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 come back 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 heart 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 stated. “As an illustration, in my head all I can take into consideration proper now could be getting residence. I’m not eager about the match. I’m not eager about the inexperienced jacket.
“I want I might soak this in slightly bit extra. Possibly I’ll tonight after I get residence. However on the finish of the day, I believe that’s what the human coronary heart does. You all the time need extra, and I believe it’s important to struggle these issues and concentrate on what’s good.”
It was a remarkably trustworthy, insightful reply from a person simply minutes faraway from conducting the highest feat in his sport. However it made some sense, the way in which he stated 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 america. He was taking part in substandard golf. He was having a tricky time being so removed from residence. However in Could he returned to Scotland for a pair rejuvenating weeks. And when he returned to competitors within the States he introduced items of residence with him.
MacIntyre’s mom Carol got here to the PGA at Valhalla to supply the comforts of residence cooking. Her son performed his method into shock competition there and wound up ending T8. After which final week he known as his dad: would he come tote the bag this week? Dougie stated sure. The unthinkable occurred: they received. 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 all of a sudden into subsequent week’s Memorial Match, one of many greatest 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 residence to Scotland on Monday — Bob could be, too.
“Me and my girlfriend may go residence on Monday as effectively and simply have a hell of a celebration again residence as a result of that is unimaginable,” he stated.
Certain 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 rejoice. It was sufficient. For now, no less than.
Savoring one thing particular — that’s golf stuff I like.
WINNERS
Who received the week?
Yuka Saso received the U.S. Girls’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 received two LPGA occasions they usually’re each U.S. Opens. Saso has stated 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 received 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 dropping his spot on the Cleeks final yr. He’s been filling in on LIV whereas taking part in a partial DP World Tour schedule this yr, profiting from a membership loophole.
And Ernie Els received 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, so that they wound up paired collectively for Saturday’s third spherical. Then they every shot 65, so that they had been paired up once more on Sunday — and every shot 64. That was adequate 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 numerous golf arising, however very nice to see some good indicators in my recreation this weekend,” he stated.
For Kim it was the most effective 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 generally, however on the identical time it’s been nothing however a blast,” Kim stated of his season. Robust recreation, cheery outlook. Possibly he’s turning a nook.
Hinako Shibuno completed second on the U.S. Girls’s Open, the one different girl to complete the week underneath par. In 2019 she turned the primary Japanese participant to win the Girls’s British Open. She virtually turned the primary Japanese participant to win the U.S. version, too — however Saso did as a substitute.
SHORT HITTERS
Stuff it’s best to know, in short.
–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 reduce in her [squints, shakes head] 18th U.S. Girls’s Open. That’s fairly a number of for a 29-year-old.
–Scottie Scheffler’s expenses received dropped. I’m relieved to see clearer heads prevail. And glad we received one remaining 80-dollar-pant joke.
–Rory McIlroy’s LIV method? In hindsight, he’d do one factor in another way.
BIG READ: Wish to perceive the state of the PIF-PGA Tour deal? This interview Eamon Lynch performed with board member Joe Ogilvie could 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, nevertheless 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 happy with me. I remembered that each one the way in which,” Saso stated. “I believe these phrases [from] him helped me so much.”
Get considered one of your buddies to inform you a similar earlier than your subsequent spherical. Increase 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 received 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 start out his warmup routine. It helped him win the U.S. Open. Possibly it might allow 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 deal with, I’d like to go for a swim within the pool on the rear deck.
Tremendous Yacht Instances
However except I change into a deckhand, I’ll see you right here subsequent week.
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