MacIntyre With The Perfect President Trump Side Step

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Double Ryder Cup star Robert MacIntyre had the perfect side step response to a dual USA President Donald Trump 2025 Ryder Cup line.

Scottish-born MacIntyre tees-up this week in a second straight European Ryder Cup team and looking to retain the gleaming golden trophy on foreign soil so brilliantly won two years ago in Rome.

Trump is USA to the core but is also proud to boast his Scottish heritage and also being the owner of golf courses in the Home of Golf nation.

It was also just recently that Trump took what many could interpret as the unusual step to contract Scottish golfer Grant Forrest on his mobile and congratulate Forrest on his August victory at the maiden Nexo Championship on Trump’s International Golf Links near Aberdeen.

I guess with his partly in mind, MacIntyre was asked ahead of this week’s Ryder Cup his thoughts should Trump be out on the host Bethpage Park course following the match the champion Scot should be drawn during Friday’s opening round.

MacIntyre said:  “I just play golf. I’m not bright enough, for one, to be worrying about politics.

“I’m worrying more about what goes on this week on the golf course. As a European, we’ve got a job to do. Try and compete as hard as we can and, hopefully, win the Ryder Cup.”

Daily Record colleague and friend Craig Swan reports MacIntyre was pushed on whether or not he’d find Trump’s attendance a distraction, MacIntyre replied with a smile: “It’s just another spectator.”

Craig added the Scottish ace has tunnel vision ahead of the crunch. Home fans are likely to target the Euro players with heavy abuse, but MacIntyre said: “Just go do our job. We can’t control them. I can control me. I can control what happens within our group.

“So, yeah, I’ve heard a few things before. I’ll hear a few things this week. But I suppose it’s part of the game.

“The crowds are here to watch us at the end of the day, whether they are for you or against you.

“I must say at that Opening Ceremony, there were a lot of European fans. And, look, it’s going to be what it is and my job is to go and play good golf, same as the rest of the European guys. And if we do our jobs well, then we’ll be happy.”

Luke Donald has used messaging this week to tell his team it’s their time to emulate the heroes of 1987, 1995, 2004 and 2012.

MacIntyre can follow countryman Gordon Brand Jnr, Ken Brown, Paul Lawrie, Sandy Lyle, Colin Montgomerier and Paul Lawrie in securing a cherishing road success and he said: “We’ve talked about a lot of things this week and I just think what an opportunity we’ve got as a team to do something special, to do something that will go down in history.

“There’s three long days of golf. If we just control what we can control, we’ll be just fine. There’s so much trust going into every part of the week, every part of the team from the players to the vices, to caddies, to partners, to backroom staff, everything. There’s no stone unturned.

“When I went in Rome, I didn’t know what to expect. But I’ve come in here knowing what to expect. The minute you walk in that team room, it’s as though you’ve known each other since you were young kids.

“I’ve played team sports all my life and it’s the same feeling that you get on a bus trip home from a shinty match as you get when you walk in that team room. There’s a real family feel. A real togetherness. We’re on one mission.

“At the end of the day now, it’s about go out there and perform. I feel like if we do that well, we’re going to be happy at the end of the week. Yeah, let the fun begin.”

MacIntyre could have a big role having been a rookie last time in Italy and he said: “I think my comfort levels within the team has changed. Last time, obviously, I was playing mainly on the European Tour. You’re stepping into a room of guys like Rory [McIlroy], Jon [Rahm], Rosey [Justin Rose]. But thankfully egos go out the window when you go into that European team room. Everyone comes together.

“I’m a lot more comfortable. It was a little bit daunting last time. They made you feel welcome then. Now it feels like we’ve got a better bond.

“I learned that I can compete at the top level. I learned so much from equipment side of it. I changed pretty much all my equipment since Rome and I feel like my game has progressed.

“There’s still little things that I feel like I can improve. But I just learned that I can compete at that level. I had a great partner in Rosey at the last one. The last two seasons on the PGA Tour have helped me massively to be on this team and to be where I am in the world of golf.”

Superstar Rory McIlroy spearheads the unit as World No.2 and MacIntyre said: “He’s a leader. He’s potentially the greatest European golfer of all time. I mean, these things speak for themselves.

“I’ve looked up to him since I was young and I’ve got no problem walking behind Rory McIlroy if he’s leading the charge. He’s a guy that’s special to the game of golf, but very special to the European side.”

Thanks to Craig and the Daily Record 



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