HAMILTON, Ontario — Robert MacIntyre made a 30-foot eagle putt on the par-5 seventeenth to cap a late surge Saturday and take a four-stroke lead into the ultimate spherical of the RBC Canadian Open.
Tied for the second-round lead with Ryan Fox, MacIntyre shot a 4-under 66 to get to 14-under 196 at Hamilton Golf and Nation Membership. The 27-year-old Scottish left-hander is winless in 44 profession PGA Tour begins.
“I believe it’s my angle now,” MacIntyre stated. “I’ve spoken about all of it week. I’ve been in a superb mindset from the get-go and had zero expectation at the beginning of the week.”
Tee instances and pairings for the ultimate spherical of the RBC Canadian Open.
Mackenzie Hughes, making an attempt to grow to be the second straight Canadian to win the nationwide championship, was tied for second with Fox and Ben Griffin.
“Clearly, plenty of it would rely upon what Robert does,” Hughes stated. “I imply, if he performs an amazing spherical of golf tomorrow he’ll be virtually not possible to catch. That’s why we play 4 days. You by no means know, bizarre issues have occurred earlier than.”
From close by Dundas, Hughes shot a 67. He missed a 9-foot eagle putt on 17, then bogeyed the par-4 18th.
“Beginning the day, I knew Saturday’s tougher than Friday, and Sunday will probably be tougher than Saturday,” Hughes stated. “So actually going into it understanding that I type of ready myself to be in the correct mindset. For me it was not making an attempt too onerous, not forcing issues. For probably the most half I might say I did a fairly good job.”
Final 12 months at Oakdale in Toronto, Nick Taylor made a 72-foot eagle putt on the fourth gap of a playoff in opposition to Tommy Fleetwood to grow to be the primary Canadian to win the occasion since 1954.
Fox had a 70. He performed the primary 5 holes in 4 beneath with a eagle and two birdies, then made 4 bogeys on the ultimate 13 — three in a four-hole span in the midst of the again 9.
Griffin bogeyed the 18th in a 65.
Fleetwood (64) was 9 beneath together with Sam Burns (67), Hint Crowe (67) and Joel Dahmen (69).
“It’s important to simply take what the golf course provides you,” Fleetwood stated.
Two-time Canadian Open champion Rory McIlroy was tied for eleventh at 7 beneath after a 65. He received in 2019 the final time the match was in Hamilton and once more in 2022 at St. George’s in Toronto.
“I really feel like an honorary Canadian at this level,” McIlroy stated. “The assist I get right here is superb. I hold saying it, however only a pleasure to play in an environment like that.
Taylor missed the reduce with rounds of 72 and 71.
MacIntyre performed the primary 13 holes in 1 over, making three birdies and 4 bogeys. After a bogey on the par-3 thirteenth, he started the late cost with a 13-foot birdie putt on the par-4 14th. He ran in a 50-footer on the par-4 fifteenth and a 10-footer on the par-3 sixteenth earlier than holing the eagle putt on 17.
“I simply caught in there,” MacIntyre stated. “I didn’t have it nice at the beginning, however I really feel like at any time when I dropped a shot I bounced again with perhaps two good pictures into the inexperienced, and I might decide up a shot again. I simply, it by no means received away from me. A little bit of luck, a little bit of myself being staying within the second, staying calm. I received my reward with the putter in the long run.”
The previous McNeese State star performed on Europe’s profitable 2023 Ryder Cup workforce and has two European tour victories, the 2020 Aphrodite Hills Cyprus Showdown and 2022 Italian Open.
His father, Dougie, is working as his caddie this week.
“He’s been by means of thick and skinny with me,” MacIntyre stated. “He taught me tips on how to play the sport of golf.”
