MacIntyre Thanks Pelley For Providing The Scot ‘With A Pathway To His Dreams’

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Robert MacIntyre has thanked out-going Tour CEO Keith Pelley for providing Scotland’s top-ranked golfer ‘with a pathway to his dreams’.

Pelley celebrated his 60th birthday Thursday in somewhat bizarre manner, first learning while competing in this week’s inaugural pro/amateur Dubai Invitational, that news of him quitting as head of the European Tour Group had been unceremonously leaked by his new employer.

It put the Tour, that’s he’s been their head since May 2015, in damage control mode and with Tour staff drafting a personal letter from Pelley to all the members of both Tour’s, that was then hastily emailed to everyone before the Tour confirmed Pelley’s resignation in a press statement early evening UK time Thursday.

In an eight paragraphs letter to the members, Pelley indicated it was to be his intention to formally advise members next Tuesday ahead of the Hero Dubai Desert Classic, and stating that news of his April 1st resignation had been leaked prematurely by his new employer Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, based in his home city of Toronto.

MacIntyre, who photographed in 2109 proudly standing alongside Pelley in Dubai as the DP World Tour ‘Rookie of the Year’, spoke of Pelley after posting a one-over par 71 at the Sony Open in Hawaii.

MacIntyre said:  It’s his (Pelley’s) choice. I’m a golfer, I don’t get into the details of the running of golf tours. I’m a member, I play golf for a living.

“These guys are far more intelligent than I am to run tours. I got along with him great and will always have his number to pick up the phone.

“He got me to the PGA Tour, didn’t he? I think the way the world of golf is going it’s going to be a world tour. He’s given me a pathway to achieve dreams I’ve always wanted to achieve.

“Good luck to him”.

The $US 8.3m Hawaiian event, and with the first round stopped late due to strong winds, is the Oban lefties first as a full member of the PGA Tour, and the result of Pelley and the DP World Tour’s initiative with the PGA Tour to reward the leading 10 players each year with PGA Tour membership.



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