MacIntyre’s Now Earned Enough To Set-Up A New Kitchen-Making Business

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Scottish lefty Robert MacIntyre could now purchase his mum a kitchen-making business after he grabbed the biggest pay-cheque of his career to now be Europe’s leading ‘Race to Dubai’ Scot in finishing a gallant runner-up in the Made in Denmark.

The 22-year old West Highlander can stand tall taking Austrian giant Bern Wiesberger all the way to the 72nd hole before Wiesberger claimed a fifth Tour title in posting a closing 66 to win by a shot with a 14-under tally in bitterly cold conditions on the Himmerland course near Aalborg.

MacIntyre, who had shared the lead with Wiesberger and with nine holes to play, let slip a maiden Tour win when he sent his tee shot at the 71sthole ‘OB’ but holed a super 15-foot putt to limit the damage to a bogey.

The young Scot fell two behind the Austrian only for Wiesberger to bogey the last while MacIntyre, and needing to hole a 23-footer for birdie to tie the encounter, saw his putt slide two feet past for a par.

Rookie Scot headed for his second straight second place finish at the Made in Denmark (Photo – European Tour/Getty)

MacIntyre’s effort earned him £295,000 and has taking his earnings in this rookie season to £625,000, and with just over £500,000 in his past two events.

He said: “I gave it everything I had and I am proud of the way I finished.

“My aim was to be in with a sniff going down the 18th with a sniff and I did have a chance, but Bernd played brilliant all day. “

The effort also will see MacIntyre jump some 70 places to the new World No. 122 and considering when he tee-up out in Hong Kong as a full Tour member he was ranked a lowly 300th in the world

MacIntyre had set out in his first event last November in far off Hong Kong looking to make just Stg 110,000 to buy himself an apartment close to Oban Airport.

In finishing joint runner-up at Hillside he promised his mum a new kitchen and now he could buy his parents, including his Glencruitten Golf Club  head-greenkeeping father, Dougie, a new house and perhaps a far off holiday abode.

Wiesberger went into the final day leading by one from MacIntyre and quickly extended that to two shots when he birdied the first.

The Austrian giant went three clear with a birdie on three but there was a dramatic three-shot turnaround at the fourth hole where Wiesberger took doubled following a poor tee-shot and MacIntrye stepped-up to sink a four-footer for birdie.

It meant now four sharing the lead with Spaniard Pablo Larrazabal and a second Austrian in Matthias Schwab also tied at the top at nine-under par.

Though Wiesberger again showed the wealth of four prior Tour victories and eight other top-3s when he then birdied the fifth and sixth holes, and to also be five-under in four days playing the fifth.

MacIntyre was not about to go away when he also birdied the fifth, to be four-under for the four days at the same hole and then got back into a share of the lead for a second time with a birdie at seven.

The young Scot and his 33-year old rival then each birdied eight to go to 12-under par before Wiesberger eagled the par-5 12th and go two clear.  There was then a two-shot turnaround McIntyre’s favour and back to tied for the lead when Wiesberger bogeyed 13 and the Scot holed a curling birdie from 15-feet.

Then for a fourth day running, MacIntyre birdied the ‘Beer Tent Tee’ hole to remain tied with Wiesberger but with the Austrian seizing what would be a winning advantage with a birdie on 16.

OTHER SCOTS

277 – Richie Ramsay (67)

280 – Grant Forrest (69)

282 – Scott Jamieson (73)

290 – David Law (71)

292 – David Drysdale (78)



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