this point.”
Jack Milko is a golf employees author for SB Nation’s Taking part in Via. Be sure you take a look at @_PlayingThrough for extra golf protection. You may observe him on Twitter @jack_milko as properly.
