New Outlook For Macintyre But Hot Temper 'part Of Who I Am'

Robert MacIntyre has targeted betterment successful his robust play and reclaiming nan Scottish Open title arsenic nan caller begetter looks to build connected a promising commencement to nan season.

The 29-year-old will beryllium returning to East Lothian's The Renaissance Club successful July, wherever he won connected location ungraded successful 2024.

Ranked 12th successful nan world, nan Oban golfer believes his crippled is successful amended style than it was 12 months agone and, pinch 3 fields to travel successful nan summer, he feels his prospects are good.

"Statistically, wide it's amended than it was past year," he explained. "There's still things that are hurting me. Iron play this twelvemonth has not been anyplace adjacent arsenic bully arsenic it needs to be, but disconnected nan tees, nan champion it's ever been and putting is nan champion it's ever been.

"So, yeah, if I tin find nan mediate portion of that, past I'm successful a bully spot.

"Outside of nan majors, nan Scottish Open is nan 1 that I've ever wanted. When Rory [McIlroy] pipped maine [in 2023], I thought, really galore chances americium I really going to get? And thankfully, I sewage that 1 more.

"My crippled stacks up good for nan people and having that location support is great, truthful I'm looking guardant to different one."

MacIntyre has successful nan past group a extremity of winning a awesome but parenthood has led to somewhat different ambitions, pinch a return to nan lucrative PGA Tour Finals astatine East Lake successful August a extremity connected nan course.

"Life's evidently wholly changed," he said. "There's different priorities. It's conscionable trying to find a caller balance, that work-life balance.

"One of my main goals this twelvemonth is to make East Lake. Some group think, 'oh, he's not striving for large enough', but erstwhile life has wholly changed, it's astir putting things successful position and trying to negociate it arsenic champion I can.

"The commencement to nan twelvemonth I've had has been very good, considering everything that's gone on. And my partner Shannon's been superb pinch allowing maine to still believe difficult and benignant of return arsenic overmuch of nan strain arsenic she can. When I'm astatine home, life is simply different and it's been perfectly brilliant."