Bob MacIntyre and his father Dougie shared a particular second with Amanda Balionis on the 18th inexperienced.
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Welcome again to the Monday End, the place we’re shopping for lefty golf equipment and calling our dads to return caddie. MacIntyre mania is right here! Let’s get to the information.
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GOLF STUFF I LIKE
The daddy, the son and the social gathering.
When Scottie Scheffler arrived on the media middle about an hour after holing the ultimate putt of final month’s Masters victory, he admitted one thing fascinating: his thoughts was already elsewhere.
“I really feel like taking part in skilled golf is an endlessly not-satisfying profession,” he mentioned. “As an example, in my head all I can take into consideration proper now’s getting dwelling. I’m not serious about the match. I’m not serious about the inexperienced jacket.
“I want I might soak this in a little bit bit extra. Perhaps I’ll tonight once I get dwelling. However on the finish of the day, I feel that’s what the human coronary heart does. You at all times need extra, and I feel you need to combat these issues and concentrate on what’s good.”
It was a remarkably trustworthy, insightful reply from a person simply minutes faraway from engaging in the highest feat in his sport. Nevertheless it made some sense, the best way he mentioned it. It wasn’t Scheffler’s first win, his first main and even his first Masters. He arrived as the favourite. He did what he anticipated. And he was already hungry for extra.
That concept of extra popped into my head as Bob MacIntyre stood on the 18th inexperienced at Hamilton Golf and Nation Membership on Sunday night, soaking in a surreal scene. His dad Dougie, a Scottish greenskeeper who’d taught his son the sport, stood beside him.
A number of weeks again, MacIntyre had admitted he was struggling. He was lonely in the USA. He was taking part in substandard golf. He was having a tricky time being so removed from dwelling. However in Might he returned to Scotland for a pair rejuvenating weeks. And when he returned to competitors within the States he introduced items of dwelling with him.
MacIntyre’s mom Carol got here to the PGA at Valhalla to offer the comforts of dwelling cooking. Her son performed his means into shock rivalry there and wound up ending T8. After which final week he known as his dad: would he come tote the bag this week? Dougie mentioned sure. The unthinkable occurred: they gained. MacIntyre had his first PGA Tour win in storybook style.
On the 18th inexperienced, then, CBS interviewer Amanda Balionis identified that MacIntyre’s win wasn’t only a win: it was a gateway to extra. He was instantly into subsequent week’s Memorial Match, one of many largest occasions on the schedule. Would he have his father on the bag for that occasion, too?
However MacIntyre rejected the premise of the query. Overlook the Memorial. Not solely would his father be flying dwelling to Scotland on Monday — Bob could be, too.
“Me and my girlfriend may go dwelling on Monday as nicely and simply have a hell of a celebration again dwelling as a result of that is unbelievable,” he mentioned.
Positive sufficient, by Monday his WD from the Memorial was official. He’s sacrificing entry into an unique, big-money occasion. As a result of in that second, MacIntyre acknowledged he didn’t want extra. The win, the second, the sensation — it was price taking a pause to have a good time. It was sufficient. For now, at the very least.
Savoring one thing particular — that’s golf stuff I like.
WINNERS
Who gained the week?
Yuka Saso gained the U.S. Ladies’s Open because of a clutch run of 4 birdies in 5 holes on the again 9 on Sunday, conquering a terrific setup at Lancaster Nation Membership. Extremely she’s now gained two LPGA occasions they usually’re each U.S. Opens. Saso has mentioned she fashions herself after Rory McIlroy, however she’s a Brooks Koepka-style big-game hunter.
Bob MacIntyre began Sunday with a four-shot lead and held on to win by one, leaping from No. 75 on the planet to No. 39 within the course of.
Laurie Canter gained the European Open in Germany. It was the primary win on any main circuit for the 34-year-old, who turned professional in 2011 and was a founding member of LIV Golf earlier than shedding his spot on the Cleeks final 12 months. He’s been filling in on LIV whereas taking part in a partial DP World Tour schedule this 12 months, profiting from a membership loophole.
