Robert MacIntyre has not but made a bogey halfway by means of 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 have been his residence 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 current weeks.
“I’ve solely been residence 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 return right here final week. He jumped on the likelihood. 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 taking part in effectively as of late. He tied for eighth on the PGA Championship, his greatest end in a serious since 2019.
He then missed the lower on the Charles Schwab Problem however has performed magnificently to date in Canada, relying closely on his quick recreation 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 total strokes gained.
And but, MacIntyre, who completed runner-up to Rory McIlroy on the Genesis Scottish Open final summer time, just isn’t relying too closely on his father.
“First time on the bag for a correct match. We’re simply form of studying on the run—effectively, 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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“Once 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 will.”
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 the most effective a part of the week just isn’t his robust play however “spending 36 holes along with his dad.”
“It’s cool. It’s one thing that he can all the time say he’s led a PGA Tour occasion in some unspecified time in the future,” 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 pictures as I can, simply hold doing the identical stuff. As I hold saying, it’s not rocket science, it’s a golf course. It’s you versus it. I believe I’ve executed job thus far.”
Jack Milko is a golf employees author for SB Nation’s Taking part in By way of. Make sure to try @_PlayingThrough for extra golf protection. You possibly can observe him on Twitter @jack_milko as effectively.
