Top-ranked Scot Bob MacIntyre couldn’t hide his satisfaction with day one of the US Open after carding the best even par round “of his life” at Oakmont.
The Scots star is sitting tied 20th heading into day two at the notoriously tough course.
MacIntyre birdied the 7th, 12th and 15th to go round in 70, two putting on the last hole to end the day with a disappointing bogey.
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And he reckons that three more rounds like that will have him amongst the prizes come Sunday night.
“Honestly, I don’t know if it’s good or bad to say we’re level par, but that’s almost as good as I’ve got,” admitted MacIntyre.
“Yeah, delighted with that. I felt I played absolutely beautifully off the tee, with the real punishment, I drove it as good as I can drive the golf ball.
“I wasn’t really hitting long drives. I wasn’t trying to hit long drives. I was just trying to stay in the short stuff and manufacturing shots, whether it was 3-wood, whether it was driver, just try to hit the shape that I needed to find the fairway. I thought I done that great, apart from 18.”
“That’s up there, up there in the top 10 of any rounds that I’ve played. It is just so hard, Honestly, every shot you’re on a knife edge. But I absolutely did (have fun) because I like hitting crazy shots.”
It leaves MacIntyre as the highest British player on the leaderboard after 18 holes, with only Tyrell Hatton ahead of him on -1 through two.
Rory McIlroy endured a tough start, coming in at four over par and could miss the cut once again after not making it into the final two days of the PGA Championship.