And Ernie Els gained the Principal Charity Traditional, logging the fourth Champions Tour title of his profession with a final-round 65 to carry off Stephen Ames and Bernhard Langer.
NOT-WINNERS
However not losers, both.
Tom Kim and Rory McIlroy entered the Canadian Open weekend at two underneath par, in order that they wound up paired collectively for Saturday’s third spherical. Then they every shot 65, in order that they had been paired up once more on Sunday — and every shot 64. That was ok for the 2 to share fourth place.
For McIlroy it was one other robust displaying after a win at Quail Hole and a T12 on the PGA. “Going into Memorial subsequent week, after which clearly going into the U.S. Open the week after, we’ve received a number of golf developing, however very nice to see some good indicators in my recreation this weekend,” he mentioned.
For Kim it was one of the best results of a busy season; he’s missed simply two cuts in 15 begins however hadn’t cracked the highest 10 till this. “It’s been powerful typically, however on the similar time it’s been nothing however a blast,” Kim mentioned of his season. Robust recreation, cheery outlook. Perhaps he’s turning a nook.
Hinako Shibuno completed second on the U.S. Ladies’s Open, the one different girl to complete the week underneath par. In 2019 she grew to become the primary Japanese participant to win the Ladies’s British Open. She virtually grew to become the primary Japanese participant to win the U.S. version, too — however Saso did as a substitute.
SHORT HITTERS
Stuff you need to know, briefly.
–Charley Hull gained newfound cult-hero standing because of a cigarette-fueled autograph session that went viral. It seems Hull is smoking in an effort to cease vaping. And it seems she’s received a kick out of the entire thing, too. Extra right here.
–Lexi Thompson is retiring at season’s finish from a full-time schedule. She had an emotional missed lower in her [squints, shakes head] 18th U.S. Ladies’s Open. That’s fairly a couple of for a 29-year-old.
–Scottie Scheffler’s fees received dropped. I’m relieved to see clearer heads prevail. And glad we received one last 80-dollar-pant joke.
–Rory McIlroy’s LIV strategy? In hindsight, he’d do one factor in another way.
BIG READ: Need to perceive the state of the PIF-PGA Tour deal? This interview Eamon Lynch performed with board member Joe Ogilvie would be the clearest replace we’ve gotten since final June.
ONE DUMB GRAPHIC
Darren Riehl
ONE SWING THOUGHT
Yuka Saso’s good vibes.
This one’s not precisely technical, however it comes from a two-time main champ. What was the important thing to Yuka Saso’s Sunday? A constant course of — and a remark from her caddie Dylan Vallequette.
“Earlier than we began he [said] to me, no matter occurs at present, he’ll be very pleased with me. I remembered that each one the best way,” Saso mentioned. “I feel these phrases [from] him helped me quite a bit.”
Get one in all your buddies to inform you a similar earlier than your subsequent spherical. Enhance that confidence, gang! You aren’t your rating.
ONE BIG QUESTION
It’s been two lengthy weeks since…
…we’ve seen a win from both Nelly Korda or Scottie Scheffler. Korda’s gained six of her final eight begins, whereas Scheffler’s final seven begins embody 4 wins and two runners-up. Is that this pretty much as good because it will get for the World No. 1s — or are we simply getting began?
ONE THING TO WATCH
Wyndham.
Wyndham Clark tees up a niche wedge to begin his warmup routine. It helped him win the U.S. Open. Perhaps it might enable you to? Right here’s our newest:
NEWS FROM SEATTLE
Monday End HQ.
A fantastic pleasure of my easy Seattle existence is trying out the boats within the Puget Sound, and this week introduced a behemoth of a yacht to city: the 118-meter Liva O, a brand-new mega-yacht valued at a quarter-billion {dollars} that belongs to German billionaire Stephen Orenstein. If anybody has his electronic mail handle, I’d like to go for a swim within the pool on the rear deck.
Tremendous Yacht Instances
However until I turn out to be a deckhand, I’ll see you right here subsequent week.
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